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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 23, 8:15 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 915 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2002 BROWNSVILLE DOPPER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS OVER CAMERON COUNTY OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CAMERON COUNTY TODAY. WILL RAISE POPS FOR TODAY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF CAMERON COUNTY. WILL CONTINUE AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE UPGRADE IT TO A FLOOD WARNING IF THIS RAIN CONTINUES. OTHER THEN THAT PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO OTHER UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. MARINE...BOY020 SHOWED A WIND FROM NE WINDS 17G27KTS AND 11 FOOT SEAS. WILL CONTINUE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .UPDATED NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO TB 082/068 085/067 086 60/30/20/20/30 HRL TB 082/066 086/065 087 60/30/20/20/30 MFE TB 083/065 087/064 088 50/20/10/10/20 RGC EB 084/064 088/063 089 40/10/00/00/10 SPI EB 080/070 082/069 083 60/40/20/30/40 SYNOPTIC-AVIATION-MARINE...65 MESO...WATKINS INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH TUE FOR TXZ251-256-257. SCA GMZ130-150-155-170-175. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TXZ255-256.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Day-long moderate to heavy rains produced extensive urban flooding as well as flooding of low spots in Brownsville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5319833.