1 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, 9:30 AM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 930 AM CST WED DEC 4 2002 CURRENT WEATHER ANALYSIS AND OUTLOOK... THE COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND HILL COUNTY FORECAST WARNING AREA AS FORECASTED...AND IS NOW LOCATED SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. COLD WINDY WEATHER IS SETTLING INTO THE REGION WITH A A HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING SOUTHWARD. CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST THE THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING WITH RAIN AND SHOWERS CONTINUING. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES... LOOK FOR RAIN ENDING WITH A GRADUAL CLEARING TREND. TEMPERATURES REMAINING SOMEWHAT STEADY...IN THE 40S AND 50S. THE BIG QUESTION IS...WITH THE CLEARING SKIES...WHAT WILL THE TEMPERATURES BE TONIGHT. ITS A GIVEN THAT THE LOWS FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. BY THIS AFTERNOON...IF SKIES HAVE CLEARED NOTICEABLE...THEN THE LOWS MAY BE LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED...THIS WILL BEAR CLOSE WATCHING. AS FOR NOW...THE CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS AS TO BE ON TRACK. WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND TO BRING MORE IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT WEATHER TRENDS. PREVIOUS WEATHER DISCUSSIONS... 720AM...HAVE UPDATED FCST TO LOWER DAYTIME TEMPS. STRONG CCA BEHIND COLD FRONT WILL OVERCOME ANY DIURNAL RISE TODAY. 300AM...LATEST MSAS ANALYSIS PLACED THE SFC LOW NEAR LUFKIN WITH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING THRU THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWFA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FLORESVILLE TO LULING AND BASTROP. THIS IS DUE TO CELL TRAINING ALONG THE FRONT. THE UPPER LOW LOCATED OVER THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY. THIS WILL SWING THE UPPER TROF AXIS ACROSS THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE UPPER TROF AXIS MOVES EASTWARD DRYING IN THE UPPER LEVELS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWFA TODAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE SFC HIGH CENTERED JUST NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND BALCONES ESCARPMENT...INCLUDING NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY. OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPS FOR TODAY OCCURRED AT MIDNIGHT FOR MANY LOCATIONS WITH THE FRONT MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM REMAINING IN THE 40S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO FALLING INTO THE 50S AND BECOMING STEADY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA. NEXT CHANCE OF PCPN WILL BE MONDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROF. MAY HAVE SOME RETURN FLOW FOG AND DRIZZLE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT RAIN EVENT. .EWX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The San Marcos River crested at Luling at 24.62 feet on December 4 at 1700CST, where flood stage is 20.0 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: 5325969.