1 flood, 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 10, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 300 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002 CURRENT WEATHER ANALYSIS... AT THE SURFACE...A PRESSURE RIDGE EXISTS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CONUS REGION...EXTENDING TO THE GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHWEST TO OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS...WITH ANOTHER RIDGE OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. WEAK SURFACE TROUGHS EXISTS FROM THE PACIFIC/BAJA REGION NORTHWARD INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THE GREAT BASIN. AT 500MB...PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE CARIBBEAN WITH ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS AND A WEAK LOW CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO. AS SEEN BY IR/WV SATELLITE...A PACIFIC MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE TAPS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL MEXICO INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. MODEL GUIDANCE ANALYSIS... AVN PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGE HAS DECREASING VALUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MRF...AVN...ETA AND NGM 500MB GUIDANCE MOVES THE LOW OVER NEW MEXICO NORTHEAST BY NOON TODAY...BUILDS THE CARIBBEAN HIGH OVER THE GULF AND MEXICO AND SWEEPS A TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS REGION BY 72 HOURS. THE MRF...AVN...ETA AND NGM SURFACE GUIDANCE MOVES SWEEPS A TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS BY 72 HOURS WITH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTAL RIDGE BUILDS SOUTHEAST BEHIND THE TROUGH. CURRENT WEATHER OUTLOOK... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS LIFTING NORTHEAST AS THIS IS BEING WRITTEN. COOLER/DRIER AIR IS FILTERING INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST WARNING AREA. THE PACIFIC/BAJA TAPE INTO SOUTH TEXAS MAY PROVIDE SOME MOISTURE OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH TO THE WEEKEND AND A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 83/60/85/63/85 00003 DRT 85/63/87/65/87 00003 SAT 85/63/85/65/87 00003 .EWX...NONE.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-102145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THRU SOUTH TEXAS. COOLER DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT LATE SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Cibolo Creek crested at Falls City at 26.9 feet on October 10 at 1515CST, where 17.0 feet is flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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