PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
624 AM CST SUN NOV 4 2007

       ...OCTOBER 2007 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL...
 ...RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WAS GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL...

OCTOBER 2007 COULD NOT MAKE UP IT`S MIND WHETHER TO BE WARMER
OR COLDER THAN NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED OUT EXTREMELY WARM WITH
TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE 90S. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE
WAS 8 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH OCTOBER 18TH. A STRONG
COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA ON OCTOBER 22ND AND THE TEMPERATURES
DROPPED QUICKLY. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE LAST EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTH. FOR THE MONTH...THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 1 TO 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL.

RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL EXCEPT
ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY EXTENDING WEST-SOUTHWEST ALONG THE U.S.
HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR. A HEAVY RAIN EVENT DEVELOPED ON THE 15TH AS
SEVERAL BOUNDARIES COLLIDED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MONTGOMERY
COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF HARRIS COUNTY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF HARRIS COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL ACROSS PARTS
OF FORT BEND... AUSTIN...WHARTON AND COLORADO COUNTIES AS THE
HEAVY STORMS DRIFTED SOUTHWEST. MODERATE FLOODING DEVELOPED ON THE
LAVACA-NAVIDAD RIVER SYSTEM AS 12 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON
THE HEADWATERS EARLY ON THE 16TH.

HERE IS THE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR A FEW CLIMATE SITES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE      AVG     AVG     AVG     DEP     RAIN     DEP
          HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH       84.4    61.6    73.0    +2.6    6.85     +2.35
GLS       82.1    68.6    75.4    +1.3    3.24     -0.25
CLL       84.0    60.4    72.2    +1.7    2.68     -1.54
HOU       84.3    64.1    74.2    +2.0    1.82     -3.44
PSX       84.4    62.3    73.3    +2.0    1.12     -3.89
CXO       82.7    56.8    69.8    +0.8    6.24     +1.54
UTS       82.7    58.4    70.6    +1.6    1.62     -2.65
LBX       83.5    59.1    71.3    -0.7    1.74     -3.02
DWH       83.7    59.2    71.5    +0.8    2.00     -3.31
SGR       84.0    60.8    72.4    +0.5    3.20     -1.40
HGX       81.9    61.6    71.8    +1.5    3.21     -2.37