1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 27, 9:15 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1015 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2004 .DISCUSSION... CONTINUED WET LATE OCTOBER CONDITIONS TODAY FOR S CNTL TX...EAST OF S/W TROF MOVING NE FROM THE BIG BEND. IN WAKE OF S/W TROF TODAY...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 THE W AND SW TO THE E AND NE, IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG WX SYSTEM ALOFT AND ITS ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT. CHANCES FOR RAIN CONTINUE SAT AND SUN. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO COME OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, 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. CHANCE 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. BY WEDNESDAY, WILL SHOW PARTLY CLOUDY FORECAST DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...AS REINFORCING COOL FRONT COMES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. CHANCES FOR ANY RAIN APPEAR LIMITING WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEREFORE MAINLY A WIND SHIFT AND PROLONGING DRIER CONDTIONS OVER THE AREA. FORECASTS TODAY SHOW DRY WEATHER THU AND FRI OF NEXT WEEK. INCREASING CLOUDINESS SHOWS UP ON MOST MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS FOR THE WEEKEND OF NOV 6 AND 7...IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER RAIN MAKING SYSTEM. THIS RAIN MAKING SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BRING POSSIBLE RAIN EAST OF THE SSYTEM NOV 8. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO COME THRU AROUND NOV 9TH...BRINGING CHANCE OF RAIN...AS HAS BEEN TREND THIS FALL...FOLLOWED BY CLEARING SKIES AND COOLER TEMPS THE 10TH AND 11TH. && .PREV DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE CHANCE POPS TODAY BUT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER ON THE DECREASE...ADDITIONAL FLOODING LOOKS UNLIKELY. POPS ON THE DECREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THEN A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT AND LINGER OVER THE WEEKEND LEADING TO CHANCE POPS MAINLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH MUCH OF THE CWA SATURATED OR NEARLY SO...FLOODING PROBLEMS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY SWEEP ACROSS MONDAY BRINGING WEATHER IMPROVEMENT. MUCH COOLER MONDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPS BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 84 71 86 70 / 60 30 20 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 84 68 87 67 / 60 30 20 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 81 69 83 68 / 50 30 20 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 84 72 86 71 / 60 30 20 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/18/03/13/JB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 506 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-271100- 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- 506 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE APPROACH OF A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT. SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THIS WEEKEND IS HIGH. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 922 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-272000- 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- 922 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2004 ...LATE OCTOBER AND EARLY NOVEMBER WEATHER CHANGES COMING... THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...EAST OF A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT NEAR THE BIG BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. OCTOBER RAINS HAVE BEEN WELL ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS YEAR. OCTOBER 2004 THROUGH THE 25TH IS THE 10TH WETTEST OCTOBER OF RECORD AT AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM AND THE 5TH WETTEST FOR SAN ANTONIO. AFTER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... FOR THIS WEEKEND...THE LAST OF OCTOBER...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MORE RAIN AHEAD OF A WEATHER SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FROM COMING FROM THE WEST. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AHEAD OF THIS FALL 2004 RAIN MAKER. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...BRINGING WITH IT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE QUICKLY IN THE DAY ON MONDAY...NOVEMBER 1ST...FROM THE WEST...AS PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND DRIER CONDITIONS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT. SUNNY AND PLEASANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 70S. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Devils River at Pafford Crossing crested at 5.02 ft at 1400 CST on Oct. 27, where flood stage is 5 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: 5424925.