Sep 7, 2002
By Saturday evening, the remnants of Fay had moved to near Dilley, and storms stretched from the Rio Grande River near Del Rio and Eagle Pass eastward to Giddings, Schulenburg and Hallettsville. A band of very heavy rain was moving slowly northwestward from the Austin area into the eastern Hill Country. Rain amounts in this area averaged 1 to 2 inches with isolated totals to 4 and 5 inches. Flash flooding developed in the evening, ending near midnight.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5320645). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Burnet County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.