5 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 2, 3:24 AM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 422 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS TO 70 PERCENT FOR SOME OF OUR E-SE COUNTIES AND ADD LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MENTION. ALSO INCREASED QPF FOR THIS MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... APPROACHING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ORIENTED ALONG A LINE FROM DALLAS TO BROWNWOOD TO FORT STOCKTON. CONVECTION BEING FORCED BY THE FRONT AND ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AHEAD OF THE FRONT FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. SOME PULSE-TYPE SEVERE OVERNIGHT IN CENTRAL TX...BUT MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE HIGHEST THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NE THIRD OF CWA EWX AND WILL SHIFT SOUTH WITH THE FRONT TODAY. TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LOW-TO-NO POPS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH A RIDGE ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. THE UPPER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO UNDERGO CHANGES LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTH TX AND THE GULF BREAKING- DOWN AND AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENING AND APPROACHING SLOWLY FROM THE WEST. AT THE SAME TIME...A SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH INTO TX. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SOLUTIONS SHOW THIS PATTERN EVOLVING AROUND MID-WEEK AND HAVE SHOWN GOOD RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. ASSUMING THESE MODELS VERIFY...WE MAY BE HEADED INTO A HEAVY RAIN EVENT MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...WILL INCREASE POPS TO 30 PERCENT AND MENTION A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT POPS FOR MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WILL SLOWLY TREND UP WITH EACH MODEL CYCLE AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES FROM MORE MODEL RUN CONSISTENCY. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 11/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 549 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031100- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- 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- 549 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF IN THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES OF GENERALLY OF THREE QUARTERS TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL BE TOO SPOTTY TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE HIGH RATES OF LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
735 AM CDT SAT OCT 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0731 AM FLASH FLOOD NEW BRAUNFELS 29.70N 98.12W
10/02/2004 COMAL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROADS...FM 2673...FM 3009 AT HWY 46...I-35 S
NEAR HWY 46...HWY 46 NEAR MITCHELL RD.
&&
CAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
751 AM CDT SAT OCT 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0731 AM FLASH FLOOD GIDDINGS 30.18N 96.93W
10/02/2004 LEE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER FM 141.
&&
CAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
802 AM CDT SAT OCT 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0759 AM FLASH FLOOD AUSTIN 30.31N 97.75W
10/02/2004 TRAVIS TX BROADCAST MEDIA
EAST LANE OF I-35 EAST FRONTAGE RD AT THE 2900 BLK UNDER
WATER.
&&
CAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
804 AM CDT SAT OCT 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0531 AM FLASH FLOOD AUSTIN 30.31N 97.75W
10/02/2004 TRAVIS TX BROADCAST MEDIA
EAST LANE OF I-35 EAST FRONTAGE RD AT THE 2900 BLK UNDER
WATER.
0731 AM FLASH FLOOD NEW BRAUNFELS 29.70N 98.12W
10/02/2004 COMAL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROADS...FM 2673...FM 3009 AT HWY 46...I-35 S
NEAR HWY 46...HWY 46 NEAR MITCHELL RD.
0731 AM FLASH FLOOD GIDDINGS 30.18N 96.93W
10/02/2004 LEE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER FM 141.
&&
CAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell during the morning over Fayette County, with up to 6 inches in the Ledbetter area. Flash flooding closed SH237 and FM1291 through most of the morning.
The showers and thunderstorms moved into Gonzales County near 0630CST, dropping a general 1 inch rain over the southwest half of the county and between 1 and 2 inches over the northeast half. Highest totals were 4 inches just south of Waelder. The resulting flash flooding closed SH97 and FM532 through the remainder of the morning.
Between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell between Bastrop and Cedar Creek during the morning, with some areas receiving over 3 inches. Flash flooding developed quickly and closed FM812 through the rest of the morning.
Showers and thunderstorms spread into Caldwell County from Guadalupe County, bringing a general 1 inch rain to the county. The highest amounts were between 2 and 3 inches in the stretch from Lockhart to Maxwell. Several rural roads were under water through the morning, including SH140.
The storms from Fayette and Gonzales Counties drifted into the northern part of Lavaca County near 0700 CST. They left an inch of rain across the north half of the county, with up to 4 inches near Moulton. FM532 was reported closed due to flash flooding through much of the morning.
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, October 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: 5424632, 5424633, 5424634, 5424635, 5424636.