Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 28, 2004

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 28, 2004
Start: 2004-06-28T16:37
End: 2004-06-28T17:00
Location: Texas

June 28, 2004 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
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 28, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
335 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004

.DISCUSSION...CONVECTION EVERYWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AT
MID AFTERNOON...THE FRANKENSTEIN MIX OF THE MID LATITUDES AND
TROPICS. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE AVERAGED ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH SINCE 7
AM...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AS UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE...MOIST GULF AIR...
WEAK STEERING WINDS...AND NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES REMAIN OVER
TEXAS. THUS...WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4 PM
TUESDAY...WITH POSSIBILITY IT MAY GO INTO WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SIMILAR
AMOUNTS...ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES WIDESPREAD...WITH ISOLATED 4-6 INCHES
POSSIBLE BY 4 PM WEDNESDAY.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO ON THURSDAY AND
REMAINS MOSTLY IN PLACE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. NORTHWEST FLOW
AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS MAY ALLOW NOCTURNAL MCS TO MOVE DOWN INTO
CENTRAL TX...BUT THE MAIN EXPECTATION IS VERY LOW POP...SEA-BREEZE
ACTIVITY. IN OTHER WORDS...MORE TYPICAL JULY WEATHER. SIMILARLY...
TEMPS WILL MOVE UP INTO THE LOWER AND MID 90S BY FRIDAY...POSSIBLY
INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S BY INDEPENDENCE DAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              72  88  72  88 /  60  70  50  60
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  70  88  71  87 /  60  70  50  60
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           72  89  72  89 /  80  60  50  60
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       72  88  73  87 /  60  60  50  60

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 4 PM TUESDAY.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:44 AM CST, 11 hours 53 minutes before

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Travis

When: June 28, 4:37 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where: Travis County, Austin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.283, -97.750

Hail was reported near Anderson Mill Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Travis

When: June 28, 4:40 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where: Travis County, Austin
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.283, -97.750

Severe thunderstorm winds blew over trees in the Oak Hill section of Austin.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, June 2004

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: 5409728, 5409729.