Flash Flooding in Texas, September 19, 2002

Name: Flash Flooding in Texas, September 19, 2002
Start: 2002-09-19T18:36
End: 2002-09-19T21:58
Location: Texas

September 19, 2002 · NWS CRP · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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: 5

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 Sep 19, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
300 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002

THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE
AREA BY 18Z FRIDAY.  THIS WILL PUSH THE COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY IN
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND OFF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST
FRIDAY MORNING.

SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS RUN. THE PREFRONTAL
TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY FOR OUR AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 03Z-09Z. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE
ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...AS BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF MAX AFTERNOON HEATING. PWATS ARE STILL ABOVE 2
IN...BUT THE STORMS ARE MOVING AT A DECENT PACE THIS AFTERNOON DUE
TO THE STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RECENT
FLOODING IN OUR AREA...WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
IN THE ZONES OVERNIGHT. BEYOND TONIGHT...COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVES
IN.  WILL KEEP SOME CLOUDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW...WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PREFER
THE AVN TEMPS TO THE ETA...ETA TEMPS TOO WARM ON DAY 2.

EXTENDED FORECAST...A SECONDARY COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO ENTER THE
AREA ON SUNDAY AND WE MAY SEE A FEW CLOUDS OUT WEST. THE REMAINDER
OF THE EXTENDED WILL BE DRY...BASED ON THE PROGGED TRACK OF ISIDORE.
CURRENT TRACK BRINGS ISIDORE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF BY THE END OF
THE WEEKEND.  BEYOND THIS...THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINITY.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SITUATION VERY CLOSELY.

CRP BU 073/087 065/087 066 4300
VCT BU 070/087 062/086 060 4200
LRD BU 074/088 067/088 066 3-00

MARINE...FAIRLY QUIET OVER CRP MARINE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS MOST OF
CONVECTION IS BEYOND 60 NM.  WILL FORECAST PREFRONTAL TROUGH/FRONT
THROUGH MARINE WATERS JUST AFTER 1200 UTC WITH LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AHEAD OF FRONT.  WILL CONTINUE SCEC TONIGHT
WITH WINDS LIKELY IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY
AFTER FROPA.  EXPECT MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY...AND THEN STRENGTHEN AS ISIDORE MOVES INTO THE GULF.
PROJECTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE HIGH NEXT WEEK SO IF ISIDORE
PROVIDES ANY SORT OF ONSHORE WIND COMPONENT...WE MAY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH SOME COASTAL FLOODING.

.CRP...NONE

78/72

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

TXZ230>234-240>247-200000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
400 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY MORNING.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND COASTAL
BEND AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST THIS AFTERNOON...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ISOLATED
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN AT LESS THAN 1 INCH.

DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
CREATE SOME BRIEF LOCALIZE FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY
TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

TXZ230>234-240>247-200000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
400 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY MORNING.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND COASTAL
BEND AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST THIS AFTERNOON...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ISOLATED
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN AT LESS THAN 1 INCH.

DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
CREATE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY
TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Goliad

When: September 19, 6:36 PM CST to 7:36 PM CST
Where: Goliad County, Goliad
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 28.657, -97.426 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Kleberg

When: September 19, 7:48 PM CST to 8:48 PM CST
Where: Kleberg County, Ricardo
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 27.427, -97.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Bee

When: September 19, 8:58 PM CST to 9:58 PM CST
Where: Bee County, Countywide
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 28.417, -97.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Refugio

When: September 19, 8:58 PM CST to 9:58 PM CST
Where: Refugio County, Countywide
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 28.322, -97.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, San Patricio

When: September 19, 8:58 PM CST to 9:58 PM CST
Where: San Patricio County, Countywide
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, September 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: 5318501, 5318502, 5318503, 5318504, 5318505.