NWS Lubbock, TX, March 10-13, 2007 Rain Event

 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

..SIGNIFICANT RAIN CHANCES DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY: 

THE UPPER LOW THAT HAS BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO THE SOUTH PLAINS
REGION IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE EASTWARD TODAY. THERE IS STILL A
CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND MAYBE A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE DAY BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY.
AMOUNTS TODAY...WHERE IT DOES RAIN...WILL BE MUCH LOWER WITH THE
LOSS OF A DIRECT TAP TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT ACROSS THE REGION WITH A
LARGE PORTION OF REPORTING STATIONS INDICATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 1 INCH. SEVERAL LOCATIONS EVEN TOPPED OUT OVER 3 INCHES.
SOME FLOODING OCCURRED ON THE SOUTH PLAINS MAINLY AROUND LUBBOCK
WITH A FEW MOTORISTS STALLING THEIR VEHICLES IN DEEP WATER. A
LESSON TO ALL...DONT DRIVE INTO WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. DOING
THIS RESULTED IN 2 DEATHS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA.

THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE NWS AND WEST TEXAS
MESONET SITES AS OF 5 AM:

REESE CENTER         3.48
ANTON 6SSW           3.32
ASPERMONT 3NE        3.09
LUBBOCK 3WNW-TTU     2.92
AMHERST 1NE          2.82
SILVERTON 7ESE       2.78
LUBBOCK (NWS)        2.63
JAYTON 1SSE          2.48
SLATON 2NE           2.22
SNYDER 3E            2.09
OLTON 6S             2.09
LAKE_ALAN_HENRY 1NW  2.08
WOLFFORTH 6SSW       1.98
WHITE RIVER LAKE 6NW 1.97
RALLS 1SE            1.85
PLAINS 3N            1.85
TURKEY 2WSW          1.84
MEMPHIS 1NE          1.71
ABERNATHY 5ENE       1.60
FLOYDADA 2NNE        1.56
ROARING SPRINGS 3N   1.55
MULESHOE 2SSW        1.52
SPUR 1W              1.49
PLAINVIEW 1S         1.47
GUTHRIE 10WSW        1.38
TULIA 2ENE           1.35
CLARENDON 2WSW       1.32
SUNDOWN 8WSW         1.30
CHILDRESS            1.29
MORTON 1ENE          1.28
FLUVANNA 3WNW        1.23
GOODLETT 3W          1.23
MCLEAN 1E            1.14
HART 3N              1.14
BROWNFIELD 2S        1.05
GAIL 2ESE            0.99
SEAGRAVES 1SW        0.96
POST 1SSW            0.96
PADUCAH 10SW         0.94
DENVER CITY 7WNW     0.91
TAHOKA 3NNE          0.89
ANDREWS 2E           0.63
O`DONNELL 1N         0.55
LAMESA 2SE           0.54
GRAHAM 5SSW          0.48
PAMPA 2E             0.44
SEMINOLE 2NNE        0.43
DIMMITT 2NE          0.41
FRIONA 2NE           0.35
HEREFORD 2NW         0.16