Flash Flooding in Texas, October 28, 2002

Name: Flash Flooding in Texas, October 28, 2002
Start: 2002-10-28T14:07
End: 2002-10-28T15:07
Location: Texas

October 28, 2002 · NWS CRP · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 28, 10:10 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 10:10 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1010 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002

WARM FRONT JUST OFF THE COAST APPEARS TO BE LIFTING NORTHWEST. HIGH
PWAT...INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARY LAYER FORCING VIA THE WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SUPPORTS CONVECTION. WILL MAINTAIN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA TODAY. CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE FOG.
MORNING PACKAGE COVERED THIS WELL. NO UPDATE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

MARINE...88D VAD WIND PROFILER DATA DEPICTS A SOUTH FLOW 15-25 KNOTS
THROUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER SHEARED BY A NORTHEAST TO EAST COOL
SURFACE FLOW.  EXPECT THE WARM FLOW ALOFT TO GRADUALLY ERODE THE
NEAR-SURFACE DOME OF COOLER/STABLE AIR AS THE WARM FRONT ALONG THE
TEXAS COASTLINE LIFTS TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST.  LAPSE RATES OVER THE
MARINE FORECAST AREA ARE LESS STABLE AND HIGHER SPEEDS WILL BE ABLE
TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE.  CAUTION WILL REMAIN POSTED FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA.

.CRP...NONE.

.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ232>234-242>247 UNTIL 22Z.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 5:30 AM CST, 8 hours 37 minutes before

TXZ229>234-239>247-291200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
530 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...
ARANSAS...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...KLEBERG...NUECES...AND SAN PATRICIO
COUNTIES.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND COUNTIES AND BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY. WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AS WELL AS A STORM SYSTEM
IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY AS IT WAS DURING
LAST WEEKS EVENTS...BUT THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS MOST
OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST ARE NOT INCLUDED
IN THIS WATCH.

THE THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE STORM SPOTTING PURPOSES IS NOT
ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED FROM
SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS.

.TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
A COLD FRONT FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY...  AND
COOLER AND CONSIDERABLY DRIER AIR WILL END THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS OR HEAVY RAINFALL.

THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE
COLDEST TEMPERTURES OF THE SEASON TO THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE
PLAINS...AND NORTH TEXAS MAY EVEN SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

PURPURA

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.

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Event by event

6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Aransas

When: October 28, 2:07 PM CST to 3:07 PM CST
Where: Aransas County, Countywide
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 28.015, -97.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Calhoun

When: October 28, 2:07 PM CST to 3:07 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County, Countywide
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 28.439, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Kleberg

When: October 28, 2:07 PM CST to 3:07 PM CST
Where: Kleberg County, Countywide
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 27.427, -97.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Nueces

When: October 28, 2:07 PM CST to 3:07 PM CST
Where: Nueces County, Countywide
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 27.735, -97.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Refugio

When: October 28, 2:07 PM CST to 3:07 PM CST
Where: Refugio County, Countywide
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 28.322, -97.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, San Patricio

When: October 28, 2:07 PM CST to 3:07 PM CST
Where: San Patricio County, Countywide
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 28.009, -97.518 (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: 5319616, 5319617, 5319618, 5319619, 5319620, 5319621.