The slow moving tropical wave continued to dump heavy rains in the northwest hill country and the Heartland during the early morning hours. These heavy rains of up to 8 inches produced widespread flooding, and closed several roads in San Saba, Mason, and Kimble Counties.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The slow moving tropical wave continued to dump heavy rains in the northwest hill country and the Heartland during the early morning hours. These heavy rains of up to 8 inches produced widespread flooding, and closed several roads in San Saba, Mason, and Kimble Counties.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 1:49 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 249 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002 SO THIS IS JULY IN WEST TEXAS MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR THE PAST WEEK OUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE SHEAR AXIS AND ASSOCIATED RAINS THAT CAUSED THE TERRIBLE FLOODING TO OUR EAST. HAD BEEN THINKING THAT WOULD MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA AND PRODUCE RAINS...WHILE WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT OF THAT SYSTEM...TONIGHT A WHOLE NEW FOCUS HAS CHANGED OUR ATTENTION FURTHER WEST. AN UPPER LOW ALONG THE AZ/NM BORDER LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PLAY A ROLE IN OUR WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS LOW HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AT PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW MEXICO. REMNANTS OF THE NEW MEXICO STORMS ARE TRAVERSING WEST TEXAS TONIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT WITH SUFFICIENT SURFACE INFLOW...THOSE STORMS SHOULD PUSH ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THE DAY...THEREFORE WILL PLACE RELATIVELY HIGH POPS TODAY. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST AND CONTINUE TO SPIT OUT PIECES OF ENERGY TO PRODUCE TSTRMS...EACH MOVING OUR WAY. THIS WILL REQUIRE POPS IN ALMOST EVERY FORECAST PERIOD...IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE ENERGY NEEDED TO KICK OUT THE PESKY SHEAR AXIS THAT HAS PERSISTED OVER SOUTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH MODELS SHOWING CONSISTENCY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS...THE LOW REMAINS IN THE SOUTHWEST...THE CENTER OF THE SFC HIGH TAKE HOLD WELL TO OUR NORTHWEST. THAT PLACES WCNTRL TX UNDER NORTHERLY FLOW ...SO ALAS CHANCES OF A COLD FRONT AND CONTINUED CONVECTION REMAIN IN OUR FUTURE. WITH ALL THAT SAID...WILL MAKE WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AND INCLUDE CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT AND COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS...YUP ITS NOT A TYPICAL JULY FORECAST...BUT IT MAY BE OUR CHANCE TO FILL SOME RESERVOIRS. MAY NOT BE A DROUGHT BUSTER...BUT IT AINT GOING TO HURT. AT THIS POINT...AM NOT SURE WHAT I WILL DO WITH ANY FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...OUR EASTERN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN HAMMERED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...HOWEVER NOT MUCH RAIN THERE OVERNIGHT...SINCE THE MAIN THREAT FOR HEAVIER RAIN TODAY APPEARS TO BE IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES ...MAY HOLD OFF ON ANY WATCHES...BUT WILL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE LAST MINUTE CHANGES. OKAY..LATE DECISION...LOOKING AT THE RAIN MOVING INTO OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...WILL GO WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST. ABI 85/70/88/70 5432 SJT 86/70/88/70 6422 JCT 86/70/90/70 6322 .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR MASON...MENARD...KIMBLE...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA...BROWN AND COLEMAN COUNTIES. 25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains continue to fall over northeast San Saba county causing road closures over the eastern portions of the county.
Heavy rains during the early morning hours produced widespread flooding over a large part of Mason County. There were numerous road closures during the height of the flooding. The majority of the property damage received was from road washouts.
Heavy rains fell across Kimble County producing widespread flooding throughout the county. At the height of the flood several roads were closed due to high water, including Highway 377. Most of the property damage was due to road washouts.
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: 5306947, 5306948, 5306949.