2 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 10:05 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1005 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 DISCUSSION... WARM FRONT HAS SHIFTED A BIT SOUTH THIS EVENING (FROM ITS LOCATION EARLIER TODAY TO A VCT-LIBERTY LINE) AND SO HAVE THE RAINS. IT AP- PEARS THAT CONVECTION HAS BEEN LOATHE TO DISSIPATE AND TRENDS SHOW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INTENSITY THESE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. AS SUCH WILL TWEAK POPS ONCE AGAIN: TO SLIGHTLY LOWER THEM FOR THE NRN ZNS AND INCREASE CENTRAL/SOUTH (WHERE THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN MAXED OUT). HAVE ADDED A MENTION OF PATCHY FOG FOR THE NRN ZONES AS WELL. FCST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ON THE COMPLICATED SIDE. PER LATEST WV IMAGERY LOOPS...WE ARE WAT- CHING A RATHER WELL-DEFINED S/W MAKING SOME REALLY GOOD HEADWAY IN THIS DIRECTION. EXTRAPOLATED TIMING PUTS THIS FEATURE IN/AROUND SE TX IN/AROUND 9-10Z. AND SO...GIVEN THE DECENT SHEAR STILL IN PLACE ALONG WITH INSTABILITIES AND THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT HANGING A- BOUT...WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE MENTION OF SEVERE FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AREAWIDE. CURRENT PROJECTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL RAINS OVERNIGHT (MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT) ARE: 1-3 AVG AND 3-5 ISOLATED. UNFORTUNATELY RELIEF MAY NOT BE FORTHCOMING FOR THE NEXT 24H IF THE CURRENT FCSTS PAN OUT. 41 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SCEC HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM OUT. FLOOD WATCH HGX CWA THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 65 73 52 60 37 / 100 80 30 05 00 HOUSTON (IAH) 67 77 53 62 38 / 90 80 70 05 00 GALVESTON (GLS) 72 79 62 64 48 / 40 80 90 05 00 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 510 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231300- 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- 510 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT... A STATIONARY FRONT OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BECOME THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM EDNA TO LIBERTY. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL INFLOW WILL HELP PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THIS THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXISTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE TRAINING OF THESE STORMS WILL LEAD TO GREATER ACCUMULATIONS. SO FAR TODAY...RADAR HAS BEEN ESTIMATING UPWARDS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES SHOULD BE COMMONPLACE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR...ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ON TUESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL BE COLLIDING WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH STRONGER SOUTHERLY WINDS COINCIDE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE TORNADOES BUT SOME THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL EXIST AS WELL. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 AM NEAR THE COAST AND WILL EXPAND NORTH THROUGH THE HOUSTON METRO AREA BY 9 AM...AND MAY REACH AREAS AS FAR NORTH AS HUNTSVILLE AND LIVINGSTON BY LATE MORNING. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AND MAY LEAD TO MORE FLOODING. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ON TUESDAY.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water covered road at Interstate 10 feeder road at Highway 6.
Flooding in Mission Bend Subdivision.
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: 5425592, 5425593.