Heavy rainfall began falling before midnight on the first from Bandera County across Bexar County and into Wilson County. Additional showers and thunderstorms formed between Carrizo Springs, Crystal City, Pearsall and Cotulla.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall began falling before midnight on the first from Bandera County across Bexar County and into Wilson County. Additional showers and thunderstorms formed between Carrizo Springs, Crystal City, Pearsall and Cotulla. With soils already soaked from the heavy rainfall of June 29 and 30, flash flooding developed very early in the morning and continued past noon for most counties.
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 Jul 1, 2:00 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 300 AM CDT MON JUL 1 2002 WILL REISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY AREA FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. UPPER AIR TROUGH AXIS NEAR A OUN...MTY LINE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. UPPER DISTURBANCES ALONG TROUGH AXIS HELPING DEVELOP CONVECTION ALONG LOWER COAST AND MOVING NORTH TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AVN HINTS THIS DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT LIKELY. MOST AREAS EAST OF I35 ARE SATURATED SO RAPID RUNOFF EXPECTED. TRAINING OF CONVECTION ALSO A THREAT. AS UPPER RIDGING GRADUALLY BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST AND UPPER TROUGH MIGRATES WEST...PROBABILITIES SHOULD BEGIN TO FALL RAPIDLY AND BY THE 4TH OF JULY...ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST BY THEN. LITTLE DYNAMICS BY NEXT WEEKEND WITH ONLY ISOLATEDS A POSSIBILITY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AUS 88/71/87/72 8463 DRT 92/73/89/73 3343 SAT 88/72/86/73 8673 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. 02/06/JB
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:29 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
General 3 to 4 inch totals fell across the county, with isolated amounts of up to 7 inches in the eastern part of the county. Flash flooding at this time affected low water crossings. Damage was limited to rural roads.
General 3 to 4 inch totals were reported over Bexar County, with isolated amounts of up to 5 inches across the northern part of the county. Flash flooding was reported across most low water crossings in the county.
General 2 to 3 inch totals were reported with isolated totals to 5 inches in the western part of the county. Low water crossings filled quickly with minor damage reported.
General 3 to 4 inch totals were indicated with isolated amounts of 5 inches in the north central part of the county. Little or no damage was indicated.
General 3 to 4 inch totals fell across the county. The greatest amounts were in the southwest part of the county, where 7 inch totals were recorded. Low water crossings were filled very quickly and damage was reported to some roads.
General 2 to 3 inch totals fell across the county with isolated totals of up to 5 inches in the southeast part of the county. Flash flooding was reported over low water crossings with minor damage to roads.
General 3 in amounts fell over the northern half of the county, with up to 5 inches in the extreme northeast along the Zavala and LaSalle County borders.
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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: 5306766, 5306767, 5306768, 5306769, 5306770, 5311462, 5311463.