Texas, 2002Flash Flood in Texas, October 7, 2002
October 7, 2002 · NWS SJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- 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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 7, 9:29 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 9:29 AM CST, 31 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1029 AM CDT MON OCT 7 2002
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY CONTINUES TO DECREASE ACROSS THE CWA. BEST
GUESS OF FRONT LOCATION IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ABI AND SJT... LOOKING
PRIMARILY AT CURRENT DEW POINTS. WILL REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND LOWER POPS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO
HANG TOUGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL LOWER AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS
ACCORDINGLY.
.SJT...NONE.
15
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 4:50 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-071445-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
550 AM CDT MON OCT 7 2002
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL AGAIN BE LIKELY BY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 7, 9:15 AM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...ADDED HAIL REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
1015 AM CDT MON OCT 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM SHEP TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/06/02 TAYLOR
0645 PM LAWN TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/06/02 TAYLOR
MKD/BRAZZELLFlash Flood, Sutton
- When
- October 7, 10:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sutton County, South Portion
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.498, -100.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front moved through the area during the overnight hours on October 6th. This front stalled over southern Texas combined with an upper level storm system over the Southwestern U.S. and produced 4 to 7 inches of rain in the southern portion of Sutton County. Several streams quickly overflowed their banks. Three people narrowly escaped as their research vehicle was swept away when they crossed a flooded road. They had to be rescued by helicopter.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 7 to 8, 2002$2.2 million · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 7 to 8, 2002$100,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, October 7, 2002$30,000 · 2 events
- Flooding in New Jersey, October 7 to 9, 20025 events
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, October 7, 200250 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, October 7, 2002$10,000 · 2 events
- Flooding in Delaware, October 7, 20022 events
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 7, 2002$10,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in New York, October 7, 2002$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 7, 2002$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 7, 20021 event
- Flood in North Carolina, October 7, 20021 event
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: 5319135.