In the early morning hours of Monday, September 9, as the remnants of Fay moved into northern Webb County, showers reformed over central areas of South Central Texas and spread southeastward. Rainfall of only 1 to 2 inches, with isolated totals to near 3 inches was enough to redevelop brief flash flooding in the morning from San Antonio eastward to Gonzales and southeast to Karnes City.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
In the early morning hours of Monday, September 9, as the remnants of Fay moved into northern Webb County, showers reformed over central areas of South Central Texas and spread southeastward. Rainfall of only 1 to 2 inches, with isolated totals to near 3 inches was enough to redevelop brief flash flooding in the morning from San Antonio eastward to Gonzales and southeast to Karnes City. The flash flooding ended by early afternoon.
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 9, 3:30 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 430 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002 CENTER OF WHAT WAS TROPICAL STORM FAY NOW IN LA SALLE COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. ANOTHER DAY OF DEVELOPING CONVECTION WITH DAYTIME HEATING AROUND THE CENTER WILL ENCOMPASS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EXCEPT EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS. WILL CONTINUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF THE AREA EXCEPT VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES. CENTER SHOULD MOVE INTO MEXICO BY TUESDAY WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF OVER ALL BUT RIO GRANDE VALLEY BY TUESDAY. BY MID WEEK A SHALLOW FRONT AND ASSOCIATED WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVE ACROSS (WEDNESDAY) WITH MORE STABLE LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS. REST OF WEEK SHOWS A GRADUAL WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...THIS WILL PUT A CAP ON ACTVITY FROM FORMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE SUNDAY AS A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH. .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY FOR ALL EXCEPT EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES. 02/06/DC PRELIMS... AUS TB 084/073 092/069 088 732 DRT TT 091/073 087/072 086 474 SAT TB 081/072 090/070 087 952
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
317 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0254 AM LYTLE TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 ATASCOSA FM 2790 TO LYTLE ON THE
BEXAR/ATASCOSA COUNTY LINE
CLOSED
REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0254 AM LYTLE TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 ATASCOSA GRANDSBERG ROAD CLOSED
REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0254 AM CHARLOTTE TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 ATASCOSA STATE HWY 85 AT HWY 97 TO
DILLEY CLOSED
REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0254 AM CHARLOTTE TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 ATASCOSA STATE HWY 85 AT FM 140 TO
PEARSALL CLOSED
REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
625 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 AM DILLEY TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 FRIO STATE HWY 85 EAST AND WEST
CLOSED
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0615 AM DILLEY TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 FRIO FM 117 EAST AND WEST
CLOSED
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0615 AM DIVOT TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 FRIO FM 1581 CLOSED
REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0615 AM PEARSALL TX FLASH FLOODS
09/09/02 FRIO FM 140 EAST AND WEST
CLOSED
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DCThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:59 UTC.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
General 1 inch rainfall with isolated 2 inch totals. No damage was indicated.
General 1 inch rainfall with isolated 3 inch totals. No damage was reported.
General 1 inch rainfall with isolated 3 inch totals. Little or no damage was indicated.
General 1 inch rainfall with isolated 3 inch totals. Little or no damage was indicated.
General 1 inch rainfall with isolated 3 inch totals. No damage was reported.
General 1 inch rainfall with isolated 3 inch totals. Little or no damage was indicated.
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: 5320750, 5320751, 5320752, 5320753, 5320754, 5320755.