2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 28, 8:40 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 940 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION NW OF THE AREA IS BEING INITIATED BY A SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN ZONES LATE THIS MORNING/EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INITIATE SHWRS/TSTMS. WITH LIGHT WINDS...WE SHOULD SEE GOOD CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH AREA SOUNDINGS SHOWING PW VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES...AND LIS AROUND -6. CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MENTIONED. ONLY CHANGE WILL BE TO NUDGE POPS UP TO LIKELY AREAWIDE INLAND. .AVIATION... MAIN AVIATION CONCERN IS TSTM COVERAGE. SITUATION DEFINITELY SUPPORTS VCTS IN THE FORECAST...MAY HAVE SOME TEMP GROUPS IN THE NEXT PACKAGE FOR TSTM CONDITIONS THIS AFT. WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS THIS MORNING. WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SEE MVFR CEILINGS THIS MORNING AS HEATING PRODUCES A BKN CU FIELD. .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 93 74 89 72 90/ 60 40 60 30 30 HOUSTON (IAH) 92 76 88 73 89/ 60 40 70 40 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 90 80 86 77 87/ 50 30 60 50 40 && 33/40
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:51 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief touchdown on North Galveston Island along Old Port Industrial Road just north of 61st Street. No reported damage.
19 year old woman injured by lightning strike in Southeast Houston at the Morley and Broadway intersection. Water main also was struck and burst. CPR was successfully performed on victim.
Numerous trees down, one car damaged.
Power lines down 5 miles south of the Woodloch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2004Warnings in Texas, August 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: 5418599, 5418600, 5418601, 5418602.