1 heavy rain, 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 17, 10:04 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1004 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 .DISCUSSION... SPC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALMOST ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS (ALL BUT HOUSTON...MADISON AND TRINITY COUNTIES) UNTIL 4 PM. CURRENTLY HAVE A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES FOR A RADAR INDICATED TORNADO THAT IS NOW WEST OF BAYTOWN. ZONES WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY. 42/30/34 && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (914 AM CST)... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM GALVESTON ISLAND TO LEAGUE CITY TO THE EASTERN HALF OF HARRIS COUNTY. HARRIS COUNTY RAIN GAUGE DATA IS INDICATING RAINFALL RATES AVERAGING AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE STRONGEST STORMS...BUT THE STORMS ARE QUICKLY MOVING NORTHWARD WHICH IS RESULTING IN ONLY SOME VERY MINOR STREET FLOODING. WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR. SIGNIFICANT CLOUD BREAKS ACROSS OUR SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THAT AREA...AND THAT ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. CURRENT FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. CANNOT RULE OUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH VERY GOOD CONVERGENCE PERSISTING AND INCREASING SHEAR WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LOW. 42 && .MARINE... WILL KEEP THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UP FOR THE 00-60 NM WATERS BASED ON THE CURRENT 6 TO 9 FOOT SEAS. WINDS HAVE BEEN UNDER CAUTION CRITERIA IN GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAY AREAS THIS AM BUT WITH APPROACHING TROUGH AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FEEL CAUTION FLAG STILL WARRANTED. AFTER UPPER TROUGH PASSES TONIGHT THE GRADIENT WILL RELAX WITH WINDS AND SEAS BECOMING BENIGN. NEXT FRONT ON TRACK FOR LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY. 30 && .AVIATION... BANDS OF CONVECTION WILL PLAGUE THE TERMINALS INTO THIS EVENING AS UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES. WHILE MOSTLY HEAVY RAINERS BRINING IFR VSBY AND CIGS...SOME SPIN OCCASIONALLY INDICATED IN RADAR VELOCITY DATA SO WONT RULE OUT ISOLATED SEVERE. IN BETWEEN THE RAIN BANDS MAY HAVE SOME VFR BREAKS BUT NOT LONG LIVED. LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY EXPECT WIDESPREAD IFR DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND RADIATIONAL COOLING OVER WET GROUNDS LEADING TO FOG. 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SE TX THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SCA 00 TO 60 NM WATERS. SCEC BAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 72 61 74 59 74 / 100 60 20 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 74 64 76 60 76 / 100 60 40 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 75 67 76 65 76 / 100 80 40 10 10 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1039 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-181300- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY- POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 1039 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS TODAY. MODERATE TO STRONG WIND SHEAR...OR TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT...ALONG WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND HIGH INSTABILITIES WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ISOLATED 5 INCH TOTALS ARE VERY POSSIBLE WHERE TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURS. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS IN COMBINATION WITH SOME PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF GALVESTON BAY AND THE NORTHERN FACING SHORES OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
SUV hit bridge and flipped into local bayou. Witnesses unsuccessfully tried to save occupant.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Harris | 2004-11-17 | Female | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5425601.