4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 23, 9:41 AM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 941 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 .UPDATE... PACKAGE UPDATED WITH THE NEW TOR WATCH 883 AND GRIDS REFRESHED. MAINLY UPPED DEW PTS/QPF THIS AFTN OVER THE ERN CWA. A STRONG THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND SVR NEXT 12 HOURS AS VIGOROUS LOW KICKS INTO W TX THIS AFTN AND CDFNT DRIVES THRU WRN CWA LATER THIS AFTN AND ERN CWA THIS EVENING. REMAINDER OF PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... WE ARE NOW HEADING INTO THE LAST PART OF THIS PROLONGED RAIN AND SEVERE EL NINO EVENT WITH ACTIVITY DEVELOPING IN TWO AREAS. STORMS OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS ARE A RESULT OF LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT WHILE ACTIVITY IN SW TX HAS FORMED IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LOW APPROACHING FROM WRN NM. GFS WILL BE MODEL OF CHOICE TODAY...THOUGH THE TRACK OF THE LOW IS NE AND A BIT FASTER THAN GFS. EXPECTING STORMS IN CENTRAL SECTIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING AS COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SWRN TX. FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN SC TX BY EARLY AFTN AND CROSS BY EARLY EVENING. HAVE EXTENDED FF WATCH FOR ERN HALF OF AREA TO 6 PM AS THE SLIGHT TURN OF THIS UPPER LOW TO THE NE WILL DELAY ARRIVAL OF COLD FRONT A FEW HOURS. STORMS ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF FRONT THIS AFTN WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PWAT VALUES 1.2 WEST TO 1.6 EAST...POSITION UNDER LEFT FRONT OF STRONG H2 JET...AND CAPES FROM 2500 TO 3000 TO PRODUCE BOTH HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THREAT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE ENUF TURNING IN LOW LEVELS AND SPEED SHEAR ALOFT TO BUILD SUPERCELLS. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE DAY AND SEVERE THIS AFTN. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTN. STORMS SHOULD EXIT SERN COUNTIES BY EARLY EVENING AS DRIER...COOLER AIR ENTERS FROM NW. COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONITE AND TOMORROW MORNING. THIS WILL BE A BIG CHANGE IN AIRMASS...WITH LOWS ON THU AND FRI MORNING IN THE 30S AND 40S. EXTENDED FORECAST INDICATES RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLODDING EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TX THRU 6 PM. TORNADO 883 THRU 21Z. && 01/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241200- 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- 600 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A MOUNTAIN HOME TO PEARSALL LINE. THIS MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A SQUALL LINE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE OR COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN TEXAS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
909 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0848 AM HAIL AUSTIN 30.31N 97.75W
11/23/2004 0.75 INCH TRAVIS TX BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN.
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DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1038 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0944 AM FLOOD HOCHHEIM 29.32N 97.30W
11/23/2004 DEWITT TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
US HWY 183 CLOSED DUE TO GUADALUPE FLOODING
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JPBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A member of the public spotted a small tornado as it dropped to the ground in open country just northwest of Taylor. The tornado was small and short-lived and caused no known damage. It was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
Around ten minutes after the report of a tornado near Taylor, members of the public reported a second small and short-lived tornado just northwest of Round Rock. Again, it was a small tornado that struck in open country and lifted back into the thunderstorm very quickly. No damage was indicated. The tornado was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
The Bastrop County Sheriff's Department reported several trees blown down near Cedar Creek by severe thunderstorm winds.
A Skywarn-trained Amateur Radio Spotter observed a small tornado as it touched down north of Hutto about 15 minutes after the Round Rock tornado. This tornado was estimated at 30yds wide and moved toward the northeast for approximately one quarter mile long before lifting and dissipating. The tornado was also rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
The Fayette County Sheriff's Department reported that a small tornado had touched down very briefly in LaGrange and had knocked over a small structure on Reynolds St. Minor damage was also reported to cars and windows of buildings in the area. The tornado remained on the ground for approximately one quarter mile, then lifted and dissipated. It was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2004Warnings 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: 5428828, 5428829, 5428831, 5428830, 5428832.