3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 9:20 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1020 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 .DISCUSSION...HEAVY RAIN AND THREAT FOR FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. 90 FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO...AND ALONG AND WEST OF I-35 FROM SAN ANTONIO TO GEORGETOWN. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE BIG BEND...AS WELL AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROPAGATING EAST FROM THE CONCHO VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A BOUNDARY ALONG U.S. 90...THEN EXTENDING NORTHEAST ALONG I-35 FROM SAN ANTONIO. THIS BOUNDARY IS HELPING FOCUS AND LIFT MOIST GULF AIR. THUS LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY COINCIDE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO PRODUCE THE CONVECTION CURRENTLY SEEN ON AREA 88DS...AND EXPECTED TRANSITION EASTWARD INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND AUSTIN METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVERALL...WILL MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO ALL FORECAST ELEMENTS FOR CURRENT TRENDS. HOWEVER...THE BASIC FORECAST OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MIGHT CONSIDER TRIMMING SOME AREAS FROM THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING DEPENDING ON TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 88 72 89 73 / 70 40 40 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 87 71 89 72 / 70 40 40 30 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 89 74 93 74 / 100 40 40 40 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 87 73 90 73 / 70 40 40 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 4 AM TUESDAY. && 26/19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 544 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-291100- 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- 544 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. THE COMBINATION OF THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH A DECREASE IN CHANCES BEGINNING THURSDAY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1033 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 AM FLASH FLOOD CARTA VALLEY 29.80N 100.68W
06/28/2004 EDWARDS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 2523 FROM CARTA VALLEY SOUTH CLOSED.
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VL/DCThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
General 1 inch rainfall across southern DeWitt, western Lavaca, and eastern Karnes Counties from Speaks to Hallettsville to Cuero to Nordheim to Helena to Kenedy, with isolated amounts near 2 inches, produced spotty flash flooding through the early afternoon.
General 1 inch rainfall across southern DeWitt, western Lavaca, and eastern Karnes Counties from Speaks to Hallettsville to Cuero to Nordheim to Helena to Kenedy, with isolated amounts near 2 inches, produced spotty flash flooding through the early afternoon.
General 1 inch rainfall across southern DeWitt, western Lavaca, and eastern Karnes Counties from Speaks to Hallettsville to Cuero to Nordheim to Helena to Kenedy, with isolated amounts near 2 inches, produced spotty flash flooding through the afternoon.
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: 5409724, 5409725, 5409726.