Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- July 23, 3:43 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, Kelly Afb
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 29.400, -98.633
Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 2004
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 254 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER MID SUMMER COLD FRONT DUE TO ARRIVE SUNDAY. THE UPPER WINDS WILL NOT SUPPORT FAST MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT BUT WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE HILL COUNTRY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE AID OF THE THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW. TEMPS SOUTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY WILL RISE CONSIDERABLY DUE TO THICKNESS PACKING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE DIGGING LONG WAVE TROUGH PUSHES THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH AWAY FROM TEXAS, ALLOWING A NORTHWEST FLOW TO PREVAIL SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WITH THIS NEW AIRMASS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON THE HIGHS AND ABOUT 5 DEGREES COLDER ON THE LOWS. THIS AIRMASS WILL MODIFY QUICKLY WITH TEMPS RETURNING TO AT OR ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY. MODELS STILL WANTING TO KEEP A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH NEXT WEEK. SO WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AND EXCEPT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM ROAMING SOUTH INTO THE REGION, WILL KEEP THE POPS LOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 75 97 72 92 / 10 0 20 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 71 95 69 92 / 10 0 20 30 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 75 96 76 90 / 30 20 30 30 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 74 95 74 95 / 20 0 20 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 06/19/VL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:00 AM CST, 11 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241100- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 500 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- July 23, 3:59 PM CST to 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, 5 mi N of San Antonio
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 29.483, -98.500
Numerous reports were received from the San Antonio area of wind gusts estimated between 50 and 60 mph. Tree limbs were knocked out of trees with minor damage reported to roofs.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, July 23, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 23, 2004
- Flood in Vermont, July 23, 2004
- Heavy Rain in New York, July 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, July 23, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 23, 2004
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, July 23, 2004
- Waterspouts in Gulf of Mexico, July 23, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 23, 2004
More
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2004
Sources
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: 5417184, 5417231.