Texas, 2002Flash Flooding in Texas, July 29 to 30, 2002
July 29 to 30, 2002 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 29, 2:18 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:18 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
318 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002
RATHER UNUSUAL PATTERN FOR LATE JULY TRANSITIONS IN ONE MORE
SEASONABLE GOING INTO AUGUST. SHEAR AXIS PERSISTS TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...THEN SUBTROPICAL RIDGE DOMINATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MCS/MCV AND ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW JUST NORTH OF HILL COUNTRY. FLOW
ALOFT ON BACK SIDE OF SHEAR AXIS WILL ENABLE SYSTEM TO DRIFT TOWARD
THE BIG BEND BY WEDNESDAY. ETA/MESO-ETA SEEMS BETTER AND FORECAST
GOES TRENDS TOWARD IT. CHANCE POPS FAR NORTHWEST TO NO POPS
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. POPS SLOWLY DECREASE OUT WEST TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AS MCV DRIFTS WEST...PWS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 1.5
INCHES...LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS AND MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES (CURRENTLY
11C AT 700 MB AND -6C AT 500 MB) INCREASE. WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT
WOULD ENHANCE SEABREEZE CONVERGENCE...HOWEVER THE ABOVE SAME REASONS
MAKE POPS NEAR ZERO. OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AN
EASTERLY WAVE MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS...ALTHOUGH MODELS SEEM
TO BE BACKING OFF IN PROGRESSION WEST. 04/03.
...PRELIMS...
AUS 076/096 074/097 074 1----
DRT 076/096 076/099 076 42222
SAT 077/094 076/095 076 -----
.EWX...NONE.
Flash Flood, Edwards
- When
- July 29, 6:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, South Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -100.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
On July 29, widely scattered showers and thunderstorms formed over the western Hill Country and Edwards Plateau. General 1 to 2 inch rainfall, with isolated totals to near 4 inches fell over southern Edwards County and northern Uvalde county. SH55 was shut down in places between Rocksprings and Barksdale for several evening hours as a result of the heavy rain. No damage was reported.
Flash Flood, Uvalde
- When
- July 29, 10:30 PM CST to July 30, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County, North Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
On July 29, widely scattered showers and thunderstorms formed over the western Hill Country and Edwards Plateau. General 1 to 2 inch rainfall, with isolated totals to near 4 inches fell over southern Edwards County and northern Uvalde county. SH55 was shut down in places from just south of Camp Wood to near Uvalde for several late night hours as a result of the heavy rain. No damage was indicated.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 20021 death · 4 injured · $831,000 · 53 kt wind · 38 events
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 29, 20021 death · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 2002$2.0 million · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 2002$593,000 · 14 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 29, 2002$245,000 · 50 kt wind · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 2002$117,000 · 74 kt wind · 24 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 2002$139,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 29, 20022 injured · $90,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 29, 2002$80,000 · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 29, 2002$75,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornado in Florida, July 29, 2002$20,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 2002$55,000 · 3 events
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: 5311180, 5311181.