8 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 8:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 940 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002 SHORT TERM...MAIN CONCERN OF THE NIGHT IS THE INCREASING CONV JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER. THIS ACTIVITY IS APPARENTLY FIRING ALONG A NARROW LOBE OF 5H VORTICITY EXTENDING SOUTHWARDS FROM THE QUASI-STATIONARY 5H TROUGH POSITIONED OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO/SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MESO-ETA KEEPS THIS VORT LOBE POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY WHICH WILL MAINTAIN THE CONV POTENTIAL OVER THE REGION IN THE SHORT TERM. PLENTY OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE BRO CWA WITH THE CRP AND BRO SOUNDINGS REPORTING PWATS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. PORTIONS OF THE BRO CWA ARE OUTLINED IN THE LATEST EXCESSIVE RAIN OUTLOOK FROM HPC (REF QPFERD DISC) HIGHLIGHTING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINS IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...CLD TOP TEMPS AND LIGHTNING ACTIVITY INDICATE THAT THE CONV TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA IS NOT WEAKENING AND WILL PUSH INTO THE CWA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SO WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BRO CWA TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE CWA WORDING LOOKS OK. MARINE...THE SURFACE GRADIENT FLOW OFFSHORE HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT AND IS BELOW SCA LEVELS ATTM. WWIII GUIDANCE SLOWLY DIMINISHES WIND AND SWELL ACTIVITY OFFSHORE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND SO NOW REASON TO DISAGREE WITH THIS TREND AS MESO-ETA MSL FIELDS WEAKEN BY 12Z MONDAY. SO WILL LOWER THE SCA OFFSHORE AND WILL MENTION SCEC CONDITIONS. SYNOPTIC-AVIATION-MARINE...60/MESO...ABBOTT INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...FFA TONIGHT FOR TXZ250-251-253>257.
TXZ248>257-011000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 900 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED NEAR THE LAREDO AREA THIS EVENING CONTINUES TO BRING WARM AND MOIST TROPICAL AIR OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND MONDAY PROVIDING THE LIFT TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT. AS ALWAYS...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...AND DRIVE ACCORDING TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVY RAIN CAN DROP TO NEAR ZERO. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT YOUR BROWNSVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SPEECE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions persisted across Deep South Texas during the period.
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, July 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: 5314495, 5314496, 5314497, 5314498, 5314499, 5314500, 5314501, 5314502.