6 flash 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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 26, 3:03 AM CST, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 403 AM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004 .SHORT TERM... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY REMAINS OVER THE W-TX/NM BORDER FROM LEA COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES. LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THESE AREAS. CURRENT WATER VAPOR AND SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWING VIGOROUS SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS NM/W-TX. LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND EASTERN U.S SERVING AS A BLOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS TROUGH. THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE FEATURES WILL BE THE KEY FOCUS FOR A PERSISTENT AND ACTIVE PATTERN THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE NEW WORKWEEK. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN SLOWLY MOVING UPPER CUT-OFF LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH VERY SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. 305-310K ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BEST LIFT AND MOISTURE ADVECTION OVER THE WESTERN COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. WEAK PERTURBATIONS EMBEDDED IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL ENHANCE TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 80 TO 100 RANGE SOUTHWEST AND WEST TO 70S IN THE CENTRAL COUNTIES AND 40S EAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL ALSO ADD MORE QPF TO EXISTING GRIDS TO COVER ONGOING HEAVY RAIN. SUNDAY MAX TEMPS WILL BE DETERMINANT ON CLOUD COVER AND POP. RIGHT NOW...KEPT ALL AREAS FROM THE CENTRAL TO WEST COUNTIES UNDER OVERCAST CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 60S. POINTS EAST OF THE CAPROCK COULD NOSE INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S WITH BEST MOISTURE AXIS REMAINING JUST TO THE WEST. BESIDE POP, TEMP, AND QPF, KEPT PREVIOUS FORECAST INTEGRITY INTACT AS FORECAST REMAINS PERSISTENT. WIDELSKI .LONG TERM... FEW CHANGES AGAIN THIS MORNING AS HANDLING OF UPPER SYSTEM REMAINS CONSISTENT. SHOULD SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER THROUGH TUESDAY WHEN IT APPEARS THE UPPER LOW WILL FINALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE FA. PREVIOUS FCST POPS...TEMPS...ETC LOOK FINE WITH ONLY MINOR MASSAGING. THEN MODELS ARE COMING INTO AGREEMENT ON THE STRENGTH AND POSITIONING OF THE NEXT UPPER LOW PROGGED INTO THE DESERT SW MIDWEEK...ALTHOUGH THERE IS LESS AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM. COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FA SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD. THUS INSERTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT SEEMS PRUDENT ATTM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 67 53 71 54 / 80 50 50 50 TULIA 69 56 72 56 / 70 50 50 50 PLAINVIEW 69 56 72 56 / 70 50 60 50 LEVELLAND 68 55 71 56 / 80 70 60 50 LUBBOCK 69 56 72 56 / 70 60 60 50 BROWNFIELD 68 55 71 57 / 80 70 60 50 CHILDRESS 78 58 78 59 / 60 40 50 50 SPUR 72 59 75 59 / 70 50 60 50 ASPERMONT 77 60 78 58 / 60 50 60 50 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 558 AM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004 TXZ021>044-271100- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 558 AM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... FLOODING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND TRAINING NATURE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER...THE EXPECTED AREAL EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND COULD LEAD TO MORE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 UTC.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood waters of 3-4 feet deep closed Farm-to-Market Road 1055 between Highway 86 and Farm-to-Market Road 1524.
Flood waters entered a home in Dimmitt causing carpet and floor damage.
Flooding resulted in closure of Main St in Morton.
Widespread flooding around Denver City resulted in numerous road closures.
Flooding was reported at Highway 84 and Farm-to-Market Road 1760 near Muleshoe.
Morton police department reported Main St. partially closed 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, September 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: 5421901, 5421900, 5421902, 5421903, 5421905, 5421904.