2 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 12:20 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 120 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .UPDATE... ANOTHER UPDATE FOR INCREASED POPS AND TO MENTION RAIN CHANCES A BIT FARTHER SOUTH. NEW CONVECTION IS FORMING OVER MEXICO TO SUGGEST DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS, AND SURFACE FEATURES SUGGEST AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF RAIN TO SPREAD SOUTH FROM THE AREA OF HEAVY RAINS OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY TOWARD THE GONZALES AND HALLETSVILLE AREAS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1123 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005) UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO INCREASE POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOME OF OUR NE COUNTIES WITH CONVECTION FORMING ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CWFA HGX MOVING WEST TOWARD LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 951 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005) UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO TWEAK 1ST PERIOD POPS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE A DOWNWARD TREND...BUT MAY PERSIST BEYOND MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND VAL VERDE COUNTY WHERE A LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO ACT AS A TRIGGER. OTHERWISE...FORECAST ON TRACK. NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 446 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005) UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO TWEAK POPS FOR THIS EVENING BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS AND ADD MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR OUR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 347 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005) DISCUSSION... HIGH ALOFT IS NORTHWEST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING...AND IS FORECAST TO BUILD SLOWLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME...WEAK LARGE SCALE TROF LINGERS ALOFT OVER THE AREA IN LIGHT WIND FIELD AND IS FORECAST TO DRIFT EAST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS NEXT WEEK...AS A WEAK SUMMER SUBTROPICAL HIGH SLOWLY EVOLVES OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE 500 TO 200 HPA LOW HAS MOVED WEST OF RIO GRANDE...WITH LARGE SCALE TROF OVER AREA. LEFT OVER DAYTIME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH PART OF THE EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR NORTH PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...WHERE MESO BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH MAY KEEP SHOWERS ACITIVE A LITTLE LONGER. ON FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...TROF CONTINUES AT 700 TO 250 HPA OVER THE AREA. THIS PATTERN COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING SUPPORTS CONTINUED SUMMER DAYTIME TO EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ON MONDAY...700 TO 250 HPA TROF IS FORECAST TO DRIFT SLOWLY EAST. LAST SEVERAL FORECAST CYCLES CONT TO SHOW THE MONDAY UPPER LEVEL TROF NEAR ENOUGH TO SOUTH CNTRL TX TO WARRANT MENTION OF WDLY SCT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. BY TUESDAY TO THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK...FORECASTS SHOW RIDGE ALOFT SLOWLY BUILDING OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO WDLY SCT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY TO THURSDAY... CLOSER TO WEAK LOW ALOFT FCST TO BE EAST OF SOUTH TEXAS. EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 18/04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051015- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 513 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
744 PM CDT THU AUG 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0742 PM FLASH FLOOD 13 SSE FREDERICKSBURG 30.10N 98.79W
08/04/2005 KENDALL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAYS 1376 AND 1888 IN SOUTHERN GILLESPIE AND IN
NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
753 PM CDT THU AUG 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0742 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SSE LUCKENBACH 30.17N 98.74W
08/04/2005 GILLESPIE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAYS 1376 AND 1888 IN SOUTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY ARE
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
922 PM CDT THU AUG 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM FLASH FLOOD 12 NE FREDERICKSBURG 30.39N 98.73W
08/04/2005 GILLESPIE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 2323 FROM FREDERICKSBURG TO LLANO IS NOW CLOSED.
&&
PMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms in the late evening period produced rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches in the area of northeast Williamson County along the Bell County line between Jarrell and Bartlett. Flash flooding developed near midnight and ended in the early morning hours. Among the roads closed due to high water were FM487 and FM972.
The late evening thunderstorms over northeast Williamson County produced rain totals near 3 inches between Granger and Hare near the Milam County line. Flash flooding developed shortly after midnight, ending in the early morning hours. FM973 was closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2005
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: 5469290, 5469291.