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Tropical Depression in the Gulf; Severe Thunderstorms Monday

Tropical Depression Two is expected to gradually strengthen and could bring tropical storm conditions to the Florida Panhandle beginning late Monday. Areas of flash flooding will be possible through Thursday along the eastern and central Gulf Coast. Severe thunderstorms will develop and move along a cold front crossing the Upper Midwest Monday, and through the Ohio Valley/Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday. Read More >

 Welcome rain across the South Plains
12-13 September 2012

24-hour rainfall estimate as of midday on Thursday, September 13th. Click on the image to view the full-reolution map.
 
A cold front dropping south and an upper-level disturbance moving out of the Southern Rockies combined to bring widespread rainfall to most of the South Plains region Wednesday and Thursday. As of 2 pm Thursday, nearly two inches of rain had fallen in spots while 0.5 to 1.0 inch of rain was fairly common. Temperatures were also very cool, many areas were only in the 50s early Thursday afternoon with brisk northerly winds. Here are the latest West Texas Mesonet rainfall reports (www.mesonet.ttu.edu):
             WEST TEXAS MESONET 24 HOUR RAINFALL SUMMARY
             NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
             212 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012
             
             ...WEST TEXAS MESONET RAINFALL...
             
             ...24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS...
             
             KNOX CITY                    1.85 IN
             ABERNATHY                    1.61 IN
             SEMINOLE                     1.58 IN  
             NORTHWEST LUBBOCK            1.43 IN
             HASKELL                      1.39 IN  
             FLUVANNA                     1.28 IN  
             LAKE ALAN HENRY              1.25 IN  
             NORTHWEST SAN ANGELO         1.20 IN  
             O'DONNELL                    1.13 IN  
             AMHERST                      1.01 IN  
             WOLFFORTH                    0.98 IN  
             REESE CENTER                 0.97 IN  
             ASPERMONT                    0.95 IN  
             ROARING SPRINGS              0.93 IN  
             CHILDRESS                    0.87 IN  
             OLTON                        0.83 IN  
             SNYDER                       0.82 IN  
             MCLEAN                       0.81 IN  
             SAINT LAWRENCE               0.80 IN  
             LAMESA                       0.79 IN  
             TULIA                        0.79 IN  
             SEYMOUR                      0.79 IN  
             TAHOKA                       0.75 IN  
             SUNDOWN                      0.74 IN  
             MEMPHIS                      0.72 IN  
             DORA                         0.72 IN  
             HEREFORD                     0.68 IN  
             PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK  0.67 IN  
             TURKEY                       0.64 IN  
             TATUM                        0.64 IN  
             SILVERTON                    0.64 IN  
             FLOYDADA                     0.62 IN  
             SEAGRAVES                    0.61 IN  
             SPUR                         0.61 IN  
             MULESHOE                     0.61 IN  
             RALLS                        0.60 IN  
             DENVER CITY                  0.58 IN  
             CANADIAN                     0.58 IN  
             PLAINVIEW                    0.57 IN  
             POST                         0.57 IN  
             PLAINS                       0.56 IN  
             GRAHAM                       0.55 IN  
             WHITE RIVER LAKE             0.54 IN  
             HART                         0.53 IN  
             GUTHRIE                      0.49 IN  
             BROWNFIELD                   0.49 IN  
             JAYTON                       0.48 IN  
             SLATON                       0.48 IN  
             NORTHFIELD                   0.47 IN  
             DIMMITT                      0.45 IN  
             GOODLETT                     0.44 IN  
             MORTON                       0.44 IN  
             HOBBS                        0.43 IN  
             LEVELLAND                    0.41 IN  
             CLARENDON                    0.39 IN  
             BIG LAKE                     0.39 IN  
             PAMPA                        0.38 IN  
             FRIONA                       0.36 IN  
             GAIL                         0.35 IN  
             ANTON                        0.30 IN  
             ODELL                        0.23 IN  
             PADUCAH                      0.22 IN  
             ANDREWS                      0.11 IN  
             CAPROCK CANYONS              0.10 IN  
             GUADALUPE MTNS PARK          0.08 IN  
             COYANOSA                     0.06 IN  
             WALL                         0.01 IN