Texas, 2004

Flash Flood in Texas, November 14 to 15, 2004

November 14 to 15, 2004 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Nov 14, 7:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 7:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
734 PM CST SUN NOV 14 2004

.UPDATE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF RAIN CURRENTLY
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF .1 TO .25 INCHES PER HOUR.
ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE
CWA...EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TONIGHT TO OCCUR OUT WEST AND MAINLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS VORT MAX APPROACHES FROM THE BIG BEND. FOR THIS
UPDATE WILL ONLY LOWER MINS SAN ANTONIO AREA A COUPLE OF DEGREES.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. DISTURBANCES WILL BE COLLIDING WITH DEEP
PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OFF THE GULF WITH TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS ACROSS WESTERN ZONES MOVING NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. AS LOW
LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES LATE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
SECTIONS..STORMS MAY PROPAGATE EAST INTO THESE AREAS. FLASH FLOOD
WATCH ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. UPPER LOW BECOMING
INCREASINGLY NEGATIVELY TILTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH CONTINUED
GOOD CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  BY LATE THURSDAY SYSTEM BEGINS
PULLING EAST WITH DRIER WESTERLIES LOWERING PROBABILITIES THURSDAY
AND ENDING MOST AREAS BY FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING IN BY
LATE NEXT SATURDAY WITH INCREASED CHANCES FOR OVERRUNNING
PRECIPITATION AGAIN.

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

03/13

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Hays

When
November 14, 9:00 PM CST to November 15, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Hays County, San Marcos
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
30.058, -98.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Blanco River rose to above bankfull stage late on the evening of November 14, but remained below flood stage. Two people attempted to drive through a low water crossing on Post Oak Road where the Blanco River crosses just south of Kyle. The car was swept into the river and washed downstream. The man was rescued after catching on to a tree. The woman also caught on to a tree but lost her grip and was swept away and drowned.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Flash Flood, Hays2004-11-1424FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5428873.