1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 3, 1:10 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 210 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN THIS MORNING NEAR THE 700MB TROUGH AXIS. SINCE THE ATMOSPHERIC FLOW HAS CHANGED LITTLE OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS, WILL KEEP HIGH POPS AGAIN TODAY WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MID LEVEL LOW CENTER IS PROGGED TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLE TONIGHT, IN RESPONSE TO THE NEXT APPROACHING UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST U.S., RESULTING IN A WEAKER TROUGH NEAR THE RIO GRANDE. OUR PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 1.6 THROUGH THE 4TH, SO WILL LOOK FOR THE 700 TROF AXIS AS FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE GOOD DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INSURE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. BUT ALL IN ALL THE AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE BETTER DYNAMICS SHIFT FARTHER AWAY FROM US. FOR THE WEEKEND, THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. NOSES BACK INTO TEXAS AS ANOTHER LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. BREAKS FROM THE MAIN TROUGH AND DRIFT WEST. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BARELY 1.6 FOR THE WEEKEND. SO WILL SHAVE POPS BACK, EXPECTING ACTIVITY ONLY WITH THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN MOST COUNTIES. PRELIMS... AUS 85 73 88 73 5432 DRT 85 75 87 75 8664 SAT 85 74 89 74 6542 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Nueces River crested at Asherton at 30.21 feet on July 4 at 1515CST, where 20.0 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: 5312022.