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 25, 10:08 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1010 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002 SHALLOW CDFNT HAS PUSHED THRU MUCH OF THE S CNTRL TX THIS MORNING WITH THE BEST CAA INTO THE CENTRAL CWA AND DROPPING TEMPS INTO THE 50S. ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE DEEPER COOL AIR PRODUCING THE AREA OF SHRA/TSRA OVER EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS MORNING AND WILL NEED TO CHANGE WORDING IN THE HILL COUNTRY TO MORE CONVECTIVE. WILL ALSO ADJUST TEMPS DOWN A CAT AND ADJUST WINDS TO MORE NLY. COMBINATION OF THE CDFNT TO THE SOUTH AND REMNANTS OF KENNA COMING ACRS LATE TONIGHT/ SATURDAY WILL REQUIRE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BY THE AFTN PACKAGE. HEAVIEST RAINS TO BE OVER THE SRN CWA...BUT SOIL IS SO SATURATED ACRS S CNTRL TX THAT FFA WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED ACRS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FOR TONIGHT. 01/11/10/DC PREVIOUS DISC... WILL NOT REISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY BUT DAY SHIFT WILL PROBABLY NEED TO ISSUE A NEW WATCH TONIGHT. A LACK OF UPPER DYNAMICS AND FOCUSING OF KENNAS TROPICAL TAP TO OUR SOUTH REASONS FOR NOT REISSUING. BELIEVE KENNA SHOULD BREAK UP OVER MEXICO TODAY AND SEND MAIN DISTURBANCES NORTHWARD INTO AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING SATURDAY. THUS EXPECT HEAVY RAINS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...TODAYS SHALLOW COOL POOL SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR SOME OVERRRUNNING LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE MUCH OF THE DAY AS TROPICAL TAP FROM KENNA CONTINUES. BY SUNDAY...KENNA SHOULD BE EAST OF AREA WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION AND MOSTLY CLOUDY WEATHER EXPECTED WITH MINOR OVERRUNNING FROM CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND WEAK SURFACE RIDGING. THEN ON WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK...A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS IN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THEN FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER DRIER WEATHER ON HALLOWEEN. IF THIS TROUGH IS DELAYED ANY LENGTH OF TIME...HALLOWEEN COULD BE WET. .EWX...NONE.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 403 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL LIKELY FILL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH FLASH FLOODING REMAINING A SERIOUS PROBLEM. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY. THE FLOODING THREAT WILL DIMINISHING WITH RAINS TAPERING OFF SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-251600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 750 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002 ...FLASH FLOODING A THREAT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS HURRICANE KENNA WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTHEAST OVER MEXICO... FLASH FLOODING COULD RETURN TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS DISTURBANCES EMANATING FROM A WEAKENED HURRICANE KENNA BEGIN MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE FROM KENNAS TAP AND THIS WILL LIKELY ENHANCE RAIN TOTALS TONIGHT. AS A WEAKENED KENNA MOVES NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...AN INCREASED SOUTHEAST ONSHORE FLOW OFF THE GULF IS LIKELY TO INCREASE OVERRUNNING RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COMBINED WITH DISTURBANCES ALOFT...AND HENNAS TROPICAL MOISTURE INFLUENCE...HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. THE GROUNDS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS REMAIN SATURATED AFTER THE RAINS OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS IN FLOOD. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Frio River at Frio crested at 9.4 feet on October 26 at 815CST, where flood stage is 6.0 feet.
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: 5319706.