3 flash 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 2:00 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 300 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS MORNING TSTMS CONTINUE FROM FREER WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AND OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO...WEST OF EAGLE PASS. THE OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THURSDAY EVENINGS TSTMS WAS LOCATED FROM EAGLE PASS TO JOURDANTON AND HALLETTSVILLE. TSTMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BOUNDARY TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROF LOCATED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES EASTWARD. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO MOVE/PROPAGATE EAST AND NORTHEAST WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROF. PWS FROM THE 00Z SOUNDINGS AT DRT AND CRP WERE AROUND 2 INCHES. THE GFS SOLUTION KEEPS THE PWS AROUND 2 INCHES TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THUS WILL RECONFIGURE AND EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE WATCH WILL INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND WILL BE EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RAIN EVENT WILL END ONCE THE UPPER TROF AXIS MOVES EAST INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE SEA-BREEZE WILL BE ACTIVE AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROFFINESS WILL REMAIN ALONG THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COAST. OTHERWISE THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY. THIS UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER TEXAS NEXT WEEK KEEPING THE WX DRY AND SEASONABLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 91 75 93 76 / 50 50 10 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 91 72 93 73 / 50 50 10 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 93 76 95 77 / 20 20 10 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 90 76 93 76 / 50 50 10 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING THRU MIDNIGHT TONIGHT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JARRELL TO SAN ANTONIO...UVALDE AND EAGLE PASS. && 13/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 545 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-301100- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- 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- 600 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... HEAVY RAINS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:01 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 2 and 3 inches of rain was indicated northwest of Hondo in the early morning hours. Maximum amounts were near 4 inches just to the north of D'Hanis. The Sheriff's Department reported FM1796 and FM462 closed north and west of Hondo in the mid morning.
The northeast quarter of Uvalde County received a general rainfall of 1 inch in the early morning hours. Highest totals were 3 to 4 inches between Utopia and Garner Park. Several roads in and around the park were closed due to flash flooding through the mid-morning.
The Bandera Emergency Manager reported rainfall of up to 3 inches between Tarpley and Bandera. Flash flooding closed FM470 southwest of Bandera through the mid-morning.
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, July 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: 5415840, 5415841, 5415839.