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 26, 9:20 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1020 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2002
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE SERN 1/5 OF THE CWA AT MID MORNING...
WITH PATCHES OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN ELSEWHERE. THE MAIN FORECAST
ISSUES ARE POPS...QPF...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THE 00Z GFS IS BY
FAR THE BEST PERFORMING MODEL IN TERMS OF VERIFYING AT 12Z.
HOWEVER...ITS QPF FOCUS IS TOO FAR OFFSHORE IN THE NWRN GULF.
ACCORDINGLY...WILL DROP THE FFA EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST.
WILL ALSO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEMPS AND WINDS.
.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FAYETTE...GONZALES...LAVACA...DEWITT
AND KARNES COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
26/04/DC
UPDATE PRELIMS...
AUS 063/056 074/062 076 403
DRT 068/054 075/062 076 103
SAT 065/055 076/064 075 403TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-271100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KENNA WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS TO MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY FILL QUICKLY AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME A SERIOUS PROBLEM. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 440 AM. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Guadalupe River at Cuero crested at 26.6 feet on October 28 at 1000CST, where flood stage is 20.0 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: 5319707.