3 flash flood, 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 1:58 AM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 235 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHOWER ACTIVITY STARTING TO PICK UP AGAIN AFTER HAVING SLACKED OFF THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. LATEST MODEL RUNS CALL FOR TRAINING FOCUSED ROUGHLY ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW SOME DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM NE MEXICO WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HOWEVER...WILL NOT ADD SEVERE THREAT AT THIS TIME. MAIN PUNCH OF DRIER WESTERLIES TO START THIS EVENING...SHOVING THE DEEP TROPICAL AIR OFF TO THE EAST. POPS DROP DRAMATICALLY TONIGHT. WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS IS. DAY SHIFT SHOULD BE ABLE TO LET IT EXPIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PERSIST...AND DAILY HEATING AND WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL LEAD TO CHANCE POPS THURSDAY AND LOW POPS FRIDAY. A RELATIVELY DRY WEEKEND GIVES WAY TO THE RETURN OF UPPER NW FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK AND AT LEAST LOW POPS AT THAT TIME. DAY TIME TEMPS WILL START TO WARM TOMORROW BUT WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS WITH THE ABUNDANT SOIL MOISTURE. READINGS SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 85 76 91 75 / 80 30 30 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 84 75 90 74 / 80 40 30 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 90 76 94 77 / 30 10 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 84 76 90 76 / 80 20 30 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 21Z FOR ALL BUT EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && 03/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-101100- 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- 605 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...THE AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD. TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE WATCH AREA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME WILL START TO MOVE EASTWARD AND AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST...BUT NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Repeat thunderstorms produced a general 1 to 2 inch rainfall over Bandera County, with between 3 and 4 inches over most of the western half of the county. The highest rainfall total was 10 inches near Medina. SH16 was closed at Medina. Also SH473 and SH337 were reported closed.
Most of Gillespie County received between 1 and 2 inches of rain through the day and evening of the 9th. Highest totals were near 6 inches in the area from Doss to Cherry Spring in the northwest part of the county. Many county roads were closed, including FM648.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall was received over Kerr County the following morning, with up to 5 inches north of Hunt. Most of the county roads were closed during the morning. Specifically, FM1340 and SH39 west of Hunt were closed, along with SH479, SH394, FM1273, FM1350 and FM2771.
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: 5410313, 5410314, 5410315.