1 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 Oct 24, 5:10 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 610 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... AVIATION: WILL CARRY TSRA FOR CLL TAF FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS CONVECTION OUT WEST HEADS EAST. WILL LEAVE EASTERN TAFS RAIN FREE. CIRRUS CANOPY AND THE LACK OF RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN TAF SITES SHOULD PRECLUDE FOG/LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. HAVE LEANED TOWARD VFR OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR (ONLY A FEW HOURS) TOWARD SUNRISE. 43 && CONVECTIVE COVERAGE REALLY BLOOMING OUT TO OUR WEST AS THE NEXT S/W APPROACHES. GIVEN THE EXTRAPOLATED MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY...WILL LIKELY KEEP CHC POPS IN FOR THE CWA THIS EVENING. AIRMASS DRYING TO BEGIN TOMORROW AS THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE GULF BUILDS NWD AND PUSHES THE JET A BIT FURTHER NORTH. WARMER TEMPS AND LOWER POPS IN ORDER MON THROUGH LATE THU. MODELS HINTING AT INCREASED POPS FOR THU NIGHT/FRI (FROM THE NNW) AS MOISTURE POOLS AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RATHER INCONSISTENT WITH WHETHER OR NOT SE TX WILL SEE FROPA THIS WEEKEND. PER LATEST RUNS...IT LOOKS LIKE ITS BACK ON WITH BOTH ECMWF &GFS INDICATING AS MUCH. WHILE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT AT ANY RATE...CAA WINDS SHOULD NOT LAST VERY LONG BEFORE THE S/SELY LOW-LEVEL WINDS RETURN. THIS SCENARIO TO PLAY OUT THIS WAY IN LARGE PART TO THE CLOSED UPPER LOW HANGING BACK IN/NEAR THE CALI BAJA. EXTENDED PROGS THEN MOVE THE UPPER TROF ACROSS ALONG WITH A MORE SIGNIFICANT FRONT FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. 41 && .MARINE... SOUTHERLY FLOW ESTABLISHED AND SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SATURDAY. WINDS OF 10-15 KNOTS AND SEAS 2-4 FEET. THE PACIFIC COLD FRONT MIGHT GET INTO THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. 45 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 72 87 72 87 71/ 50 20 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 73 87 73 88 71/ 40 05 05 05 05 GALVESTON (GLS) 78 86 78 86 77/ 20 05 05 05 05 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 730 AM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-251200- 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- 730 AM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE..TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
FM 352 E of Corrigan impassable due to flooding.
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: 5427217.