1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 8:30 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 830 PM CST TUE APR 6 2004 .SHORT TERM...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND A TRAILING TROUGH IS PROPAGATING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS. THE TROUGH PRODUCED A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT BECOMING VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOG IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE DENSE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING. AS THE TROUGH MOVES FARTHER EAST OF TEXAS WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST REMAINING LIGHT. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA INTO THURSDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY INCREASING THE CLOUDINESS AND THE CHANCES FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY THURSDAY REMAINING LIGHT BUT WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES. FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD NO CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .LONG TERM...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT RESULTING IN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE...A THUNDERSTORM BAND ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS SKIRTING THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. THE STORMS WERE WEAKENING AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DRAW TO A HALT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE WEST GULF ARE BEING INTERRUPTED BY THE TROUGH. THE SOUTHEAST FLOW WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING A 5 TO 6 FOOT SWELL DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. SEAS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 3 FEET DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. A VARIABLE WEATHER PATTERN WILL ENSUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH WEAK COASTAL RIDGING AND TROUGHING ALTERNATELY INFLUENCING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST GULF COAST. WINDS WILL GENERALLY STAY BELOW 15 KNOTS AND BE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE IN DIRECTION DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS...BUT SHOULD INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND PUSHES SOUTH TO NORTHERN TEXAS ON FRIDAY. && .AVIATION...FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...LIGHT WINDS...AND DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING DUE TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL INDUCE THE FORMATION OF FOG. THIS FOG MAY BECOME DENSE IN SOME AREAS TOWARD DAWN. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 KNOTS OR MORE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND SUNSHINE WILL MIX OUT ANY FOG AT THAT TIME. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 63/69/ABBOTT THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 621 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 TXZ248>257-071100- BROOKS-COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON- INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA- 621 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS IS FORECAST TO REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WEDNESDAY PROVIDING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY PROVIDING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. CASTILLO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rising waters along the Rio Grande from the Webb/Zapata county border to Falcon Lake resulted in minor flooding of low lying areas of the flood plain along the river. This rise resulted in the damage of several water pumps and livestock equipment.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5405406.