6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... BASED ON RADAR TRENDS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...HAVE DECIDED TO BUMP POPS UP A LITTLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE NW ZONES AND ADD THE MENTION OF SVR TSTM POSSIBILITY TO THE NORTHERN ZONES OF SE TX FOR TONIGHT. EXPECT ACTIVITY NW OF THE AREA TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND MOVE SE. .PREV DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS HAVE BEEN REACHED (AROUND 90). EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFT. THE CHC OF RAIN PORTION OF THE FORECAST IS DIFFICULT FOR THE NEXT FEW PDS...MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE IN TIMING DISTURBANCES AND POSSIBLE TSTM ACTIVITY FROM THE NW. BELIEVE THAT ORGANIZED TSTMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR WICHITA FALLS AND PROPAGATE SE. FOR THIS REASON...WILL PLACE HIGH CHC POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES AND SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM NW TO SE THROUGH SUNDAY. SO...WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE CHC POPS THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. FLOW PATTERN BEGINS TO CHANGE SUN NIGHT AS A LARGE SCALE TROF DIGS IN THE WESTERN U.S. A MESSY (EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES) RIDGE WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD DOWNSTREAM OF THIS FEATURE. FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL ADVERTISE SLIGHTLY HIGHER TEMPS AND CHC POPS FOR THE AFT HOURS AND SLIGHT CHC POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PDS. && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 71 90 73 91 74 / 50 40 30 30 HOUSTON (IAH) 73 90 74 91 74 / 30 40 30 30 GALVESTON (GLS) 77 88 78 87 78 / 30 40 30 30 && 33/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 315 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-051200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY- POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 315 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO HUNTSVILLE TO LIVINGSTON LINE... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS SLOW MOVING STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH DAYTIME HEATING. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH...WITH ISOLATED AREAS POSSIBLY SEEING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE ON SUNDAY. INCREASING WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN BETTER RAIN CHANCES FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines down in the Evergreen area along FM 945 South.
Hail on Hwy 105 and FM 321.
Hail on US 59 North just outside Beltway 8.
Hail at Pasadena Blvd and Red Bluff Road.
Hail between Sealy and San Felipe.
Hail on FM 359 near the Waller-Fort Bend County border.
Hail along I-10 near the Austin-Waller County line.
Damage in Columbus. Numerous trees and power lines down across the county, especially along a 20-mile stretch between Weimar and Frelsburg.
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: 5411731, 5411732, 5411733, 5411734, 5411735, 5411736, 5411737, 5411738.