2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Oct 20, 7:30 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 830 PM CDT SUN OCT 20 2002 .SHORT TERM...RRQ OF UPR JET ALONG WITH SFC BOUNDARY REAPED ALL OF THE 4K J/KG CAPE IN ATM TNGT. SVR TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. ZFPBRO UPDATED FOR CURRENT WX. .MARINE DISCUSSION...THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MID WEEK...AS MOIST GULF AIR IS DESTABILIZED BY CONDITIONS ALOFT. THE AVN IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH RAINFALL AREAL COVERAGE AND AMOUNT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE FROM THE SOUTHEAST...WITH SEAS MODERATE AS WELL. NO FLAGS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TERM. BY MID WEEK A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS...AND THE AVN THEN DEVELOPS DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN EAST TEXAS LATE IN THE WEEK. IF THIS VERIFIES...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...THOUGH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES STILL APPEAR MARGINAL AT THIS POINT. SYNOPTIC...PHILO (58) AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...HARO/ABBOTT INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...URBAN SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADV TXC215 THRU 0230Z.
TXZ248>257-211100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 535 PM CDT SUN OCT 20 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME OVER HIDALGO...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ASKED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:41 UTC.
2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding was reported in San Benito by an off-duty NWS employee.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines, damaged a power pole, and severed tree limbs in Los Fresnos.
Street flooding was reported in Los Fresnos by an off-duty NWS employee.
Thunderstorm winds produced damage to several mobile home awnings and roofs in the Gulf View RV Park in Raymondville. A few small trees were uprooted while larger trees had limbs severed. A storm survey found evidence of winds to 75 mph.
Flash flooding in Progreso resulted in several closed roads and water entering homes in town.
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, October 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: 5320002, 5320003, 5320063, 5320062, 5320064.