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 Jul 2, 1:11 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 211 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THE THREAT AREA REDEFINED WESTWARD. THE MCS THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE HILL COUNTY THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IS WEAKENING AFTER DUMPING 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS UVALDE COUNTY. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ACROSS THE EASTERN CWFA...JUST EAST OF THE DECAYING MCS. THESE STORMS WILL TRAIN NORTHWARD FROM THE COASTAL BEND. THIS AREA...FROM SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN AND BURNET EASTWARD...WILL HAVE THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE ETA/MESOETA WILL BE THE BASIS FOR THIS FCST. IT SLOWLY MOVES THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROF AXIS SOUTHWESTWARD INTO MEXICO BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS MEANS THE HEAVY RAINS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT WESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY...WITH RAINS DIMINISHING OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH BUT CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS DAYTIME HEATING INTERACTS WITH THE RESIDUAL TROPICAL AIRMASS. PRELIMS... AUS 073/084 073/088 073 74220 DRT 074/085 075/088 075 76640 SAT 073/085 074/089 074 85320 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT. 13/09
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Cibolo Creek crested at Falls City at 30.13 feet on July 4 at 0815CST, where 17.0 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: 5311768.