HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FROM ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 645 PM
SATURDAY:
5 DAY 2 DAY
INSIDE HARRIS COUNTY:
GREENS BAYOU AT WEST MT. HOUSTON 35.67 INCHES 26.54 INCHES
WESTHEIMER AND KIRBY 33.00 INCHES 23.40 INCHES
HUNTING BAYOU AT I-10 32.91 INCHES 22.13 INCHES
COWART CREEK AT BAKER (FRIENDSWOOD) 25.98 INCHES 13.50 INCHES
VINCE BAYOU AT WEST ELLAINE 25.31 INCHES 12.68 INCHES
GARNERS BAYOU AT BELTWAY 8 (SOUTH) 24.61 INCHES 17.91 INCHES
GREENS BAYOU AT US HIGHWAY 59 23.58 INCHES 14.96 INCHES
BUFFALO BAYOU AT TURNING BASIN 23.54 INCHES 14.45 INCHES
CLEAR CREEK AT TELEPHONE ROAD 20.04 INCHES 10.12 INCHES
BRAYS BAYOU AT STELLA LINK 19.72 INCHES 12.80 INCHES
WHITE OAK BAYOU AT ELLA 18.19 INCHES 12.72 INCHES
INCREDIBLE AS THESE RAIN TOTALS ARE...THEY STILL PALE IN COMPARISON
TO THE RAINFALL TOTALS PRODUCED BY TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IN 1979.
THE U.S. 24 HOUR RECORD RAINFALL TOTAL OCCURRED IN ALVIN TEXAS ON
JULY 24 1979. 43 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON ALVIN DURING THAT 24 HOUR
PERIOD. IT IS PLAUSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER CO-OP SITES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL YIELD SOME EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS
THAN WHAT IS LISTED HERE. KHGX-88D RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 30 TO 40
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF LIBERTY...CHAMBERS AND
HARRIS COUNTIES SINCE JUNE 1ST.
THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR JUNE AT HOUSTON IS 4.96 INCHES. SO
FAR THIS JUNE...HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 16.47 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS IS
ALMOST 4 TIMES THE MONTHLY AVERAGE. THE NORMAL YEARLY RAINFALL FOR
HOUSTON IS 46.07 INCHES. SO FAR THIS YEAR...HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED
35.06 INCHES OF RAIN. THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL THROUGH JUNE 9TH IS
1.61 INCHES SO HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED OVER TEN TIMES THE EXPECTED
NORMAL MONTH TO DATE RAINFALL. TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY...THE FIRST
NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH PRODUCED 35.7 PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL EXPECTED
RAINFALL. JUNE 2001 IS ALREADY THE WETTEST (16.47) JUNE IN HOUSTON
HISTORY. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST JUNE OCCURRED IN 1989 (16.28 INCHES).
IRONICALLY...MOST OF THE RAIN WHICH FELL IN JUNE 1989 WAS CAUSED BY
ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM...ALSO NAMED ALLISON. THIS YEAR'S ALLISON HAS
THE DISTINCTION OF PRODUCING THE 2ND AND 5TH WETTEST DAYS IN JUNE
WHEN 8.13 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 8TH AND 5.33 INCHES FELL ON THE
5TH RESPECTIVELY. THE 1989 ALLISON STILL HAS THE DISTINCTION OF
PRODUCING THE WETTEST DAY IN JUNE (10.34 INCHES ON THE 26TH).
For more info go to:
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/public.html
Steve
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