1 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 1:45 AM CST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 245 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ATMOSPHERE IS IN THE PROCESS OF RELOADING OVER SE TX AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. EVIDENCE OF ITS CAPABILITY IS OCCURRING SW OF AREA WHERE A CLUSTER OF STORMS IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SCT TSRA/SHWR DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY BEGINNING OVER THE FA. FOR UPCOMING PACKAGE...HAVE NOT MADE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. BELIEVE ONGOING FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THE SAME TRENDS STILL NOTED. 00Z AREA RAOBS STILL INDICATE CLOSE TO 2 INCH PW OVER FA EARLY TODAY AND THIS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE LATER TODAY AND INTO EARLY TUES AS A SURGE OF 2.2 TO 2.4 INCH PW PUSHES NORTHWARD OUT OF THE WESTERN GULF AROUND DEVELOPING MID/UPPER RIDGE CENTERED ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. FA AREA IS STILL IN FAVORABLE ENTRANCE REGION OF 60 KT UPPER LEVEL JET MAX WHICH IS NE OF REGION AND IS STILL SUBJECT TO SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROTATING AROUND MID/UPPER LOW. MEAN LAYER FLOW WILL SUPPORT SLOW MOVING AND BACKBUILDING STORMS. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT FFA AND EXTEND INTO MON NIGHT. AXIS OF BEST MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT W AS RIDGE BEGINS TO INFLUENCE THE EASTERN ZONES LATE ON TUESDAY. FOR THIS REASON... BELIEVE POPS WILL DECREASE ON WED OVER THE AREA BUT NOT AS DRAMATIC AS AVN GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING. THE MID/UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER ARKLATX REGION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NW AND ELONGATE INTO A SHEAR AXIS WEST OF THE AREA. POPS ARE TRENDED CLOSE TO THE AVN/ETA SOLNS WHICH ARE HIGHER THAN MOS GUIDANCE. MODEL QPFS WILL BE TOO LOW IN THIS SITUATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION GENERAL AMOUNTS IN THE 2-4 INCH RANGE FOR THE 24 HR PD OF THE WATCH WITH HIGHER ISOLATED AMTS. DID NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PD WITH MID 90S FOR HIGH TEMPS AND SLIGHT CHC POPS. 33/41 .HGX...FFA SE TX THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRELIMS... CLL TT 088/071 088/073 092 767 IAH TT 088/072 088/074 094 866 GLS TT 087/077 088/079 089 866
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several secondary roads across the county were closed due to flooding.
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: 5311569.