PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1228 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2007

...ANOTHER WET MONTH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

TROPICAL STORM ERIN MADE LANDFALL BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND PORT
O CONNOR...HOWEVER THE GREATEST IMPACT OCCURRED ALONG THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST. VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ERIN
ON THURSDAY AUGUST 16TH. THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF HARRIS
COUNTY BORE THE BRUNT OF ERIN AS PARTS OF THE COUNTY RECEIVED
BETWEEN SEVEN AND TEN INCHES OF RAIN. FLOODING OCCURRED ON SEVERAL
WATERSHEDS AND FEEDER ROADS AND OTHER LOW SPOTS ALSO FLOODED.
TRAFFIC CAME TO A STAND STILL ON SEVERAL HIGHWAYS INCLUDING
THE EASTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN LOOP 610 AND BELTWAY
8. "ERIN" ASIDE...THE MONTH REMAINED RATHER RAINY WITH THE AREA
AVERAGING 11 DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAIN (NORMAL IS ABOUT 7).
INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 8.05 INCHES OF RAIN DURING
AUGUST AND THIS WAS THE EIGHTH WETTEST AUGUST IN RECORDED HISTORY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN VARY GREATLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS BUT
2007 HAS BEEN A BIT OF AN ANOMALY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS
HAVE GENERALLY FALLEN OVER THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF AREA WITH
LIGHTER TOTALS NEAR THE COAST AND FURTHER INLAND.

SITE	JAN-APR		MAY-AUG		JAN-AUG

IAH	17.13		30.94		48.07
GLS	18.34		18.38		36.72
CLL	14.67		15.00		29.67

USUALLY WHEN THE MONTH IS RAINY...TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE COOLER
THAN NORMAL. THE OPPOSITE WAS TRUE IN AUGUST. TEMPERATURES DURING
THE MONTH WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL. GALVESTON TIED FOR IT`S FOURTH
WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD AND HOUSTON ENDURED IT`S 14TH WARMEST
AUGUST. A MINI-HEAT SPELL OCCURRED MID MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES
EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...13TH AND 14TH. SPEAKING OF
WARM TEMPERATURES...GALVESTON`S AVERAGE AUGUST TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN
ON A WARMING TREND. EIGHT OF THE WARMEST AUGUSTS HAVE OCCURRED
SINCE 1988 AND SIX OF THE WARMEST TEN AUGUSTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE
1995. CONVERSELY...SEVEN OF THE TEN COOLEST AUGUSTS OCCURRED BEFORE
1920.

HERE ARE THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE	AVG	AVG	AVG	DEP	RAIN	DEP
	HIGH	LOW	DAILY

IAH	94.4	76.4	85.4	+2.1	8.05	+4.22
GLS	90.9	80.5	85.7	+1.3	4.77	+0.55
CLL	94.6	76.2	85.4	+0.7	1.40	-1.23
HOU	93.4	78.0	85.7	+1.3	7.25	+2.71
CXO	93.2	72.8	83.0	-0.3	2.41	-1.29
UTS	96.0	76.2	86.1	+2.9	3.99	+0.27
DWH	94.0	75.3	84.6	+1.7	5.17	+0.35
SGR	93.9	76.1	85.0	+1.9	6.90	+1.52
LVJ	92.5	76.7	84.6	+1.3	8.81	+3.79
LBX	91.8	74.6	83.2	+0.8	2.85	-1.91
PSX	91.6	77.5	84.5	+1.5	5.90	+2.54
HGX	91.0    76.0    83.5    +1.5    4.41    -0.16