PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1050 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008

...JULY`S DROUGHT RELIEF CONTINUING THIS WEEKEND...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A MOIST TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED RAINY PERIOD FOR THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY. INITIAL RAINS IN THE FORM OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO
COVER THE AREA ON JULY 1ST...AND AFTER A BREAK ON JULY 2ND WHEN
EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND A SLIGHT WEAKENING OF THE UPPER
DISTURBANCE...RAINS BEGAN IN EARNEST ONCE AGAIN LATE JULY
3RD...AND HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH THIS MORNING.

AREAL RAIN TOTALS FOR JULY 5TH...PARTICULARLY IN THE MORE POPULATED
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY BETWEEN HIDALGO AND CAMERON COUNTY...WERE
AMONG THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY TOTALS THIS MONTH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IS
EXPECTED TODAY...WITH POCKETS OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES IN STRONGER
CELLS AND RAIN BANDS. ADDITIONAL COPIOUS RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INTO
TUESDAY. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF WELCOME RAINS ALONG WITH
CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER HOLDING TEMPERATURES AT LEAST 10 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL EACH AFTERNOON IS SURE TO HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON
THE SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS OBSERVED IN JUNE.

THE FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM JULY 1ST
THROUGH THIS MORNING:

CITY/TOWN            COUNTY            RAINFALL

AIRPORTS (THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY):

BROWNSVILLE/INTL     CAMERON            3.99
WESLACO/MID COUNTY   HIDALGO            3.57
PORT ISABEL/BAYVIEW  CAMERON            3.52
HARLINGEN/VALLEY     CAMERON            2.69
MCALLEN/MILLER       HIDALGO            2.38
EDINBURG             HIDALGO            2.02
ZAPATA               ZAPATA             1.82
HEBBRONVILLE         JIM HOGG           1.42
FALFURRIAS           BROOKS             0.88

COOPERATIVE/COCORAHS/RAWS-MESOWEST (GENERALLY THROUGH 7 AM SUNDAY):

SAN BENITO 5SSE      CAMERON            5.67
RANCHO VIEJO*        CAMERON            5.26
SOUTH PADRE/ISLA BLC CAMERON            4.68
PORT ISABEL          CAMERON            4.60
BROWNSVILLE 2.2W     CAMERON            4.59
LOS FRESNOS          CAMERON            4.28
MERCEDES             HIDALGO            4.19
HARLINGEN 2.6SE      CAMERON            3.73
HARLINGEN            CAMERON            3.68
LAGUNA ATASCOSA      CAMERON            3.60
ALAMO 1.5NNE         HIDALGO            3.52
EDINBURG             HIDALGO            3.48
SANTA ANA NWR        CAMERON            3.47
BROWNSVILLE 4.5NNW   CAMERON            3.46
WESLACO*             HIDALGO            3.38
BROWNSVILLE 4.1E     CAMERON            3.37
ESCOBAS*             ZAPATA             2.25
BROWNSVILLE 3.5N*    CAMERON            2.21
ARMSTRONG*           KENEDY             2.05
LA JOYA              HIDALGO            2.02
MISSION 2.1NW*       HIDALGO            1.91
MCCOOK*              HIDALGO            1.83
LA JOYA 11.1N        HIDALGO            1.72
HEBBRONVILLE         JIM HOGG           1.55
MCALLEN              HIDALGO            1.55
RAYMONDVILLE*        WILLACY            1.45
LINN SAN MANUEL NWR  HIDALGO            1.45
PORT MANSFIELD       WILLACY            1.35
FALCON LAKE          ZAPATA             1.33
SARITA 7E            KENEDY             1.21
MISSION 1.9NE*       HIDALGO            1.20
FALCON DAM           ZAPATA             1.15
RIO GRANDE CITY*     STARR              1.01
LYFORD*              WILLACY            0.56
SANTA ROSA*          HIDALGO            0.21
SAN MANUEL*          HIDALGO            0.05
FALFURRIAS*          BROOKS             MISSING
ZAPATA*              ZAPATA             MISSING

*DATA INCOMPLETE OR MISSING.