2 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 9, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 955 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002 NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...AS CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY SPIN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAREDO BASED ON RADAR IMAGES. 18Z MESOETA 700MB HEIGHT ANALYSIS PROGS 700MB LOW NORTHWEST OF LAREDO. 00Z BRO SOUNDING INDICATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 2 AND HALF INCHES WITH A VERY MOIST TROPICAL PROFILE. CAPE AND LI VALUES MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH EXTREMELY LIGHT STORM MOTION WINDS. FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL REMAINS WITH SLOW MOVING CONVECTION ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...MAINLY EASTERN PORTIONS OF JIM HOGG AND WESTERN BROOKS COUNTIES AS WELL AS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF HIDALGO AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KENEDY/WILLACY/CAMERON COUNTIES. LATEST MESOETA MODEL RUN COMING IN BUT NOT HANDLING 700MB LOW VERY WELL. HOWEVER...QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN PROGGED TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TX OVERNIGHT WHICH IS POSSIBLE WITH THE BAND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS JIM HOGG/STARR COUNTIES. NO CHANGES EXPECTED TO CURRENT ZFP. WILL CONTINUE WITH FFA AS WELL. .MARINE...BOY020 SHOWED AN EAST WIND AT 14 TO 17 KNOTS WITH 5 FOOT SEAS. THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWEST OVER NORTHERN MEXICO INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN MODERATE OVER THE AREA WITH AN EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW OF AIR. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REPLACE THE REMNANTS OF FAY BY THE END OF THE WEEK CAUSING A RELATIVE DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS. SYNOPTIC...CASTILLO AVIATION-MARINE...FLATT MESO...WATKINS INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH (FFA) THROUGH TUES MORNING FOR TXZ248>257.
TXZ248>257-100900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 513 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002 ...THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL INCREASES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... EARLY THIS EVENING...THE CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LAREDO IN WEBB COUNTY. THE REMNANT OF THIS DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND WILL CONTINUE THIS MOTION THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM DRIFTS SOUTH...THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS POSSIBLY REACHING 4 TO 6 INCHES. THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 77. THIS RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH 7 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 77 LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT OF THIS DEVELOPING HEAVY RAIN SITUATION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. SPEECE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intense thunderstorms produced flash flooding south of Hebbronville. The flood waters resulted in the temporary closing of Highway 1017.
Flooding continued over the area from intense thunderstorms the night before. Highways 1017 and 359 remained closed due to floodwaters.
Highway 755 between Highways 490 and 2294 was closed due to flash flooding produced by strong thunderstorms.
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: 5319829, 5319830, 5319831.