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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 1:55 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 255 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN. ONE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE OTHER AREA OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL HAVE A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS. THIS WILL CAUSE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND LATER TONIGHT. WILL HAVE FAIRLY HIGH POPS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES WEST. THE BRO SOUNDING THIS MORNING SHOWED A PWAT OF 2.20 AND A K-INDEX OF 31. WOULD EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES WEST ON TUESDAY SHOWERS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WHILE THE REMAINDER OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL SHOW A SLIGHT DECREASE. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT QUITE BE AS WARM TUESDAY AS TODAY DUE TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER. WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS BY TUESDAY NIGHT CAUSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO END AT THAT TIME. A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN STORE FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY. MARINE...BOY020 SHOWED A WIND FROM THE SOUTH AT 14 GUSTS TO 19 KNOTS WITH 5 FOOT SEAS. SEAS HAVE DECREASED ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON TO TAKE OUT THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY TO WARRANT ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND. LONG TERM...A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN STORE FOR THE AREA LATER IN THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF A SEA BREEZE FRONT BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE SLOWLY BEGINS TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN. SYNOPTIC...65 AVIATION-MARINE...55 MESO...VEGA INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BRO TB 078/090 078/094 077 60/60/00/00/00 HRL TB 079/091 079/095 077 60/60/00/00/00 MFE TB 077/094 078/097 076 50/70/10/00/00 RGC TB 075/094 076/099 074 50/70/20/00/00 SPI TB 081/087 081/089 080 70/50/00/00/00 .BRO...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1056 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1055 AM HEBBRONVILLE TX FLOOD
07/15/02 JIM HOGG REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1101 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1101 AM HEBBRONVILLE TX FLOOD
07/15/02 JIM HOGG REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
157 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0156 PM LA GLORIA TX FLOOD
07/15/02 STARR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intense thunderstorms produced up to 4 inches of rain in an hour and flash flooding in Hebbronville.
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: 5314490.