Flash Flood, Sutton
- When
- July 7, 1:50 AM CST to 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sutton County, Sonora
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.498, -100.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Significant street flooding was reported in Sonora.
Flash Flooding in Texas, July 7, 2002
The last gasps of the tropical wave that resulted in widespread flooding from south central Texas to the Big Country produced some flooding over the Edwards Plateau and the Big Country on the 7th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The last gasps of the tropical wave that resulted in widespread flooding from south central Texas to the Big Country produced some flooding over the Edwards Plateau and the Big Country on the 7th.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 1:13 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:13 AM CST, 37 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 213 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATED UPPER TROUGH/SHEAR ZONE CONTINUING OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND TROPICAL WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. 00Z SOUNDING AT MIDLAND AND DEL RIO WERE RUNNING ABOUT 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL. RADAR AT 7Z INDICATED THE CIRCULATION SOUTHWEST CROCKETT COUNTY...AS A MCS MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO MEXICO AND TOWARD DEL RIO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING NEAR SONORA AND OZONA. MIDNIGHT HAS THE TIME FOR REDEVELOPMENT THIS WEEK...AND THIS COULD VERY WELL DEVELOP OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY THIS MORNING. MAY SEE ANOTHER MCS DEVELOP IN THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...CLOSER TO UPPER LOW IN NEW MEXICO... AND MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY/CONCHO VALLEY AGAIN. MODEL INDICATE LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH UPPER FEATURES TODAY. BOTH AVN AND ETA MODELS SHIFT THE SHEAR ZONE AND UPPER LOW TO THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS DOING THIS HOWEVER...AND WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS MONDAY (30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE). PERHAPS SHEAR ZONE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE WEST BY TUESDAY WILL KEEP LOWER POPS IN PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE FOR TUESDAY AND BEYOND. WITH THE EXTREME AMOUNTS OF RAIN THAT FELL THE LAST 24 HOURS...WILL PUT IN FLASH FLOOD WATCH. EVEN IF THE MCS DOES NOT DEVELOP THIS MORNING... AFTERNOON HEAT GENERATED STORMS COULD QUICKLY PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS PROBABLY THE CASE FOR THE HARD HIT ABILENE AND BROWNWOOD AREAS. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 086/070 090/071 091 6333 SJT 090/070 093/070 091 6533 JCT 090/070 093/070 090 4332 .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY ALL COUNTIES. 04
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Fisher
- When
- July 7, 3:35 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -100.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Law enforcement reported several road closures throughout the county as a result of high water.
Flash Flood, Nolan
- When
- July 7, 4:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.304, -100.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some flooding of low water crossings resulted in the closing of some roads around Sweetwater.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, July 7 to 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, July 7, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Washington, July 7, 2002
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 7 to 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 7, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Washington, July 7, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 7, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, July 7 to 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 7, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 7, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2002
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: 5307101, 5307103, 5307102.