1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 17, 2:42 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 342 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 .DISCUSSION... QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING BUT FEW (IF ANY) OF THE CELLS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT INROADS ONSHORE THUS FAR. HOWEVER...EXPECTING THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE INLAND ALONG WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE LATER TODAY GIVEN THE DEEP SLY/SELY FETCH ALREADY IN PLACE. LINGERING SHEAR AXIS AND ANY LEFTOVER SFC BOUNDARIES MAY GIVE PAUSE TO A SLIGHT NUDGING UP OF POPS. AT ANY RATE SCT SHOULD SUFFICE FOR THE TIME BEING. THE PREVIOUSLY PROGGED DRYING PERIOD THIS WEEK END MAY NOT BE AS DRY IF MODELS DO VERIFY. SLUG OF TROPICAL MOISTURE STILL IN THE WORKS THESE NEXT FEW DAYS AS LOWLEVEL WINDS BECOME MORE EASTERLY WITH TIME (IN RESPONSE TO THE BUILDING BERMUDA HIGH). WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE SHOULD STAVE OFF MOST OF THE UPPER DYNAMICS THE SEA- BREEZE WILL LIKELY REMAIN THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR PCPN FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. BY THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE APPEARS TO FLATTEN SOME AND THIS COULD ALLOW SOME S/W ENERGY TO GET IN THE GEN- ERAL PROXIMITY. LONG RANGE MODELS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR LEGS. WITH THE END OF THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...TEMP GUESES SHOULD BECOME A LITTLE EASIER WITHOUT THE SPECTRE OF OVC CLOUDS/RAIN COOLED AIRMASSES...RIGHT? 41/47/31 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 91 75 94 74 94 / 30 20 20 20 20 HOUSTON(IAH) 90 75 93 75 93 / 30 20 20 20 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 86 78 88 79 88 / 30 20 20 20 20 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 724 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-181200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY- POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 724 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AIDED BY DEEP GULF MOISTURE...LINGERING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND DAYTIME HEATING IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS PERSISTING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SLOW STORM SPEEDS WILL ALSO HELP ENHANCE THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY SHOULD AVERAGE FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:02 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
65 year old woman killed when lightning struck a nearby pine tree while she was walking to catch a bus (Key Map 492S).
Funnel cloud sighted at Highway 242 and US 59.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Harris | 2004-06-17 | 65 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | 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, June 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: 5411821, 5411820.