1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 21, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CST SUN NOV 21 2004 .DISCUSSION... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT...SOME HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL ZONES. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...AND THIS POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A GOLDTHWAITE...TO MERIDIAN...TO CORSICANA...TO CANTON LINE...SEE THE FFAFWD FOR DETAILS. WE WILL REMAIN IN A WET PATTERN THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NEAR THE CALIFORNIA...ARIZONA...NEVADA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE EAST INTO TEXAS ON TUESDAY...BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS THE SOUTH....AND AREAWIDE MONDAY NIGHT...SEE HWOFWD FOR DETAILS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER THE RAIN ENDS ON TUESDAY. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 61 57 68 / 70 90 80 60 WACO, TX 57 66 61 70 / 80 90 60 60 PARIS, TX 55 61 56 66 / 60 90 90 90 DENTON, TX 50 61 55 65 / 60 80 80 60 MCKINNEY, TX 54 61 56 68 / 70 90 90 70 DALLAS, TX 55 61 57 68 / 70 90 80 60 TERRELL, TX 56 63 58 69 / 70 90 80 70 CORSICANA, TX 58 64 61 70 / 80 90 70 60 TEMPLE, TX 59 67 62 70 / 80 90 60 60 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 559 AM CST MONDAY FOR ZONES TXZ122...TXZ135... TXZ142>148...TXZ156>162...TXZ174>175. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread street flooding occurred from heavy rain.
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: 5427760.