5 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 4, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 330 AM CST WED DEC 4 2002 SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY AS DRIER AIR MIXES DOWN. SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD TODAY. THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT SETTING UP THE CWFA FOR A FREEZE. CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND LOW DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT. A FREEZE WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH A HARD FREEZE FOR THE HILL COUNTRY. A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR THOSE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THAT HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE THEIR FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON. AFTER A COLD FRIDAY MORNING A WARMING TREND WILL ENSUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES AS BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY. THIS WILL ADVECT GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SUNDAY/MONDAY TIME FRAME AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA. THANKS TO CRP FOR COORD THE FREEZE WARNING. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 050/028 056/033 060 00000 DRT 058/033 062/038 064 00000 SAT 052/031 058/036 062 00000 .EWX...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 13/04
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM JARRELL TO CASTROVILLE AND KENEDY. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1115 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BASTROP...LEE...CALDWELL AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... BURNET...BLANCO...HAYS...GILLESPIE...LLANO...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON... AND KENDALL COUNTIES. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE HILL COUNTRY WILL FOCUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER THE COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH AREA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall was reported over Bastrop County, with isolated totals near 4 inches in the south part of the county. Due to the soils remaining saturated from recent rains, flash flooding developed quickly over the south portion of the county.
General 1 to 2 inch rains fell over the county, with totals near 5 inches just north of Luling. Soils over the county had remained saturated from recent rainfall, and flash flooding developed quickly across much of the county.
General 2 to 3 inch rainfall over Lee County west of a line from Giddings to Lexington. Combined with the already saturated soils, the rainfall was sufficient to produce brief flash flooding across the western part of the county.
Guadalupe County received general 2 inch rains in the early morning hours, with up to 4 inches between Kingsbury and Luling. With soils still saturated from recent rain, brief flash flooding took place across the northern half of the county.
The northern half of Gonzales County received a general 1 to 2 inch rainfall between 2 am and 4 am CST, with totals of nearly 4 inches between Belmont and Thompsonville. Soils had remained saturated from recent rainfall, allowing brief flash flooding to develop in the northern half of the county.
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: 5325889, 5325890, 5325968, 5325891, 5325892.