1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 29, 5:49 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 549 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 .AVIATION... SQUALL LINE DUE AT KFTW APPROX 14Z...1430Z KDAL. WINDS GUSTS TO ARND 30KTS PSBL JUST BEHIND LEADING EDGE OF TSRA. WINDS TO SHIFT BACK TO GUSTY SWLY WITH SKIES BECMG VFR AFTER 16Z. GUSTY SW WINDS TO SLACKEN AFT 23Z. 30/SS && .PREV DISCUSSION... 315 AM CST AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY IN STORE FOR NORTH TEXAS AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. PREFRONTAL CONVECTION ALREADY IN PROGRESS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CWA WILL PUSH EASTWARD THIS MORNING...ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE DAYBREAK. THIS ELEVATED CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND BE NEAR OR JUST EAST OF I-35 BY MIDDAY. BY THEN...IT SHOULD BECOME MORE SURFACE BASED AND THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. BY DARK...ALL PRECIP SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS WILL BE A PROBLEM TODAY AHEAD OF...AND BEHIND THE PRECIP. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING NEAR THE SQUALL LINE...THEN INCREASING ONCE AGAIN AS STRONG DRY SLOT THRUSTS EASTWARD. WILL ISSUE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. MONDAY LOOKS GOOD BUT BY TUESDAY...LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE SOUTH...THEN A BETTER CHANCE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR THE WHOLE AREA. DID NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. 42 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 71 46 70 45 / 100 0 0 0 WACO, TX 73 47 71 47 / 100 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 63 47 67 44 / 100 20 0 0 DENTON, TX 69 46 70 42 / 100 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 68 47 70 43 / 100 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 70 47 70 44 / 100 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 66 47 69 46 / 100 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 71 48 70 45 / 100 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 72 48 71 48 / 100 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 328 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 328 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TODAY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. 30/SS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 513 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 TXZ100-115-116-129-291215- EASTLAND-PALO PINTO-STEPHENS-YOUNG- 520 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR THROCKMORTON...TO CROSS PLAINS...IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH...AND SHOULD BE NEAR A GRAHAM...EASTLAND LINE BY 600 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. 42
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 558 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-291245- EASTLAND-ERATH-JACK-PALO PINTO-STEPHENS-YOUNG- 551 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR GRAHAM...TO NEAR EASTLAND...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH.. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THE LINE PASSES. THIS LINE SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR A JACKSBORO...PALO PINTO...STEPHENVILLE LINE BY 645 AM. BEHIND THE LINE ARE SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT COULD AFFECT THE AREA AROUND 800 AM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 642 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 TXZ091-101-102-116-117-291345- JACK-MONTAGUE-PALO PINTO-PARKER-WISE- 638 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. AT 640 AM...THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR HENRIETTA...TO PALO PINTO...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THE LINE WILL MOVE TO NEAR A NOCONA...BRIDGEPORT...WEATHERFORD LINE BY 730 AM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. IN ADDITION...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. 42
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 845 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 TXZ103-104-119-291545- COLLIN-DALLAS-DENTON- 845 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 844 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LITTLE ELM IN EASTERN DENTON COUNTY TO CARROLLTON TO 3 MILES EAST OF IRVING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS COLLIN...EASTERN DENTON...AND NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM. THE CITIES OF PLANO...ADDISON...THE COLONY...MCKINNEY...GARLAND...AND RICHARDSON WILL RECEIVE THE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof of a mobile home was ripped off by high winds on County Road 3090 near Brushie Prairie.
A woman drowned after being swept away as she tried to wade across a rain swollen creek near Bicentennial Park. The heavy rain that caused the creek to rise had ended two to three hours previous to the drowning.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Tarrant | 2004-02-29 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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, February 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: 5388150, 5388056.