Texas, 2002

Flood in Texas, July 2 to 6, 2002

July 2 to 6, 2002 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 1:11 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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 radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Uvalde

When
July 2, 6:06 PM CST to July 6, 9:36 AM CST
Where
Uvalde forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Sabinal River crested at Sabinal at 38.28 feet on July 5 at 1345CST, where flood stage is 12.0 feet. The body of a man was recovered late on the afternoon of July 2. He had been trying to remove objects from the flood waters of the Sabinal River with his tractor when he was swept off the tractor and drowned.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Flood, Uvalde2002-07-0274MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5311772.