1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Nov 16, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 230 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT ANALYSIS HAS SURFACE LOW MOVING UP THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER MEXICO DRIFTING NORTHEAST. THE ONGOING CONVECTIVE WEATHER OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TWO SYSTEMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST EARLY THURSDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4PM WEDNESDAY WILL MOST LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT TO WHAT EXTENT AND COUNTIES EFFECTED WILL BE DETERMINED ON WEDNESDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE.... THE ETA AND GFS ARE SIMILAR IN SOLUTIONS WITH UPPER LOW MOVING NORTHEAST. MODELS DIFFER ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND TIMING. THE GFS STILL REMAINS THE SLOWEST AND FURTHEST SOUTH. BUT IN EITHER CASE... RAINFALL FOR THE FORECAST WARNING AREA REMAINS A GOOD BET THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH CLEARING FROM THE WEST. FOR THIS REMAINDER OF THE WORKWEEK...RAIN CONTINUED INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FRIDAY WITH CLOUDS RETURNING SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO TEXAS. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW PERIODS WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS RANGING IN THE 50S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND IN THE 60S ELSEWHERE. TOWARDS THE WEEKEND...LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL A CATEGORY OR TWO. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 65 73 58 73 / 90 80 60 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 64 74 59 75 / 90 80 60 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 62 74 58 76 / 90 50 30 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 65 74 59 75 / 90 80 60 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 537 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-171200- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- 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- 537 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT SOME STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR WEDNESDAY MORNING AND MOVE EAST OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL AGAIN BE HEAVY RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1226 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1224 PM FLOOD CAMP WOOD 29.67N 100.01W
11/16/2004 REAL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 55 IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.
1224 PM FLOOD UVALDE 29.22N 99.78W
11/16/2004 UVALDE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS IN UVALDE ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
237 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD DEL RIO 29.38N 100.90W
11/16/2004 VAL VERDE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
BARRICADES UP ON SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
&&
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
359 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM FLASH FLOOD BRACKETTVILLE 29.32N 100.41W
11/16/2004 KINNEY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED COUNTYWIDE.
&&
DCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 443 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-170200- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-KENDALL-KERR- LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 443 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 ...BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. DUE TO LOWER LEVEL WIND PROFILES...FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP...HOWEVER...THEY WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THEY MAY TOUCHDOWN BRIEFLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tornado was observed just west of the intersection of Loop 360 and FM2244 near Bee Cave. The tornado struck in a wooded area and damaged several trees before lifting and dissipating.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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