1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 26, 10:00 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1000 PM CST FRI NOV 26 2004 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS SE TX THIS EVENING. COVERAGE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD SO FAR WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING AT LEAST SOME LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. STRONGER UPWARD MOTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAINS SHORTWAVE IS NOW SPREADING ACROSS NORTH TX AND BEGINNING TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NE TX...EXTENDING AS FAR SOUTH AS LEON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. EXPECT TSRA TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS OVER OUR NE ZONES. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TONIGHT. ALL IN ALL...THERES A LOT ARGUING AGAINST ANY SEVERE WEATHER. 00Z LCH/CRP SOUNDINGS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT CAPPING FROM 700-800 MB WHICH IS LIKELY TO KEEP MOST OF THE STORMS ELEVATED. EVEN WITH THE ELEVATED STORMS...THE FREEZING LEVELS ARE NOT ALL THAT FAVORABLE FOR HAIL. SHEAR IS VERY IMPRESSIVE (HELICITIES >400 M2/S2) BUT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY STORMS TO BECOME SURFACE-BASED. 00Z ETA SHOWS BEST LIFT OUT OF THE AREA BY 07-08Z...SO THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE STORMS IS ONLY THE NEXT 3-4 HOURS. WITH ALL THIS IN MIND...HAVE DECIDED TO DROP MENTION OF SEVERE FROM THE ZFP. WILL UPDATE THE HWOHGX AND KEEP MENTION OF A SMALL SEVERE RISK. WILL UPDATE FORECAST FOR CHANGES MENTIONED ABOVE. WILL TRIM POPS BACK OVER OUR WRN ZONES WHERE PRECIP HAS ALREADY MOVED OUT. WILL ALSO WORD PRECIP ENDING BY 2 OR 3 AM MOST AREAS. WILL RAISE TEMPS A BIT FOR TONIGHT WITH ETA SHOWING DRYLINE STALLING OVER OUR WRN ZONES BEFORE COLD FRONT ARRIVES AROUND 12Z SATURDAY. 35/34 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT ALL OFFSHORE ZONES SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT BAYS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 57 68 43 65 57/ 30 00 00 20 HOUSTON (IAH) 63 71 44 68 58/ 50 00 00 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 66 70 56 71 67/ 50 00 00 20 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1017 PM CST FRI NOV 26 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-271300- 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- 1017 PM CST FRI NOV 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING NORTH TEXAS WILL INTERACT WITH INCREASING MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ONE OR TWO STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE EAST OF INTERSTATE 45...WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER RISKS BEING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. HOWEVER...THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS VERY MINIMAL. THE PRECIPITATION AND ACCOMPANYING LOW RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY 2 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON... MOISTURE LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS A WARM FRONT MOVES TO THE NORTH. IF THE WARM FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN SUNDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH RAIN MIGHT FALL...ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FALLING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MORE DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN THREAT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATES WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT.... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Building damage with power lines down in the Indian Hills Subdivision along FM 2457 near Lake Livingston.
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: 5425594, 5425595.