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 Dec 14, 2:25 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 225 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2002 THE WEST WINDS THROUGH MOST OF THE ATMOS ARE KEEPING US DRY. THEREFORE WE CAN EASILY GET 35 DEGREE DIURNAL RANGE TODAY. WITH THE SFC HIGH MOVING EAST TONIGHT, WILL GET SOUTHERLY WINDS AND INCREASING DWPTS. ETA SHOW ISENTROPIC LIFTING STARTING TODAY AND BY SUNDAY MORNING, LOW CLOUDS STREAMING NORTH THRU THE CWA. SO SUNDAY WITH BE MOSTLY SUNNY WEST AND PARTLY CLOUDY EAST. BUT THE DRY WEST WINDS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL ERODE MOST OF THE CLOUD LAYER AND ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE TO OR GO ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN. SUNDAY NIGHT SFC GRADIENT WILL SUPPORT STRATUS DEVELOPMENT AND LOW CLOUD ADVECTION OVER EASTERN HALF. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE TRANSITION DAYS. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH MONDAY WILL GIVE THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A LARGER BROAD TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES WILL ENHANCE THE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE CWA TUESDAY TO SET UP THE REGION FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE NEXT PACIFIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY. PRELIM NUMBERS AUS 71 44 74 49 70 000- SAT 72 46 75 52 72 000- DRT 75 42 77 49 75 0000 .EWX...NONE06/08/JB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Navidad River crested at Speaks at 24.91 feet on December 14 at 1048CST, where flood stage is 24.0 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2002
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: 5325972.