PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1037 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

   ...MUCH NEEDED RAIN RETURNS TO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  ...COLLEGE STATION ONLY RECEIVED A TRACE OF RAIN THIS MORNING...

A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND PRODUCED A SWATH OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF MADISON...WALKER...HOUSTON AND TRINITY
COUNTIES. LIGHTER RAINFALL TOTALS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF BURLESON
AND BRAZOS COUNTIES. IN A CRUEL TWIST OF FATE...EASTERWOOD FIELD
IN COLLEGE STATION ONLY RECEIVED A TRACE OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
COLLEGE STATION HAS NOT RECEIVED MEASURABLE RAIN FOR 53
CONSECUTIVE DAYS...OR SINCE MAY 24TH. PARTS OF THE BRYAN COLLEGE
STATION AREA DID RECEIVE AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN THIS
MORNING. THE RAIN OVER THE NORTH WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AND
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH
ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND DEVELOPING SEA BREEZE FRONT. SOME
RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7 AM:

LOCATION         RAIN TOTAL

LIBERTY          1.67 INCHES
EAST GRAPELAND   1.00 INCHES
WEST GRAPELAND   0.52 INCHES
ALVIN            0.23 INCHES
MADISONVILLE     0.10 INCHES
HOUSTON PORT     0.05 INCHES
ALVIN            0.02 INCHES
ANAHUAC          0.02 INCHES

HERE IS A TABLE WITH RAINFALL SINCE MAY 1...THE DEPARTURE FROM
NORMAL AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN.

SITE        RAINFALL       DEPARTURE      NUMBER OF (NORMAL)
            5/1 TO 7/16                   RAIN DAYS

HOUSTON     2.13 INCHES    -10.17         6 (19)
COLL STAT   1.41 INCHES     -8.52         3 (15)
GALVESTON   0.77 INCHES     -8.78         7 (16)

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