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 Jun 30, 7:45 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 845 CDT SUN JUN 30 2002 SATELLITE AND UPPER ANALYSIS PLACE MID/UPPER TROUGH NEAR FTW-SAT-MTY LINE WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES EAST OF LINE. HEAVY RAIN EVENT TODAY WAS ESSENTIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-35... ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHED 12 INCHES IN THE HILL COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY...AREA SOILS ARE NOW SATURATED ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN ON MONDAY WILL REDEVELOP THE FLASH FLOODING. SOILS WEST OF I-35 REMAIN UNSATURATED...BUT NEED ONLY 2 TO 3 INCHES TO BRING THEM TO A PROBLEM. MODELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY PROGGED THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LOW TO DRIFT WWD THRU THE NEXT 48 HOURS...SO THE MAIN LIFT AND FLOODING THREAT WILL LIKELY SHIFT WWD FROM MON INTO TUE. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO REDEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND SPREAD NWD INTO THE CENTRAL ZONES MON MORNING...SO WILL MAINTAIN WATCH THRU TONITE. WILL LOWER POPS MOST SECTIONS TONIGHT...INDICATING RAIN CHANCES ON THE RISE EARLY MONDAY. 09/19/WR/DC PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... TRAIN OF TROPICAL MOISTURE STRETCHES ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH OF TAMPICO NORTHWARD ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEY AND COASTAL BEND PAST THE RED RIVER INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. MAIN PLUME IS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOST OF THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. ALSO HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE WATCH WESTWARD TO INCLUDE THE DEL RIO AND EAGLE PASS AREAS AS WELL AS THIS TRAIN OF TROPICAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD SPILL OVER INTO THOSE COUNTIES ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. VERY IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...UPWARDS TO 10 INCHES OR BETTER IN A FEW SPOTS...WITH MORE IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. BESIDES FLASH FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING IS QUITE PROBABLE WITH THE GUADALUPE BEING AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AMONG OTHERS. RIVER FORECASTS AND RIVER FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS SHOULD BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AUS 73/88/73/89 +865 DRT 74/90/74/92 6544 SAT 73/88/73/89 +865 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall for the last two days of June causing a rise on the San Marcos River. The San Marcos River crested at Luling at 33.73 feet on July 5 at 1830CST. 20.0 feet is flood stage.
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: 5306765.