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000 NOUS44 KLUB 151319 PNSLUB TXZ021>044-160130- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 819 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2008 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS... ONCE AGAIN...THE REGION HAS EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WITH WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH STORM TOTALS. THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE NORBERT PASSED ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PROVIDING ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE INCH ALONG THE TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. HOWEVER...WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON MONDAY...THE STAGE WAS SET FOR A MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. WARM AIR WAS FORCED UP AND OVER A SHALLOW COOL AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE PROVIDING WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET AT THE LUBBOCK AIRPORT ON MONDAY WHEN 1.55 INCHES FELL BREAKING THE 1923 RECORD OF 1.45 INCHES. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE HIGHER STORM TOTALS FROM AROUND THE AREA COURTESY OF THE WEST TEXAS MESONET AT TEXAS TECH. ABERNATHY 2.45 INCHES CHILDRESS 2.75 INCHES FLUVANNA2.73 INCHES FRIONA3.17 INCHES GOODLET3.25 INCHES HEREFORD3.09 INCHES MCLEAN3.46 INCHES MULESHOE 3.16 INCHES POST3.00 INCHES WHITE RIVER LAKE 3.01 INCHES $$ 26
