1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
KEWX AND IR IMAGERY SHOW A GOOD BET FOR CORE RAINS IN THE TRIANGLE
BETWEEN SAT-CRYSTAL CITY-BEEVILLE A GOOD BET OVERNIGHT. LAST FEW VIS
IMAGES BEFORE SUNSET AND COOLING IR TEMPS SHOW VIGOROUS DEEP
CONVECTION FOCUSING AROUND THE CENTER OF FAYS REMNANTS. WILL
MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FORECAST OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COMMON OVER MUCH OF
SCNTRL TX...AND ISOLATED 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CORE RAIN AREA
OVERNIGHT. WILL MAKE SLIGHT CHANGES TO POPS BASED ON CURRENT AND
EXPECTED CONVECTION...BUT THE MAIN FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY FOR ALL EXCEPT THE
EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES.
26/19/KW/JB
UPDATE PRELIMS...
AUS TB 072/085 072/087 072 585
DRT ET 074/088 074/088 074 337
SAT TB 072/087 072/088 073 +85TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 907 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002 ...RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH 7 AM SUNDAY FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY... METROPOLITAN SAN ANTONIO BULVERDE 4SW THREE ACORN RANCH...1.95 SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...3.40 (7PM SUN) LOOP 1604 AND BULVERDE...2.75 WOODS OF SHAVANO...2.90 LOOP 410 AND BABCOCK...3.81 VANCE JACKSON AND DEZAVALA...2.65 BABCOCK AND LOOP 410...5.73 KELLY AIR FORCE BASE...6.03 BLANCO AND JACKSON KELLER...2.99 BROOK HOLLOW AND BRANDENBURG...3.18 (7PM SUN) HILDEBRAND AND MCCULLOUGH...5.31 (7PM SUN) BEACON AVENUE AND OLMOS DRIVE...5.92 (7PM SUN) FIVE PALMS AND ELK RUNNER...8.14 (7PM SUN) ZARZAMORA AND GILLETE...6.40 (7PM SUN) METROPOLITAN AUSTIN AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...0.95 AUSTIN CAMP MABRY...1.50 AUSTIN GREAT HILLS...2.00 GILLELAND CREEK NEAR MANOR...1.81 AUSTIN BARTON CREEK AT LOOP 360...1.51 GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...2.58 LAKE GEORGETOWN...2.59 LEANDER 5SW...3.20 SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...1.85 KERR COUNTY CAMP VERDE 3W...4.00 BLANCO COUNTY JOHNSON CITY...0.34 COMAL COUNTY CANYON LAKE DAM...2.99 LAVACA COUNTY SPEAKS...2.48 GONZALES COUNTY BELMONT...2.87 GUADALUPE RIVER...2.00 CHEAPSIDE...3.22 GONZALES 1N...2.00 UVALDE COUNTY SABINAL...3.77 (7PM SUN) CALDWELL COUNTY LULING 12NE...1.89 LULING ON THE SAN MARCOS RIVER...0.76 FAYETTE COUNTY LA GRANGE ON THE COLORADO RIVER...2.41 FLATONIA...2.24 MULDOON...2.53 DEWITT COUNTY YORKTOWN...2.89 BASTROP COUNTY COLORADO RIVER...0.50 CEDAR CREEK 4SE...1.36 ELGIN...4.35 GUADALUPE COUNTY KINGSBURY...2.27 NEW BRAUNFELS CENTRAL STATION...2.00 RAIN GAUGE SIX IN NEW BRAUNFELS...2.25 NEW BRAUNFELS 3 ENE...2.63 SEGUIN 8S...4.83 LEE COUNTY FEDOR...1.34 COUPELAND 6SE...1.24 KENDALL COUNTY BOERNE...4.41 LLANO COUNTY TOW 10 ESE...5.14 KARNES COUNTY KARNES CITY 2N...3.38 WILLIAMSON COUNTY ROUND ROCK...3.77 && KW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Medina River crested at 29.89 feet at US 281 South near San Antonio, on September 10 at 0200CST, where flood stage is 20.0 feet.
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: 5320747.