2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 9, 1:55 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 255 PM CDT WED OCT 9 2002 TONIGHT THRU SAT...AT NOON 88D WAS DETECTING AREA OF CONVECTION OVER S CNTRL TX...WHICH MOVED NE OUT OF NRN COAHUILA ACRS N ZAPATA INTO DUVAL AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. THESE TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVE MOVING THRU S TX IN SW FLOW AHD OF LARGER WAVE OVER W TX/NRN MEX. SCT CONVECTION CONTINUED OVER THE W GULF IN TROPICAL AIRMASS WITH SOME TSRA/SHRA TRIGGERED OVER COASTAL COUNTIES OF CWA IN OUTFLOW MOVG SOUTH FROM EARLIER CONVECTION OVER S CNTRL TX. VISIBLE SAT IMAGERY SHOWS ASSOCIATED CLOUDY COVER...MOST OF THE STATE IN MANY DAYS. PWAT FROM BRO AM SOUNDING WAS 2.13 IN...UP ABT HALF AN INCH SINCE 08/12Z. WV/IR IMAGERY INDICATES TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER MOST OF GULF AND HUGGING THE S TX/NE MEX COASTLINE. S/WV MOVG ACRS S TX IS PULLING IN DRIER AIR INTO INLAND PORTION OF CWA...CONFIRMED BY ECHO-FREE AREA ON 88D PLAN VIEW..BUT FOR AFTN AND TONIGHT THE STAGE IS SET FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN. TROUGH OVER BIG BEND CAN ALSO BE SEEN DIGGING INTO MEXICO TO NRN DURANGO...WITH DRIER AIR WHIPPING AROUND BASE ACROSS COAHUILA TOWARD DRT. WITH ZONAL FLOW ACRS N HALF OF CONUS...MESOETA HAS THIS WAVE LIFTING SLOWLY OUT OF MEX INTO CNTRL TX OVERNIGHT AND E OF CWA BY THU NIGHT. WITH DRYING TREND PROGGED BY MESOETA FOR TONIGHT...AND PRESENT INDICATIONS THAT DYNAMICS ARE LIFTING OUT OF S TX...WILL REDUCE POPS W PORTION FOR TONIGHT...INCR FOR E PORTION...AND DROP TO SLGT CHC THU ACROSS THE BOARD...WITH ZERO POPS FOR THU NIGHT. WILL ALSO BACK OFF SOME ON THE DURATION OF NORTH WINDS...VEERING TO NE FRI AND TO E SAT. SUN THRU WED...9/12Z AVN HAS STRONG COLD FRONT INTO DPSOTEX LATE SAT NIGHT...SO WILL BACK WINDS TO NE LATE SAT AND WITH NORTH WINDS FOR SUN AND LOWER MAX TEMPS INTO MID 70S. WITH 1032MB HIGH PROGGED FOR TX ON MON DIGGING S INTO NE MEX...WILL GO WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR MON THRU WED. SE FLOW AT SFC RETURNS LATE TUE AS DEEP H5 VORTEX SLIDES S ALONG W COAST AND MOVES INLAND OVER SOCAL BY EARLY WED AND LEE-SIDE TROUGHING DEVELOPS OVER CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. P.S. RECORD MIN TEMP FOR OCT 14 & 15 AT BRO IS 52. .MARINE...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE STREAMING NORTHWARD FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...FUELING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CREEP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY...WITH WAVE HEIGHTS REMAINING AT 3 TO 4 FEET THROUGH SAT AND SCT SHRAS/TSRAS THRU LATE FRI. A MUCH STRONGER CANADIAN COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY...SHIFTING WINDS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND BUILDING SEAS TO 9 FEET. SCA CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR SUN/MON. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO EU 074/084 071/087 067 50/20/00/00/00 HRL EU 074/085 070/087 066 50/20/00/00/00 MFE EU 073/085 068/089 065 30/20/00/00/00 RGC EU 072/087 068/089 063 20/20/00/00/00 SPI EB 078/084 074/085 070 60/20/00/00/00 SYNOPTIC...59/AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...58 INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
TXZ248>257-101100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 535 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING IN FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE... SPARKING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARDS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINTAINING THE CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY OR TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY THURSDAY. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL LINGER BEHIND THIS FRONT TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. RAINFALL MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT FROM CANADA IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON SUNDAY...TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND THIS FRONT...WINDS MAY BECOME STRONG FROM THE NORTH. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.
TXZ248>257-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 200 PM CDT WED OCT 9 2002 ...HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER COASTAL CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES... HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE ESTIMATES FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN AREAS ALONG THE COAST...INCLUDING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...PORT ISABEL...LAGUNA VISTA AND BAYVIEW. THESE TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG COASTAL HIGHWAYS. BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS PRESENTED BY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS PONDING ON ROADWAYS IS A CERTAINTY...AND SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS PROBABLE. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PULLS ENERGY OVERHEAD TO LIFT OUR MOIST ATMOSPHERE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FOR THE MOST CURRENT WEATHER AND MARINE INFORMATION TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS. PHILO/SIERRA PHILO/SIERRA
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intense thunderstorms produced very heavy rains and flash flooding throughout eastern portions of Cameron county. Water entered several homes and businesses in both Brownsville and Laguna Vista.
Intense thunderstorms produced very heavy rains and flash flooding throughout eastern portions of Cameron county. Water entered several homes and businesses in both Brownsville and Laguna Vista.
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: 5320069, 5320070.