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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 1:20 AM CST, 8 hours 9 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
220 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
SHORT TERM...REMAINS OF T.D. FAY HAS BEEN CREEPING WEST AT 5 MPH,
BUT APPEARS TO BE STATIONARY AGAIN. CORE RAIN AREA HAS NOT
DEVELOPED, BUT FEEDER BANDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THE COASTAL
BEND AND ROTATE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE 850 CONVERGENCE LINE
RUNS EAST-WEST ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO THE HOUSTON AREA. MODELS
INDICATE LITTLE MOVEMENT OF REMNANTS OF FAY THROUGH MONDAY.
700MB LOW STAYS NEAR FRIO COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS RAIN EVENT
WILL TAKE ITS TOLL FROM TRAINING ECHOES. WILL NOT CHANGE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AREA AT THIS TIME.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE WEST COAST TROUGH ERODES AND THE
UPPER HIGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS ALLOWS THE
LOW TO RESUME IS WESTWARD TRACK INTO MEXICO. MILD NORTHEAST FLOW
WILL CONTINUE GRADUALLY LOWERING PRECIPITABLE WATER AND CHANCES FOR
RAIN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT BACK DOORS INTO TEXAS THURSDAY BUT MAY NOT
MAKE IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
EXTENDED...HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CONTROL WITH THE WESTERLIES
ENCROACHING ON NORTH TEXAS. WILL GO WITH THE ROUTINE SOUTH TEXAS
WEATHER AT THIS TIME WITH TEMPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
PRELIM NUMBERS...
PRELIMS...
AUS 85 72 85 72 87 8885
DRT 88 74 88 74 90 5555
SAT 85 72 87 72 87 8885
.EWX...FF WATCH THROUGH 6 PM TODAY ALL OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
06/02/DCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The San Antonio River crested at 44.41 feet at Elmendorf on September 10 at 0630CST, where flood stage is 35.0 feet.
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: 5320649.