1 flood, 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 17, 9:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 945 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 .UPDATE DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL LOW IS MOVING NORTHEAST WITH RAIN DECREASING OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. UPPER LOW LOCATED OVER THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. THIS SEEN BY WV AND VISIBLE SATELLITE ALONG WITH WINDS PROFILER NETWORK. AT THE SURFACE... SOUTHEAST FLOW CONTINUES TO PULL MOISTURE INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST WARNING AREA. SURFACE LOW OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD. AS A RESULT...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. DEW-POINTS HAVE LOWERED FROM THE 70S INTO THE 50S. RADARS SHOW ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES...WHILE OVER THE EAST HALF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT IS CURRENTLY INPLACE THROUGH 4PM THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE EXTENDED INTO THE EVENING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER...ALSO NOTED IS THE DRYLINE IDENTIFIED BY THE STRONG DEW-POINT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DEL RIO AND SAN ANTONIO. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WATCH WILL DIE COMPLETELY AT 4PM WITH NO EXTENSION. WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS MORE CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. ALSO NOTED IS THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. HAVE MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GRIDDED DATA...UPDATING TEMPS... DEW-POINTS AND R/H VALUES. WILL RE-ISSUE FORECAST SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... NEG TILT UPR LOW OVR W TX LIFTING SLOWLY NEWD INTO NORTH TX THIS MORNING. BULK OF HEAVY RAINS NOW MOVING THRU THE ERN HALF OF CWA WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF SCT SHRA/TSRA OVER THE WEST. NO CHANGE TO ONGOING FFA...HOWEVER THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED OVER THE ERN COUNTIES FOR THIS EVENING AS THE UPR TROF WILL BE SLOW TO MOV EAST OF THE CWA. ADDITIONAL SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH IN THE WEST THIS MORNING AND MORE WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL/EAST WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 3 TO 5 INCH TOTALS EAST. SCT LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE EAST OVERNIGHT UNTIL THE BASE OF THE UPR TROF FINALLY SWINGS INTO SE TX. A S/W RDG BRIEFLY BUILDS INTO TX ON THU BEHIND THE TROF...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING. THE RDG QUICKLY FLATTENS FRIDAY AS THE NEXT S/W TROF PUSHES INTO NM/W TX AND A LONG WAVE TROF BEGINS TO FORM OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THEREFORE WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS FRIDAY WITH RETURN FLOW LIKELY RESULTING IN WDLY SCT SHOWERS OR PATCHES OF -RA/DZ OVER A CLOUDY WEEKEND. A WEAKER CDFNT BRIEFLY BACKDOORS INTO THE NRN CWA LATE SUNDAY THEN QUICKLY RETREATS WITH A DIRTY SWLY FLOW ALOFT KEEPING SOME MENTION OF RAIN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. POPS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BY MID WEEK AS ANOTHER VIGOROUS UPR LOW TRACKS EAST ACRS N TX TUE-WEDNESDAY DRIVING A STG CDFNT THRU TX TUE/WED. THE LATEST ECMWF IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE NEXT LOW/CDFNT COMPARED TO THE GFS...AND THEREFORE THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY A BIT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. BUT IT APPEARS AT LEAST FOR NOW BOTH HE ECMWF AND GFS INDICATE THAT THANKSGIVING WILL BE COLDER AND DRIER. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON 4PM ALL AREAS. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 946 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-181200- 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- 946 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A RISK OF TORNADOES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A TAYLOR TO CUERO LINE THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE COASTAL PRAIRIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS FLOOD THREAT WILL LIKELY DECREASE THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE TORNADO AND FUNNEL CLOUD THREAT OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 614 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-171300- 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- 614 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM FOR EDWARDS... KERR...VAL VERDE...REAL...UVALDE...AND KINNEY COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM FOR BLANCO...COMAL... BANDERA...BEXAR...MEDINA...ATASCOSA...BURNET...WILLIAMSON AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR LLANO...GILLESPIE KENDALL...TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...GONZALES...LAVACA... WILSON...DEWITT AND KARNES COUNTIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 656 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-171400- 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- 656 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM FOR BLANCO... COMAL...BANDERA...BEXAR...MEDINA...ATASCOSA...BURNET... WILLIAMSON AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR LLANO...GILLESPIE KENDALL...TRAVIS...HAYS AND WILSON COUNTIES... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...GONZALES...LAVACA... WILSON...DEWITT AND KARNES COUNTIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Medina River US 281 South crested at 26.28 ft at 2000CST on November 17, where flood stage is 20 ft.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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