NOUS44 KHGX 101011 PNSHOU PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 510 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001 ...HEAVY RAIN FLOODS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... TROPICAL STORM ALLISON FORMED OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CROSSED THE COAST TUESDAY EVENING. TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE HAS PRODUCED RECORD RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ONLY THE FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE BEEN SPARED HEAVY RAIN. HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FROM ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 645 PM SATURDAY: 5 DAY 2 DAY PEARLAND (CLOVER FIELD - LVJ) 21.21 INCHES 12.92 INCHES HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT 18.52 INCHES 11.42 INCHES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HGX 18.38 INCHES 11.25 INCHES CONROE 17.20 INCHES 12.79 INCHES INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT 16.46 INCHES 11.03 INCHES PENNINGTON 15.60 INCHES 8.95 INCHES SUGARLAND CITY HALL 15.31 INCHES 3.55 INCHES TOMBALL (HOOKS AIRPORT - DWH) 14.99 INCHES 11.22 INCHES CROCKETT 14.56 INCHES 7.93 INCHES RATCLIFF 14.22 INCHES 8.02 INCHES ARBOR 13.95 INCHES 6.95 INCHES HUNTSVILLE 12.15 INCHES 2.60 INCHES WECHES 11.35 INCHES 6.40 INCHES SUGARLAND 9.56 INCHES N/A LIBERTY 9.24 INCHES 5.01 INCHES LOVELADY 9.05 INCHES 3.89 INCHES GALVESTON 8.65 INCHES 5.10 INCHES COLLEGE STATION 3.49 INCHES 1.99 INCHES ANGLETON 2.71 INCHES 1.09 INCHES PALACIOS 0.94 INCHES N/A INSIDE HARRIS COUNTY: GREENS BAYOU AT WEST MT. HOUSTON 35.67 INCHES 26.54 INCHES WESTHEIMER AND KIRBY 33.00 INCHES 23.40 INCHES HUNTING BAYOU AT I-10 32.91 INCHES 22.13 INCHES COWART CREEK AT BAKER (FRIENDSWOOD) 25.98 INCHES 13.50 INCHES VINCE BAYOU AT WEST ELLAINE 25.31 INCHES 12.68 INCHES GARNERS BAYOU AT BELTWAY 8 (SOUTH) 24.61 INCHES 17.91 INCHES GREENS BAYOU AT US HIGHWAY 59 23.58 INCHES 14.96 INCHES BUFFALO BAYOU AT TURNING BASIN 23.54 INCHES 14.45 INCHES CLEAR CREEK AT TELEPHONE ROAD 20.04 INCHES 10.12 INCHES BRAYS BAYOU AT STELLA LINK 19.72 INCHES 12.80 INCHES WHITE OAK BAYOU AT ELLA 18.19 INCHES 12.72 INCHES INCREDIBLE AS THESE RAIN TOTALS ARE...THEY STILL PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE RAINFALL TOTALS PRODUCED BY TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IN 1979. THE U.S. 24 HOUR RECORD RAINFALL TOTAL OCCURRED IN ALVIN TEXAS ON JULY 24 1979. 43 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON ALVIN DURING THAT 24 HOUR PERIOD. IT IS PLAUSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER CO-OP SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL YIELD SOME EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS THAN WHAT IS LISTED HERE. KHGX-88D RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 30 TO 40 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF LIBERTY...CHAMBERS AND HARRIS COUNTIES SINCE JUNE 1ST. THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR JUNE AT HOUSTON IS 4.96 INCHES. SO FAR THIS JUNE...HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 16.47 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS IS ALMOST 4 TIMES THE MONTHLY AVERAGE. THE NORMAL YEARLY RAINFALL FOR HOUSTON IS 46.07 INCHES. SO FAR THIS YEAR...HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 35.06 INCHES OF RAIN. THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL THROUGH JUNE 9TH IS 1.61 INCHES SO HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED OVER TEN TIMES THE EXPECTED NORMAL MONTH TO DATE RAINFALL. TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY...THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH PRODUCED 35.7 PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL EXPECTED RAINFALL. JUNE 2001 IS ALREADY THE WETTEST (16.47) JUNE IN HOUSTON HISTORY. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST JUNE OCCURRED IN 1989 (16.28 INCHES). IRONICALLY...MOST OF THE RAIN WHICH FELL IN JUNE 1989 WAS CAUSED BY ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM...ALSO NAMED ALLISON. THIS YEAR'S ALLISON HAS THE DISTINCTION OF PRODUCING THE 2ND AND 5TH WETTEST DAYS IN JUNE WHEN 8.13 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 8TH AND 5.33 INCHES FELL ON THE 5TH RESPECTIVELY. THE 1989 ALLISON STILL HAS THE DISTINCTION OF PRODUCING THE WETTEST DAY IN JUNE (10.34 INCHES ON THE 26TH). THE 11.36 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL IN CONROE ON THE 8TH IS THE WETTEST DAY TO EVER OCCUR IN JUNE. CONROE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 17.25 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH MAKING JUNE 2001 THE WETTEST JUNE IN ITS HISTORY. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST JUNE OCCURRED BACK IN 1973 WHEN CONROE RECEIVED 13.13 INCHES OF RAIN. THE FLOODING PROBLEM ACROSS HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTREME. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CLOSED SECTIONS OF I-45...I-10...US HIGHWAY 59...PARTS OF THE 610 LOOP...STATE HIGHWAY 288 AND NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS. THOUSANDS OF AUTOMOBILES HAVE BEEN ABANDONED IN FLOOD WATERS AND TRAVELING AROUND HOUSTON IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. MAYBE SOME GOOD NEWS IS ON THE HORIZON AS IT APPEARS THAT THE REMAINS OF ALLISON ARE PROGGED TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT EAST OF THE REGION BY MONDAY.