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December, 2006
Updated Preliminary Rainfall Totals

 Compiled by Donovan Landreneau, Forecaster
 

Rainfall for December, 2006 was quite variable across the region, with most of the month's rainfall falling within the last two weeks. A significant storm system between Christmas and New Years Day accounted for significant rainfall amounts and subsequent flooding across portions of Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana, accounting for the variability in rainfall.

The following tables are compiled from the Automatic Surface Observing System (ASOS) and Cooperative Observer network within the National Weather Service Lake Charles area of responsibility, using data obtained from NOAA's Regional Climate Center xmACIS.

Rainfall graphics were obtained from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center's Precipitation Analysis product.

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Louisiana Preliminary Rainfall Reports.

LOCATION TOTAL RAINFALL NORMAL RAINFALL DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL PERCENT OF NORMAL
ABBEVILLE 10.31 5.39 4.92 191
ALEXANDRIA 5SSE 5.01      
ALEXANDRIA ESLER FIELD 5.73 5.83 -0.10 98
ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL 8.63 6.39 2.24 135
ALEXANDRIA POWER PLANT 6.92      
BEAVER FIRE TOWER 4.23 6.23 -2.00 68
BELL CITY 13 SW 4.68      
BOYCE 3 WNW 8.58 6.17 2.41 139
BOYCE 7 SW 10.39      
BUNKIE 4.97 6.11 -1.14 81
BUTTE LA ROSE 10.31      
CARENCRO 7.02 5.79 1.23 121
CROWLEY 2 NE 6.67 5.06 1.61 132
DE RIDDER 9.98 6.67 3.31 150
DRY CREEK 7 NW 5.97      
ELMER 2 SW 7.64      
EUNICE 5.50 5.41 0.09 102
FRANKLIN 3 NW 10.96 4.82 6.14 227
GRAND COTEAU 7.17 5.33 1.84 135
JEANERETTE 5 NW 13.36 4.87 8.49 274
JENNINGS 6.13 5.22 0.91 117
KAPLAN 8.54      
LAFAYETTE 7.79 5.68 2.11 137
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL 8.01 5.51 2.50 145
LAKE ARTHUR 10 SW 2.73 5.37 -2.64 51
LAKE CHARLES 2 N (SALT WATER BARRIER) 5.48 4.99 0.49 110
LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL 5.99 4.60 1.39 130
LEESVILLE 6.69 6.07 0.62 110
LEESVILLE 6 SSW 8.33 6.21 2.12 134
LELAND BOWMAN LOCK 10.83 4.24 6.59 255
LSU DEAN LEE 2.47 6.60 -4.13 37
MARKSVILLE 4.58 6.05 -1.47 76
MORGAN CITY 9.43 4.95 4.48 191
MOSS BLUFF 6.54 6.81 -0.27 96
MOSS BLUFF 3 NNW (NWS EMPLOYEE) 5.11      
NEW IBERIA 13.71 4.84 8.87 283
NEW IBERIA ACADIANA REGIONAL 9.25      
OAKDALE 3.82 6.23 -2.41 61
OBERLIN FIRE TOWER 5.63 6.17 -0.54 91
OPELOUSAS 5.89 5.90 -0.01 100
PORT OF LAKE CHARLES 5.45      
RAGLEY 6.89      
RED RIVER LOCK #1 3.14 5.36 -2.22 59
RED RIVER LOCK #2 5.16 5.95 -0.79 87
ROCKEFELLER NWR 5.78 5.15 0.63 112
ROSEPINE RESEARCH STATION 9.77 6.08 3.69 161
SAM HOUSTON JONES S.P. (LCH 7 NW) 2.94       
ST MARTINVILLE 3 SW 10.85 5.16 5.69 210
SULPHUR 6.01 5.49 0.52 109


Southeast Texas Preliminary Rainfall Reports.