3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 8:45 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 945 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 .UPDATE DISCUSSION... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY TO 4PM. LOOKING AT THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN...THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WARNING FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN WET THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A SLOW CLEARING TREND FROM THE WEST WITH DECREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES WEST TO EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE HIGHER PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES...THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS REGION. THE 4AM FORECAST PACKAGE IS BASED ON THIS SCENARIO. WV/IR SATELLITE PICKS HAVE DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES AS THIS IS BEING WRITTEN. KDFX RADAR RETURNS SHOWING MOST IF NOT ALL ECHOES TO THE EAST WITH ONLY MINOR AND SCATTERED SHOWERS SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST. WITH THE STRONGER STORMS... THE BIG BOOMERS...OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST. MODELS GUIDANCE (GFS/ECMWF)...AGREES WITH THE ONGOING WEATHER TRENDS AND ALSO DECREASES POPS AND CLOUDS OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. SURFACE RIDGE TO THE EAST WILL BUILD WESTWARD...FORCING MOISTURE TO THE NORTH AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WILL BE MAKING A FEW MINOR AND NON-SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST GRIDS. THIS WILL BRING IT MORE INLINE WITH THE CURRENT WEATHER TRENDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT WILL REMAIN WET...VERY WET...FOR THE NEXT 12-24 HOURS. HIGH POPS (80-100) CENTRAL AND EAST TODAY...DECREASING TO 30 OUT WEST IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OUT WEST TODAY...WITH ONGOING RAIN POSSIBLY LEADING TO MAJOR FLOODING ON THE SABINAL AND FRIO RIVERS. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT AS WELL...UNFORTUNATELY CONCENTRATING OVER THE AUSTIN-SAN ANTONIO INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS THAT WILL LEAVE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOT AND DRY FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND. AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD AND BECOME CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO. THE STORM TRACK WILL THEN SHIFT NORTH AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA. WILL HOLD ONTO MINIMAL POPS (10-20) FOR SOME OF OUR NE COUNTIES THU NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT TO COVER POSSIBLE MCS EVOLUTION AND TRACK FROM NORTH TEXAS IN NW FLOW ALOFT. OTHERWISE...WILL GO POPLESS GIVEN HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN LATEST ECMWF SOLUTION OVER WEAKER RIDGE GFS SOLUTION. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4PM TODAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-011100- 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- 600 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE AREA TODAY ONLY AGGRAVATING FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS COULD RUN 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES. RAIN CHANCES WILL START TO DECREASE TONIGHT BUT FLOODING MAY PERSIST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SOME RIVER FLOODING MAY CONTINUE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
815 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD DEVINE 29.15N 98.90W
06/30/2004 MEDINA TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGHWAY 173 BRIDGE BETWEEN DEVINE AND JOURDANTON WASHED
AWAY.
0735 AM FLASH FLOOD AUSTIN 30.31N 97.75W
06/30/2004 TRAVIS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVEN LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED.
&&
VL/DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1133 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1001 AM FLASH FLOOD PEARSALL 28.89N 99.09W
06/30/2004 FRIO TX CO-OP OBSERVER
HIGHWAY 1581 SOUTH CLOSED.
&&
VL/DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
139 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM FLASH FLOOD TARPLEY 29.63N 99.28W
06/30/2004 BANDERA TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGHWAY 462 FROM TARPLEY TO HONDO CLOSED BECAUSE OF
DEBRIS OVER THE ROAD.
0530 AM FLASH FLOOD TARPLEY 29.63N 99.28W
06/30/2004 BANDERA TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGHWAY 470 BETWEEN BANDERA AND TARPLEY AT THE MEDINA
RIVER BRIDGE CLOSED.
&&
VL/DCThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Nearly 4 inches of rain fell between Helena and Runge in the early afternoon, causing flash flooding that closed FM81 between the two towns.
Thunderstorms dropped between 2 and 3 inches of rain in western Wilson County, near the Bexar County line. Flash flooding briefly closed FM2579 and FM1303.
Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell in the D'Hanis area during the mid afternoon. Flash flooding along Parker Creek east of D'Hanis and along Seco Creek west of D'Hanis cut US90 in both locations, isolating the town. Around 30 families were evacuated from the two creeks. Minor damage was reported to homes in the area. No injuries were indicated.
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: 5410201, 5410202, 5410203.