1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 13, 5:25 AM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 625 AM CST SAT NOV 13 2004 .UPDATE... DECIDED TO UPDGRADE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO SNOW ADVISORY TODAY FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AS STRONG DYNAMIC COOLING HAS COOLED COLUMN TO FREEZING AND BELOW WITH DECENT PRECIPITATION STILL HEADED TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. UPDATED PRODUCTS TO BE SENT SHORTLY. 12 .SHORT TERM... NEGATIVELY TILTED SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN NEW MEXICO CURRENTLY EJECTING FROM SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER LOW IN ARIZONA. KMAF RADAR INDICATING RAPID EXPANSION OF PRECIPITATION ONGOING ACROSS EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES OF NEW MEXICO AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AT 700 MILLIBARS IS BEING OFFSET BY DECENT DYNAMICAL COOLING FROM LIFT FROM SHORTWAVE...PRODUCING SNOW MIX IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WILL PAINT THE BEST POPS (LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL) TODAY ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS AS THE WAVE TRANSLATES NORTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WILL GO WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN POPULATED AREAS WITH NO ADVISORY. WILL MENTION ISOLATED THUNDER MOST AREAS WITH THE STRONG LIFT AND WARM ADVECTION IN THE MID LEVELS. WILL ALSO MENTION A SNOW MIX POSSIBLE IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET AND A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH NO ACCUMULATION IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF EDDY AND LEA COUNTY PLAINS NORTH OF A CARLSBAD TO HOBBS LINE. WINDS HAVE GONE BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA AT THE PASS LAST HOUR AND MAY BRIEFLY FLIRT AGAIN WITH HIGH WIND THROUGH 18Z TODAY BUT DONT THINK IT WILL BE CONSISTENT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE HIGH WIND WARNING GOING. MENTIONED PATCHY FOG MOST ZONED TODAY. EXPECTING PRECIPITATION TO BE ON THE DOWN SWING BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THE WAVE PASSES BY TO THE NORTH. PRECIPITATION SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED LIFT HEAD TOWARD THE REGION AFTER 06Z SUNDAY. PAINTED LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AHEAD OF THIS NEXT WAVE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDER ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURE PROFILES SUPPORT A SNOW MIX AGAIN IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS OF EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR. MENTIONED PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE MOST ZONES TONIGHT. OTHER GRIDS LOOKED IN REASONABLE SHAPE AND SAW NO NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. .LONG TERM... MODELS LOOK VERY WET AS UPPER LOW MOVES IN FROM ARIZONA AND DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE... INSTEAD JUST WOBBLES ACROSS SOUTHWEST U.S. AND NORTHERN MEXICO. LOCATION OF PERSISTENT CLOSED LOW TO THE SOUTHWEST OF AREA LOOKS SIMILAR TO PATTERN THAT BROUGHT FLOODING TO REGION LATE SEPT/EARLY OCT. MODELS DEVELOP AREA OF DIFFLUENCE NORTHEAST OF LOW THAT SHOULD PRODUCE ABUNDANT RAINFALL AS GUIDANCE GIVING HIGH POPS AND QPF SHOWS CONTINUAL PRECIP THROUGH 120 HRS. FIRST ROUND OF PRECIP ALREADY ON RADAR. HAVE RAISED POPS SEVERAL PERIODS... MAY NEED TO RAISE THEM MORE. WILL GO AHEAD AND MENTION POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN/LOCALIZED FLOODING IN HWO. WILL HAVE ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA AND STRONG VORT MAXES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AS EASTERLY SURFACE WIND KEEPS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE AREA WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE BEING BROUGHT ON SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WITH THIS COMBINATION DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW PRECIP WILL NOT CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE END OF THE WEEK DRYS OUT AS TROUGH FINALLY MOVES EAST AND FLAT RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. TEMPS WILL FLUCTUATE VERY LITTLE NEXT FEW DAYS AS CLOUD COVER REMAINS NEARLY CONSTANT. MAY GET REINFORCEMENT OF COOL AIR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS IN AND WIND BECOMES NORTHERLY... HOWEVER STILL LOOKS TO STAY ABOVE FREEZING EXCEPT FOR MOUNTAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 43 41 47 42 / 60 50 70 60 CARLSBAD NM 41 36 46 33 / 80 60 60 50 DRYDEN TX 50 46 56 48 / 30 40 60 60 FORT STOCKTON TX 46 41 50 39 / 40 50 60 60 GUADALUPE PASS TX 39 32 43 30 / 90 70 60 50 HOBBS NM 40 38 46 36 / 80 50 70 50 MARFA TX 53 38 53 37 / 30 50 50 60 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 43 40 46 41 / 60 50 70 60 ODESSA TX 44 41 46 40 / 60 50 70 60 WINK TX 48 44 50 39 / 60 60 60 50 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TXZ258. NM...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NMZ027. && 12/72
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK..UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 620 AM CST SAT NOV 13 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-132100- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 620 AM CST (520 AM MST) SAT NOV 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL OCCUR TODAY AND POSSIBLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...NORTH OF A CARLSBAD TO HOBBS LINE. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS A CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY NEXT WEEK. 12
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong storm system brought a round of heavy snow to the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains on the 13th. Park rangers reported that between four and six inches of snow had accumulated at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park Visitor's Center near Pine Springs by 11:00 MST.
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, November 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: 5427025.