PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1206 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006

          ...SEPTEMBER 2006 SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL INLAND...
                 ...WETTER THAN NORMAL ALONG THE COAST...

              ...TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL...

RAINFALL DURING SEPTEMBER AVERAGED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES FOR THE
MONTH WITH SPOTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AVERAGING BETWEEN 6 AND 9
INCHES. THE TROPICS CAN BECOME QUITE ACTIVE IN SEPTEMBER AND
RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH CAN BE QUITE HEAVY. HOWEVER...SEPTEMBER
2006 WAS NOT TROPICALLY ACTIVE. RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY NEAR TO ABOVE
NORMAL ALONG THE COAST...AND BELOW NORMAL INLAND.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ON THE 11TH AND PRODUCED SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ON THE 18TH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN
DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION. A 24 HOUR RAINFALL
RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED AT COLLEGE STATION ON THE 18TH. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED NEAR JAMAICA BEACH DURING THE EARLY MORNING
ON THE 18TH. HIGH WINDS TOPPLED A UTILITY POLE AND POWER LINES. ON
THE 22ND...A WIND ADVISORY WAS ISSUED AND SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEED 25
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED ON THE
24TH OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. 4 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT (23RD) AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING (24TH).

HERE IS THE SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FROM A FEW
SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS

SITE         AVG     AVG     AVG    DEP     RAIN     DEP
             HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH          89.8    69.0    79.4   +0.5    3.22     -1.11
GLS          87.2    75.7    81.4   +0.3    6.41     +0.65
CLL          90.4    68.6    79.5   -0.2    2.69     -1.22
HOU          88.7    70.6    79.6   -0.9    3.08     -2.54
CXO          89.8    64.1    77.0   -1.3    2.03     -2.43
UTS          89.7    66.8    78.2   +0.2    4.20     -0.53
DWH          89.1    67.4    78.3   -0.4    2.87     -2.23
SGR          89.3    67.9    78.6   +1.0    2.77     -0.38
LVJ          89.6    70.9    80.2   +0.4    2.20     -2.41
HGX          86.8    69.2    78.0   -0.3    9.20     +2.09
LBX          88.9    68.2    78.6   -0.6    3.91     -0.85
PSX          88.3    72.2    80.2   +1.2    6.08     -0.50

&&

RECORDS

RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

HOUSTON
79 DEGREES ON THE 17TH                   78 DEGREES IN 1988
81 DEGREES ON THE 22ND                   79 DEGREES IN 1980

COLLEGE STATION
77 DEGREES ON THE 16TH (TIED)            77 DEGREES IN 1998
81 DEGREES ON THE 22ND                   77 DEGREES IN 1998

RECORD RAINFALL
COLLEGE STATION
2.03 INCHES ON THE 18TH                  1.55 INCHES IN 1965

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