Flash Flooding in Texas, September 8 to 9, 2002

Name: Flash Flooding in Texas, September 8 to 9, 2002
Start: 2002-09-08T22:39
End: 2002-09-09T02:30
Location: Texas

September 8 to 9, 2002 · NWS CRP · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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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Wind
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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 8, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
955 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

CENTER OF FAY CURRENTLY LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF COTULLA.  WV
LOOP SHOWING UPR LOW WOBBLING EAST AS SPOKES OF VORTICITY ROTATE
AROUND THE BASE OF THE LOW.  AVN/MESO-ETA IN AGREEMENT WITH
DEVELOPING HIGH OMEGA VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNDER PVA.
CONCERN IS THAT CORE RAINS NEAR THE SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND
DIFFLUENCE ALOFT OVER THE E CWA COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE
PATTERN WILL DEVELOP A GOOD BANDING PATERN OVER THE E CWA SIMILAR TO
WHAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT.  PLEASE SEE FFSCRP FOR MORE INFO.

FOR THE UPDATE WILL MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE POPS AND WINDS.
WILL KNOCK LRD POP DOWN AS DRY SUBSIDENT FLOW OFF SIERRA IS
INHIBITING CONVECTION.

MARINE...WILL INCREASE WINDS MAINLY OFFSHORE FOR TONIGHT AS WINDS
GOING GOOD AND STRONG.  WILL MAKE A FEW OTHER COSMETIC CHANGES
OTHERWISE NOTHING ELSE DONE.

.CRP...SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.

92/TR...SYNOPTIC
86/GW...MARINE
.CRP...FFA TXZ229>234-239>247 (ALL AREA)
       SCA GMZ250-255-270-275 (COASTAL/OFFSHORE).

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 8, 5:46 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
646 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0622 PM    7 N BEEVILLE              TX   FLOOD
09/08/02   BEE                            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 181
                                          OFFICERS REROUTING
                                          TRAFFIC

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Local storm report, Sep 8, 9:15 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1015 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 PM    ALICE                     TX   FLOOD
09/08/02   JIM WELLS

1000 PM    ALICE                     TX   FLOOD
09/08/02   JIM WELLS                      STREET FLOODING REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF

1000 PM    4 SW BEN BOLT             TX   TORNADO
09/08/02   JIM WELLS                      TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND
                                          BY PUBLIC NEAR FM 625 AND
                                          CR 464

1015 PM    4 SW  BEN BOLT            TX   TORNADO
09/08/02   JIM WELLS                      TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND
                                          BY PUBLIC NEAR FM 625 AND
                                          CR 464 NO DAMAGE

Local storm report, Sep 8, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1030 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 PM    ALICE                     TX   FLOOD
09/08/02   JIM WELLS                      STREET FLOODING REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF

1015 PM    4 SW  BEN BOLT            TX   TORNADO
09/08/02   JIM WELLS                      TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND
                                          BY PUBLIC NEAR FM 625 AND
                                          CR 464 NO DAMAGE

Local storm report, Sep 8, 10:39 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1139 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1023 PM    5 S BEN BOLT              TX   TORNADO
09/08/02   JIM WELLS                      TORNADO ON GROUND FOR
                                          SEVERAL MINUTES REPORTED
                                          BY PUBLIC DRIVING ON
                                          HIGHWAY 281

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The radar

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

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Event by event

4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, La Salle

When: September 8, 10:39 PM CST to 11:39 PM CST
Where: La Salle County, West Portion
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 28.345, -99.100 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, McMullen

When: September 8, 10:39 PM CST to 11:39 PM CST
Where: McMullen County, Southeast Portion
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 28.353, -98.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, McMullen

When: September 9, 1:30 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
Where: McMullen County, Central Portion
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 28.353, -98.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, La Salle

When: September 9, 1:30 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
Where: La Salle County, Countywide
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 28.345, -99.100 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5319665, 5319666, 5318476, 5319667.