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 Sep 10, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 325 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2002 ISOLATED SHOWERS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CWFA WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS LIMITING PCPN TO ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. THE REMNANTS OF FAY IS CENTERED IN MEXICO AND WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD AND WEAKEN. THE LATEST MSAS ANALYSIS PLACES A WEAK SFC LOW IN THE NORTHWEST GULF...EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. THIS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FAY. THE ETA AND AVN/MRF ARE INDICATING THAT THIS LOW MAY EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM. IF THIS OCCURS...IT WILL LIKELY STAY FAR ENOUGH SOUTH AND EAST TO KEEP HEAVY RAINFALL AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. THE AVN/MRF ALSO DEPICT A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE CWFA IN THE SUNDAY/MONDAY TIME FRAME. THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST COLD FRONT FOR THE SEASON. ON AVERAGE...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SEES ITS FIRST COLD FRONT DURING THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. HAVE MENTIONED PCPN FOR BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FROPA. PREFER THE COOLER AVN DAYTIME TEMPS...HIGHS 85 TO 90 FOR THE RAIN SOAKED AREAS. LOWER 90S LOOK GOOD FOR EDWARDS...KINNEY...VAL VERDE AND MAVERICK COUNTIES WHERE THE SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE MUCH DRIER. PRELIMS... AUS 070/090 068/090 070 000-0 DRT 070/092 069/093 073 00000 SAT 072/090 070/090 072 000-0 .EWX...NONE. 13/18
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The San Antonio River crested at 13.86 feet at Falls City on September 11 at 0302CST, where flood stage is 12.0 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, September 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: 5320855.