SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 250 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004 TXZ021>044-180100- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 250 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004 ...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS... NOVEMBER 2004 WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR THE AREA. SO FAR THIS MONTH...LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 5.77 INCHES. THIS IS THE GREATEST AMOUNT FOR NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1911. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3.45 INCHES SET IN 2001. FOR THE YEAR...LUBBOCK NOW STANDS AT 31.68 INCHES. THIS IS THE 3RD GREATEST YEARLY TOTAL. IT IS THE GREATEST ANNUAL TOTAL SINCE THE RECORD WAS SET IN 1941. OTHER YEARS WITH MORE RAINFALL INCLUDED: 40.55 INCHES IN 1941 31.88 INCHES IN 1915 31.68 INCHES ...2004... THROUGH 200 PM SINCE THE YEAR STILL HAS OVER A MONTH LEFT...WE WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO 2ND PLACE. FOR THE 39 NWS COOPERATIVE STATIONS IN THE AREA...THE AVERAGE RAINFALL SO FAR THIS MONTH IS 5.26 INCHES. THIS VALUE IS 4.38 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL (0.87 INCH). THE FOLLOWING RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE MONTHLY TOTALS FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE STATIONS AROUND THE AREA. LOCATION NOVEMBER ANNUAL LAST TOTAL TOTAL 4-DAYS ABERNATHY 5.96 39.17 4.67 ASPERMONT 4.69 35.30 3.36 BIG SPRING 5.63 32.56 5.56 BROWNFIELD 5.38 35.70 4.35 CHILDRESS 6.26 35.09 4.26 CROSBYTON 6.11 38.04 5.02 DENVER CITY 4.17 38.71 3.97 DIMMITT 2.94 38.43 2.62 FLOYDADA 4.05 29.72 3.67 FRIONA 3.13 35.21 1.66 GUTHRIE 6.19 35.47 5.59 HART 4.16 30.47 3.19 HEREFORD 2.61 35.29 1.61 JAYTON 5.28 42.40 4.86 LAMESA 5.26 27.81 4.78 LAKE ALAN HENRY 6.81 43.84 6.28 LEVELLAND 4.44 34.16 3.50 LITTLEFIELD 4.38 32.54 3.26 LUBBOCK 5.77 31.68 4.32 MATADOR 6.76 35.33 5.24 MEMPHIS 4.54 25.71 2.99 MORTON 3.43 33.18 2.63 MULESHOE 2.91 37.54 2.06 MULESHOE REFUGE 2.26 46.65 1.77 OLTON 5.19 31.56 3.78 PADUCAH 7.24 M 4.41 PADUCAH 15S 7.33 32.38 4.81 PLAINVIEW WATER PLANT 4.48 28.66 4.13 PLAINVIEW DAILY HERALD 5.07 27.37 4.15 POST 8.13 41.66 6.13 SEMINOLE 4.37 29.50 4.02 SILVERTON 4.79 37.63 3.23 SNYDER 6.75 40.31 6.12 SPUR 6.81 42.44 6.01 TAHOKA 5.46 41.43 4.61 TULIA 4.77 34.38 3.65 TURKEY 5.91 35.85 4.38 VIGO PARK 8.33 39.94 3.92 WHITE RIVER LAKE 6.84 40.35 5.99 THROUGH NOON TODAY...THE FOLLOWING ARE STORM TOTALS FOR VARIOUS WEST TEXAS MESONET SITES AROUND THE REGION STATION LAST 5-DAYS ABERNATHY 5NE 4.07 AMHERST 1NE 3.20 ANTON 6S 4.42 ASPERMONT 3NE 4.34 BROWNFIELD 2S 4.10 CLARENDON 2W 2.34 DIMMITT 2NE 2.33 FLOYDADA 2NE 3.68 FLUVANA 3W 6.26 FRIONA 2NE 1.81 GAIL 2SE 5.64 GRAHAM 5SW 5.55 GUTHRIE 10W 4.71 HART 3N 3.35 HEREFORD 2NW 2.10 JAYTON 1S 5.01 LUBBOCK TECH 4.15 LAMESA 2S 5.14 LEVELLAND 4S 4.21 MEMPHIS 1NE 2.52 *MISSING LAST 2 DAYS MORTON 1NE 2.67 MULESHOE 2S 2.50 ODONNELL 1N 5.41 OLTON 6S 3.96 PADUCAH 10SW 4.33 PAMPA 2E 1.93 PLAINS 3N 3.03 PLAINVIEW 1S 4.04 POST 1S 6.57 RALLS 1SE 3.76 REESE CENTER 4.51 ROARING SRPINGS 5.26 SEAGRAVES 1SW 3.92 SEMINOLE 2N 4.43 SILVERTON 7E 3.59 SLATON 2NE 4.08 SNYDER 3E 5.18 SPUR 1W 5.93 SUNDOWN 8SW 3.47 TAHOKA 3NE 4.50 TULIA 2NE 3.63 WHITE RVR LK 6NW 5.68