Texas, 2002

Flood in Texas, July 2 to 5, 2002

July 2 to 5, 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
0
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, 2:10 AM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:10 AM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
310 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE AREAWIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. UPPER
TROUGH MEANDERING ACROSS AREA TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH RICH MOISTURE
PLUMES OFF THE GULF TO ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF
TROPIC-LIKE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL BEGIN
MOVING WEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE FOCUS SHIFTING
WESTWARD INTO THE WESTERN HILLS AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.  BY
INDEPENDENCE DAY...MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY SHIFTS WEST WITH UPPER
RIDGING BUILDING IN FROM THE EAST.  EASTERLIES RETURN OVER THE
WEEKEND WITH A MINOR WAVE MOVING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. GRADUAL
RIDGING ALOFT NEXT TUESDAY AS MAMMOTH BLOCKY RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE
WESTERN U.S..

PRELIMS...
AUS TE 080/071 088/072 093 +522
DRT TT 083/072 084/074 092 5754
SAT TE 082/073 088/073 092 8532

.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA THRU TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:30 AM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
730 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0600 AM        NEW BRAUNFELS         TX    FLASH FLOOD
07/02/02       COMAL                      SEVERAL ROADS WEST OF NEW
                                           BRAUNFELS FLOODED
                                           BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE

0619 AM        COUNTYWIDE            TX   FLASH FLOOD
07/02/02       GILLESPIE                  ALL LOW AREAS AND LOW
                                          WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED
                                          SH 290 CLOSED EAST OF
                                          STONEWALL
                                          BY EMC

0640 AM        BRACKETTVILLE         TX   FLASH FLOOD
07/02/02       KINNEY                     US 90 CLOSED IN BRACKETTVILLE
                                          DUE TO FLOODING
                                          RELAYED THROUGH VAL VERDE
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

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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, Bandera

When
July 2, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 3:02 PM CST
Where
Bandera forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
29.747, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Medina River crested at Bandera at 36.13 feet on July 4 at 1100CST, where flood stage is 13.0 feet.

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: 5311184.