1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 2:20 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 320 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002 CONVECTION DEVELOPED WITH DAYTIME HEATING OVER THE WRN AND ERN CWA THIS AFTN. REMNANTS OF BERTHA OVER NE MEX RESULTING IN SCT SHRA/TSRA MOVING NWWD OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...WHILE IN THE EAST A COMBINATION SFC CONVERGENCE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER STORMS KEEPING STORMS MORE ORGANIZED. WILL KEEP CHC POPS FOR THE EVENING HOURS AND MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IT APPEARS A SERIES OF S/WS DROPPING INTO A MEAN TROF OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AREA WILL CONTINUE A WEAKNESS OVER EAST TEXAS. MODELS INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO FOR SLIGHT CHC AFTN/EVENG POPS IN THE WEST AND CHC EAST THRU EARLY/MID WEEK...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE OUT MENTION PCPN FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK AS MRF INDICATES LESS MOISTURE AND SLIGHTLY INCREASED H5 HEIGHTS. 01/18 AUS BB 073/092 074/093 074 3222 DRT EB 077/094 077/096 078 3222 SAT BB 074/092 075/094 076 3222 .EWX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
With soils still very wet from the rainfall in July, flash flooding developed in the mid afternoon after general 2 to 3 inch rainfall across the county. Several roads were reported closed due to high water. No damage was indicated.
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