PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1036 AM CDT FRI OCT 20 2006 ....OCTOBER SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF THE WETTEST ON RECORD... OCTOBER 2006 WILL BE ONE OF THE WETTEST ON RECORD. OCTOBER STARTED OUT DRY. IN FACT...THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE RAIN FREE. MODERATE RAINS BEGAN ON THE 10TH...WITH HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING ON THE 15TH AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 19TH. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MANY AREA RIVERS ARE FLOWING NEAR CAPACITY. AS OF OCTOBER 20TH... HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 14.03 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS THE 4TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD FOR THE HOUSTON AREA. COLLEGE STATION HAS RECEIVED 11.52 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH. THIS IS ALSO THE 4TH WETTEST OCTOBER IN RECORDED HISTORY. GALVESTON HAS RECEIVED 8.79 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH. HERE IS A LIST OF THE FIVE WETTEST OCTOBERS: HOUSTON COLLEGE STATION GALVESTON 17.64 - 1949 18.77 - 1994 17.78 - 1881 16.05 - 1984 12.91 - 1984 17.39 - 1877 14.65 - 2002 12.21 - 1925 17.64 - 1925 13.76 - 2006 11.52 - 2006 15.37 - 1913 10.62 - 1994 10.78 - 1973 15.00 - 1901 ALTHOUGH 2006 STARTED OUT DRY...RAINFALL HAS GENERALLY BEEN ABOVE NORMAL SINCE JUNE. FOR THE YEAR...MOST CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL TOTALS. HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 54.10 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR HOUSTON IS 47.84 INCHES. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR COLLEGE STATION IS 39.67 INCHES. THUS FAR... EASTERWOOD FIELD HAS RECEIVED 42.13 INCHES. GALVESTON HAS RECEIVED 42.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2006. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR THE CITY IS 43.84 INCHES. THERE ARE TWO MORE RAINY EPISODES POSSIBLE FOR THE REGION. THE FIRST WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND THE SECOND AND POTENTIALLY HEAVIER EVENT WILL OCCUR LATE NEXT WEEK. BY THE TIME ALL IS SAID AND DONE...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OCTOBER 2006 COULD BE THE WETTEST OCTOBER IN RECORDED HISTORY. && HERE ARE SOME FIVE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SOME CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS: SITE SUN MON TUE WED THU TOTAL OCT IAH 2.40 5.17 0.00 3.59 0.75 11.91 13.76 HOU 4.21 6.96 0.00 0.55 0.21 11.93 14.03 GLS 2.16 3.91 0.00 TRACE TRACE 6.07 8.79 CLL 0.08 5.28 0.00 2.55 0.48 8.39 11.52 CXO 1.22 11.49 0.00 2.96 0.69 16.36 17.25 UTS 0.61 3.29 0.00 1.84 0.23 5.74 8.18 SGR 2.04 3.53 0.00 0.01 0.08 6.66 8.62 DWH 1.05 4.00 0.00 2.07 0.24 7.36 9.78 LBX 8.12 1.41 0.00 0.01 TRACE 9.54 13.10 LVJ 5.09 4.95 0.00 0.05 0.03 10.12 12.90 HGX 2.22 3.68 0.00 TRACE 0.07 5.97 7.90 && HERE ARE SOME COOPERATIVE OBSERVATION RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE 24 HOUR RAINFALL TALLIES ENDING AT 7 AM. CITY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ANAHUAC 8.20 2.00 0.00 0.00 BAYTOWN 6.44 N/A N/A N/A CALDWELL 0.00 3.90 0.00 2.75 CLODINE 5.70 2.54 0.00 N/A CLEVELAND 6.20 2.45 0.00 2.85 CROCKETT 0.70 2.74 0.00 0.57 EDNA 3.86 0.00 0.00 TRACE HOU HEIGHTS 6.39 2.16 0.00 0.52 JAMAICA BEACH 6.26 1.12 0.00 TRACE LIBERTY 6.00 5.30 0.00 N/A LIVINGSTON 6.55 5.30 0.00 4.55 MADISONVILLE 2.75 1.76 0.00 1.82 MATAGORDA 1.56 0.25 0.00 0.00 NEW CANEY 6.07 3.09 0.00 3.52 RICHMOND 4.37 0.99 0.00 0.00 TEXAS CITY 6.43 1.18 0.00 0.10 WHARTON 3.19 0.59 0.03 0.03 $$