1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 26, 2:25 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 325 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004 .DISCUSSION... WITH CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAIN OVER WEST PART OF S CNTL TX TONIGHT...WHERE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR VAL VERDE...EDWARDS AND KINNEY COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM. THE OCTOBER 2004 WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES TO PORTRAY WX SYSTEMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM NORTH CENTRAL MEXICO AND THE SW U.S...AND INTERACTING WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND GULF OF MEXICO. SUCH WET OCTOBER PATTERNS SINCE 1976 SHOWED UP IN OCT. 1976, OCT. 1981, OCT. 1994, OCT. 1998 AND OCT. 2002. RETURNING TO 2004...BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN TONIGHT CONT. OVER WEST PART OF AREA...AND WILL MENTION ISOLATED SHOWERS FURTHER EAST. BY WEDNESDAY, FORECASTS CONTINUE TO SHOW ANOTHER S/W TROF AFFECTING AREA WITH CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. IN WAKE OF S/2 TROF WED...SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY. BY THE WEEKEND, S CNTRL TX IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A SERIES OF S/W TROFS PASSING FROM W AND SW TO THE E AND NE, IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG WX SYSTEM ALOFT AND ITS ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO COME OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. WITH THIS PATTERN WILL SHOW INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH THE BEST CHANCES POSSIBLY LATE SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING, JUST AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE PACIFIC COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST AND BY LATE MONDAY WELL EAST OF S CNTRL TX. DURING THE LATE MORNING THRU AFTERNOON MONDAY, NOV 1ST, CHC OF RAIN DECREASES RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST. BREEZY AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY MONDAY IN WAKE OF THE EARLY NOV. COLD FRONT. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DRY WEATHER TUESDAY NOV. 2ND, WITH SUNNY CONDITIONS IN THE DAY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS WILL FOLLOW WED AND THU OF NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER RAIN MAKING SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEKEND OF NOV 6 AND 7, AND CHANCES OF RAIN COULD CONTINUED NOV 8 AND 9. EVENTUAL TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF THE EARLY TO MID NOV. 2004 WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL REFINE THE TIMING OF RAIN. MEDIUM RANGE FORECASTS ALSO SHOW POSSIBLE COLD FRONT IN THE NOV. 7 TO 9 TIME FRAME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 71 85 71 86 / 20 40 30 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 70 85 68 86 / 20 40 30 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 69 81 70 82 / 50 40 30 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 72 84 72 86 / 20 40 30 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING THRU 4 AM WED. FOR VAL VERDE...KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES... && 08/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 433 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004 TXZ183-184-202-271100- EDWARDS-KINNEY-VAL VERDE- 433 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR VAL VERDE...EDWARDS AND KINNEY COUNTIES. MOISTURE FROM BOTH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE PACIFIC WILL INTERACT WITH UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RUN 1 TO 2 INCHES AND MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN SPOTS. SHOWERY WEATHER WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN AREAS INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BOOST RAIN CHANCES AGAIN MAINLY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
245 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004
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..REMARKS..
0235 PM FLASH FLOOD JUNO 30.15N 101.12W
10/26/2004 VAL VERDE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS OF HIGHWAYS 163
AND 1024 CLOSED BECAUSE OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
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DCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Devils River 19N Bakers Crossing crested at 10.78 ft at 0600 CST on Oct. 27, where flood stage is 8 ft.
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: 5424923.