7 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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 Jun 26, 8:05 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 905 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 .UPDATE... WE WILL BE SENDING AN UPDATE TO THE PUBLIC FORECAST PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE HEADLINE FOR FLOOD WATCH. NO OTHER CHANGES. 65/DD && .UPDATE... WE HAVE UPDATED THE ZONE FORECASTS TO RAISE POPS THIS MORNING IN THE SOUTH INTO THE 70 AND 80 PERCENT CATS. HAVE ALSO RAISED MORNING POPS AS FAR NORTH AS THE DFW AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING. #26 && .AVIATION... LIGHT FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN THE DFW REGION. CONDITIONS SHOULD STAY MVFR DUE TO CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT AND IMPROVE AROUND MIDMORNING. TODAY IS ANOTHER DAY WITH TSTRMS AFFECTING NORTH TEXAS AIRPORTS. AS WITH FRIDAY...ACTUAL TIMING OF PRECIP WILL BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL ACTIVITY DEVELOPS SO WILL BROADBRUSH IN TAFS. UPPER LOW SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT SO EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WELL FOCUSED TODAY...AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I CAME CLOSE TO ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT HELD OFF AFTER CONSULTING THE RIVER FORECAST CENTER. THE MAIN REASONS ARE 1) CURRENT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OFF OF THE COAST...WHICH MIGHT ROB INLAND AREAS OF SOME OF THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...AND 2) CONVECTION THAT SHOULD FORM ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...AND LIKEWISE INTERRUPT THE MOISTURE RETURN INTO NORTH TEXAS. I DID PUT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THE ZONES FORECASTS FOR TODAY... MAINLY FROM THE DFW ARE SOUTH AND EASTWARD. THE DAY SHIFT WILL EVALUATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ONCE AGAIN...AFTER DAYBREAK. THE RAIN SHOULD LET OFF A BIT SUNDAY...AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. NEVERTHELESS...EXTENSIVE RESIDUAL MOISTURE ...A WEAK BOUNDARY TO PROVIDE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER...AND EVENTUALLY THE RETURN OF DESTABILIZING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY VERY MILD FOR THE TIME OF YEAR...AS THE UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERN (SPLIT FLOW BENEATH A BLOCKING RIDGE IN WESTERN CANADA THAT EVENTUALLY SHIFTS NORTHWARD INTO ALASKA) PERSISTS. #26 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 84 68 85 70 / 60 40 40 30 WACO, TX 83 67 87 70 / 70 40 40 30 PARIS, TX 82 66 85 67 / 40 30 40 40 DENTON, TX 83 65 86 68 / 40 30 30 20 MCKINNEY, TX 83 65 86 68 / 40 30 30 20 DALLAS, TX 84 68 86 70 / 60 40 40 30 TERRELL, TX 82 68 85 69 / 50 30 40 40 CORSICANA, TX 82 69 86 70 / 60 40 50 40 TEMPLE, TX 83 68 87 70 / 70 40 40 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR ALL AREAS. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 528 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271100- 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- 528 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 30 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported over a street in town, and over FM 1123 outside of Salado. On Church Street, south of the fire department, barricades were up due to high water.
Water was over FM 1246.
Water was over Interstate 35 at mile marker 315. FM 317 was flooded at different locations from Moody south to the Coryell County line.
The tornado developed at approximately 605 PM, 1 mile west of Maysfield near the intersection of FM 485 and CR 249. The tornado damaged a store near this intersection, then moved slowly west,along and just south of FM 485. The most significant damage occurred along FM 485 between CR 252and FM 979. A large corrugated metal workshop on the south side of FM 485 had the roof blown into some trees, and the walls blown down. The fatality occurred in this building. Apparently the door fell on a 72 year old man, hitting him in the head and killing him. North of FM 485 and east of FM 979, a shed was damaged.
Highway 77 between Cameron and Rockdale closed due to high water.
Numerous roads closed or covered with water around Marlin and the rest of the county.
High water over intersection of FM 147 and FM 339, and at the intersection of FM 147 and Lavender Road.
High water on FM 46 near Bremond.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Milam | 2004-06-26 | 72 | Male | Business | 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 historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2004Warnings 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: 5410848, 5410849, 5410850, 5410847, 5410853, 5410851, 5410852, 5410854.