Atascosa River Flooding of July, 2002
Excessive rainfall in the Nueces River Basin led to flash flooding and eventually major river flooding along the
Atascosa River near Whitsett.
Beginning Monday afternoon July 1, the Atascosa River was slowly falling below 5 feet. But Monday night the river
rose sharply, reaching flood stage of 20 feet by midnight. The river continued to rise cresting at 28.23
feet by noon Tuesday July 2nd. View Graph
During the next six days, the river slowly fell, dropping below flood stage on July 9th. See Photo's
This flood was the fourth highest flood on record,
with the record flood occurred on Sept 23, 1967, when Hurricane Beulah made landfall on the Texas coast.
Click for Atascosa River Forecast Statistics for Whitsett
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