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 22, 8:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 845 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 .UPDATE...NEXT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AT PRESENT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT. ONLY SEEING ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR LESS FROM THIS WAVE AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN. COULD GENERATE MORE RAIN OVER THE I35 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD AS IT ENCOUNTERS AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW...ALTHOUGH EASTERN HALF OF COUNTY WARNING AREA (GENERALLY EAST OF I35) HAS STABILIZED CONSIDERABLY THIS EVENING FROM THIS AFTERNOONS AND EARLIER EVENINGS CONVECTION. SO AMOUNTS MAY REMAIN LOW AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT..THEN INCREASE AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES LATE TONIGHT FLOWING OVER THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE NEXT WAVE MOVES BY MID TO LATE MORNING TOMORROW AND INTO THE I35 CORRIDOR COUNTIES AROUND NOON. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THEN WESTERLY FLOW WILL TAKE OVER BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH RAINS ENDING ACROSS THE CORRIDOR COUNTIES AROUND SUNSET...EASTERN COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AND THEN AROUND NOON TOMORROW. MODELS INDICATE SYSTEM A LITTLE SLOWER MOVING THROUGH SO ADDED LOW POPS FOR EAST TOMORROW EVENING. SEVERE THREAT MAINLY EAST THIS EVENING AND ACROSS CWA LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON EASTERN HILLS AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && 02/19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231200- 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- 500 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR TONIGHT AND UNTIL 12 NOON TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARIES LOCATED ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST AND ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE BOUNDARIES WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT OF HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN A SHORT LIVED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FLASH WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING UNTIL 12 NOON TUESDAY. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY WITH A SQUALL LINE POSSIBLY DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH 700 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR LAVACA...KARNES AND DEWITT COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR HAYS...CALDWELL... COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...AND BEXAR COUNTIES... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 700 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS EXPIRED... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LAVACA...KARNES...DEWITT...HAYS...CALDWELL... COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...AND BEXAR COUNTIES... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 700 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS EXPIRED... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LAVACA...KARNES...DEWITT...HAYS...CALDWELL... COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...AND BEXAR COUNTIES... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 800 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LAVACA...KARNES...DEWITT...HAYS...CALDWELL... COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...AND BEXAR COUNTIES... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 900 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT WERE IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...KARNES...DEWITT...HAYS...CALDWELL... COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...AND BEXAR HAVE EXPIRED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM FOR LAVACA COUNTY... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-230500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1000 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM FOR LAVACA COUNTY... A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The San Marcos River below Luling crested at 34.91 ft at 2215CST on November 22, where flood stage is 20 ft.
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: 5428758.