Flash Flood in Texas, October 22, 2002

Name: Flash Flood in Texas, October 22, 2002
Start: 2002-10-22T17:21
End: 2002-10-22T18:21
Location: Texas

October 22, 2002 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 22, 4:26 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 4:26 PM CST, 55 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
526 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002

MADE AN EARLIER UPDATE TO THE ZFP TO RAISE POPS FOR THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL BEND THIS EVENING WHERE STRONG SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
IS OCCURRING ALONG A THETA-E RIDGE AXIS INVOF OF THE SEABREEZE
BOUNDARY.

85/76

.CRP...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 6:04 AM CST, 11 hours 17 minutes before

TXZ229>234-239>247-231100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
704 AM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DUE IN PART TO A
SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION LATER THIS WEEK...YET IS EXPECTED TO STALL. SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

WC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 22, 11:42 AM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

545 AM    7 E PETRONILA             TX   TORNADO
10/22/02   NUECES                         TWO BARNS SUSTAINED
                                          MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE.
                                          DEBRIS FROM BARN
                                          STRUCTURES DAMAGED
                                          NEARBY TRUCK AND HOUSE.
                                          PATH LENGTH 1.2 MILES.
                                          WIDTH ESTIMATED AT 30
                                          YARDS. PRELIMINARY

TR

Local storm report, Oct 22, 11:42 AM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

545 AM    7 E PETRONILA             TX   TORNADO
10/22/02   NUECES                         TWO BARNS SUSTAINED
                                          MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE.
                                          DEBRIS FROM BARN
                                          STRUCTURES DAMAGED
                                          NEARBY TRUCK AND HOUSE.
                                          PATH LENGTH 1.2 MILES.
                                          WIDTH ESTIMATED AT
                                          30 YARDS. PRELIMINARY
                                          STRENGTH ESTIMATED AS A
                                          F1.

TR

Special weather statement, Oct 22, 3:08 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

TXZ229>234-239>247-231100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
408 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002

...AN ACTIVE WEEK OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTH TEXAS...

SOUTH TEXAS WILL EXPERIENCE AN INCREASING PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.  ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL
COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF
THE UPCOMING WEEK.  THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER IN
THE WEEK.  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY MAY EXCEED 5
INCHES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS.  A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL
EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
UNFOLDING WEATHER SITUATION.  PEOPLE LIVING ALONG RIVERS...CREEKS
AND STREAMS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF ANY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FALLS AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLE WATER RISES.  PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.

MB

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Kleberg

When: October 22, 5:21 PM CST to 6:21 PM CST
Where: Kleberg County, Central Portion
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 27.427, -97.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, October 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: 5319622.