PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1157 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...APRIL 2009 WETTER THAN NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... TWO MAJOR RAINFALL EVENTS DURING THE MIDDLE AND LAST OF THE MONTH ALLOWED THE DROUGHT TO BE BROKEN ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN APRIL. ONLY THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF COLORADO...WHARTON... MATAGORDA...AND JACKSON REMAINED IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS BY THE END OF THE MONTH. EVEN THEN...RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED ABOUT 2 INCHES IN THOSE LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES ENDED UP NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. HERE IS A LIST FOR THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR THE PRIMARY SUPPLEMENTAL CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS DATA IS PRELIMINARY. SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW MONTH IAH 78.6 58.6 68.6 +0.1 10.38 +6.78 GLS 76.0 63.9 70.0 0.0 5.23 +2.67 CLL 78.2 57.2 67.7 -0.2 6.11 +2.91 HOU 78.5 60.6 69.6 -0.4 15.61 +12.15 PSX 79.1 62.3 70.7 2.02 UTS 76.5 56.1 66.3 6.53 CXO 77.5 53.6 65.6 7.54 LVJ 77.9 59.0 68.4 16.61 LBX 78.8 57.6 68.2 3.40 SGR 79.0 58.9 68.9 8.10 HGX 76.5 59.0 67.8 13.63 THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FELL DURING TWO SEPARATE EPISODES...THE 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH...AND THE 27TH THROUGH THE 28TH. A LARGE PORTION OF THE INLAND SECTIONS RECEIVED RAINFALL BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...SOME AREAS UP TO NEAR 12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR BOTH RAIN EPISODES FROM THE PRIMARY SUPPLEMENTAL CLIMATE SITES. IT INCLUDES THE THE GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS AND DATES FOR EACH SITE... SITE 16-18 27-28 GREATEST GREATEST RAINFALL RAINFALL 24-HOUR DATES IAH 4.88 4.16 4.67 17-18 GLS 4.24 0.59 3.26 18 CLL 3.82 1.70 3.78 17-18 HOU 7.81 2.38 7.54 17-18 PSX 0.90 1.03 1.03 27 UTS 3.88 0.75 3.87 17-18 CXO 3.57 3.40 3.40 27-28 LVJ 7.95 2.70 7.56 17-18 LBX 2.11 0.95 1.87 17-18 SGR 3.74 2.07 3.53 17-18 HGX 9.76 1.24 7.88 18 THERE WERE SOME VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL GAGES WHICH RECORDED BETWEEN 9 AND JUST OVER 10.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING BOTH HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS. A LIST OF THESE FOLLOWS... LOCATION 7 AM CDT 24-HOUR RAINFALL AND DATE LEAGUE CITY 1.2 N 10.63 ON APRIL 18TH LEAGUE CITY 1.7 NW 10.02 ON APRIL 18TH JERSEY VILLAGE 6.2 W 10.13 ON APRIL 28TH HOU-BUFFALO BYU @ W BELT DR 9.41 ON APRIL 28TH BUNKER HILL VILLAGE 3.6 NNW 9.74 ON APRIL 28TH THE LEAGUE CITY 1.7 NW SITE RECEIVED A 2-DAY TOTAL OF 11.80 INCHES ON APRIL 17TH AND 18TH. $$