By Saturday evening, the remnants of Fay had moved to near Dilley, and storms stretched from the Rio Grande River near Del Rio and Eagle Pass eastward to Giddings, Schulenburg and Hallettsville. A band of very heavy rain was moving slowly northwestward from the Austin area into the eastern Hill Country.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
By Saturday evening, the remnants of Fay had moved to near Dilley, and storms stretched from the Rio Grande River near Del Rio and Eagle Pass eastward to Giddings, Schulenburg and Hallettsville. A band of very heavy rain was moving slowly northwestward from the Austin area into the eastern Hill Country. Rain amounts in this area averaged 1 to 2 inches with isolated totals to 4 and 5 inches. Flash flooding developed in the evening, ending near midnight.
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 7, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
245 PM CDT SEP SEP 7 2002
AVN FRANKLY LOOKS SCARY. QPF THROUGH TUESDAY COULD BE COMMONLY 8-9
INCHES. WILL GO FOR HIGH POPS THROUGH SUNDAY THEN REDUCED A BIT FOR
SE COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. CHANCE POPS CONTINUE
ALL AREAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AS UPPER TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS. RAIN AND CLOUDS
WILL MAKE FOR MODERATE DAYTIME TEMPS.
PRELIMS...
AUS 070 086/070 086 7888
DRT 072 088/070 088 5555
SAT 072 087/070 086 7888
.EWX...FF WATCH THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
3/13/JBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall with isolated totals to 3 inches. No damage was indicated.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall with isolated totals to 3 inches. No damage was indicated.
General 2 inch rainfall with isolated totals to 4 inches. Minor damage to roads and bridges.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall with isolated totals to 3 inches. No damage was indicated.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall with isolated totals to 3 inches. No damage was indicated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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