3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 4, 10:35 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1035 AM CST MON NOV 4 2002 FIDDLED WITH TODAYS POPS AND SKY COVER A TAD. ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPS FOR CURRENT TRENDS. FCSTID = 30 ...NEW NUMBERS (CHANGED FIRST PD HIGH AND POPS ONLY)... DFW 55 47 62 43 / 50 90 20 0 ACT 54 48 64 44 / 70 100 30 0 PRX 55 45 58 41 / 30 90 40 0 DTO 53 46 59 41 / 30 90 20 0 TKI 55 46 59 41 / 30 90 20 0 DAL 55 47 62 43 / 50 90 20 0 TRL 55 47 60 43 / 60 90 40 0 CRS 55 48 60 44 / 80 90 30 0 TPL 54 49 64 45 / 90 100 40 0 .FWD...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-042200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 505 AM CST MON NOV 4 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN ATHENS TO WACO LINE. THE ONLY HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE AN OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKE ALONG WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CANTON...WACO...LAMPASAS LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH. SINCE THE GROUND IS NEAR SATURATION IN MANY LOCATIONS DUE TO RECENT RAIN...SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY TONIGHT...HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. ALL THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE INTO EAST TEXAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... RAIN WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...HOWEVER NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 79
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The east bound feeder road on Interstate 45 was flooded at the 154 mile marker.
Numerous county roads flooded. FM 50 from Watts Lane into Brazos county was flooded.
FM 486 5 miles south of Thorndale was flooded, and FM 908 was flooded near Thorndale.
Interstate 45 southbound between Centerville and Old San Antonio Road was closed in two places due to high water. Roads near Boggy Creek and Spring Creek also closed due to high water.
Water over FM 50 and Highway 231.
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, November 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: 5318630, 5318631, 5318632, 5318633, 5318634.