Texas, 2004

Flash Flooding in Texas, June 27 to 28, 2004

June 27 to 28, 2004 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

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  • Wind
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  • Cold
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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 Jun 27, 6:30 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:30 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
730 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004

.DISCUSSION...
IN VIEW OF ONGOING CONVECTION AND PROSPECTS FOR MORE RAIN OVERNIGHT
AND MONDAY WILL REISSUE FFA FOR ENTIRE CWA EFFECTIVE TIL 4 PM CDT
MONDAY. FFA TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL...UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS TO INCREASE POPS WEST TONIGHT
AND ALL AREAS MONDAY SINCE NO REAL RELIEF EXPECTED UNTIL MID WEEK.

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ONGOING CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE SETTING
ALONG A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AXIS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
SLOWING EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST BEHIND MCS WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE
REGION EARLIER.

IN ADDITION TO THIS IS THE VERY MOIST SURFACE AIRMASS AND A UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION. WITH THE EVENT OF AFTERNOON HEATING IT
IS SAFE TO SAY THAT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS.

LOOKING AT WV/IR SATELLITE...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS MOVING ACROSS
NEW MEXICO TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST WARNING AREA TONIGHT/MONDAY. THIS
PROGGED BY THE MODELS.

WV SATELLITE ALSO SHOWS A DRY SLOT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS FEATURES
IS ALSO SHOWS UP ON THE VISIBLE SATELLITE WITH CLOUDS BECOMING
SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
REGION.

MODEL GUIDANCE KEEPS THE REGION IN A VERY WET SOLUTION THROUGH
MONDAY LATE/EARLY TUESDAY. AFTER THAT...LOOK FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING
CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEK. ADD TO THE MIX A SEABREEZE FRONT AND
YOU CONTINUE POPS THROUGH THE WEEK OF 20/30 PERCENT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              72  89  72  89 /  60  60  40  40
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  71  89  71  89 /  60  60  40  40
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           73  93  74  93 /  60  60  30  40
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       72  90  73  90 /  60  60  30  40

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY.

&&

03/10/JB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 8:26 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
926 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281100-
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-
926 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  A VERY
MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE.  UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO MID WEEK
WHICH COULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE FLOODING.  SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:01 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
601 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N FREDERICKSBURG      30.34N 98.87W
06/27/2004                   GILLESPIE          TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            5 FEET OF WATER OVER BRIDGE ON HWY 965

&&

JPB

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Uvalde

When
June 27, 10:30 PM CST to June 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where
Uvalde County, East Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Widespread 1 to 2 inch rain amounts fell across the east half of Uvalde County in the late night and early morning hours. Highest totals were just over 3 inches just south of Knippa. Flash flooding was reported into the early morning hours.

Flash Flood, Zavala

When
June 27, 11:30 PM CST to June 28, 2:30 AM CST
Where
Zavala County, East Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.866, -99.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Widespread 1 to 2 inch rain amounts fell across the east half of Zavala County in the early morning hours. Highest totals were between 3 and 4 inches south of Batesville. Flash flooding was reported into the early morning hours.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5409583, 5409584.