6 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 8:45 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
945 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
A LARGE AREA OF SHRA/TSRA ONGOING THIS MORNING. SEVERAL OF THE
STORMS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF ROATATION. MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOW PWS
AOA 2.3 INCHES...K INDICES IN THE UPPER 30S AND HELICITY VALUES
150-200. 13Z ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE
REGION VCT TO LFT AND SFC STREAMLINES SHOW STRONG CONFLUENCE ACROSS
SE TX. 85H DEW PTS ARE 16 C AND 85H WINDS ARE SLIGHTLY CONFLUENT AS
WELL. BEST 85H INFLOW LIES ALONG A LCH TO OUN LINE. IR IMAGERY
REVEALS A NICE FETCH OF MSTR LINING UP FROM CHAMBERS COUNTY
SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF. THIS AREA OF MSTR LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STREAM
INLAND AND AFFECT THE NE ZONES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NO CHANGES TO
CURRENT FORECAST. MAYBE AN UPDATE LATER IF MESO-BNDRYS WREAK HAVOC.
43/47
.HGX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT.
SCA GULF WATERS.
PRELIMS...
CLL TT 086/075 088/074 091 874
IAH TT 085/076 087/075 089 976
GLS TT 085/080 086/080 086 965TXZ210-226-235-236-081600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 553 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002 ...ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE THIS MORNING SOUTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS TO WHARTON TO SARGENT LINE... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REMAINS OF FAY WILL FUEL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE AREAS AND SOUTH TEXAS AS WELL. STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM THE COLUMBUS AREA SOUTH TO THE MATAGORDA BAY AREA AND SOUTH INTO THE COASTAL BEND WATERS. THESE STORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN A REGION OF ENHANCED WIND SHEAR AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SHORT LIVED TORNADOES. AS THE WINDS IN THIS AREA RELAX THIS LATE THIS MORNING THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LIKELY DIMINISH. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IN CASE A TORNADO WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:05 UTC.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Many roads completely submerged just east of Cleveland.
Flooding in Pasadena and Deer Park; many roads closed.
Two feet of water on streets in Freeport.
Countywide flooding due to training cells.
Flooded roads in Bay City and Cedar Lane due to training cells.
Flooding in Jamaica Beach and Pirates Beach.
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: 5315374, 5315375, 5315376, 5315377, 5315378, 5315379.