9 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 6:30 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 730 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2002 SFC WINDS NORTHEAST NOW...WILL VEER SE BY SAT PM...THE 1ST DAY OF HUR SEASON. GREAT WX OUT THRU TUE...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WEAK TO MOD SE SFC FLOW. BY LATE TUE...AN H5 TROF DIGS TO ELP...WITH ATTENDING CF DRAPED OVR NRN TX BY 7 AM WED. VIGOROUS CONVECTION BEGINS OVR THE TX BIG BEND LATE WED...WITH OUTFLOWS FM NW CONVECTION INITIATING CONVECTION IN DEEP S TX BY THU. CURRENT MRF SHOWS AMPLE MSTR...LIFT AND DYNAMICS FOR SVR WX THU...WITH GOOD CHC FOR HVY RAFL IN OUR PARCHED PORTION DEL MUNDO. AM BANKING ON CUT0OFF UPPER LOW TRAPPED OVR WEST TX THU INTO FRI...FOR ADDITIONAL ADVECTION OF MSTR AND LIFT TO THE AREA...WITH STATIONARY FNT JUST N OF RIO GRANDE VLY 7 AM FRI. NO CHANGES NEEDED TO CURRENT ZFPBRO. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY NEXT TUE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS. SYNOPTIC-AVIATION-MARINE...PHILO (58) MESO...VEGA INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
Extreme drought conditions persisted through Deep South Texas during the period.
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, June 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: 5304933, 5304934, 5304935, 5304936, 5304937, 5304938, 5304939, 5304940, 5304941.