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Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northwestern Gulf Coast from south central Louisiana to the upper Texas coast today. Read More >

...WIDESPREAD RAIN FALLS ON THE SOUTH PLAINS...


 

A LARGE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT WIDESPREAD
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY. AS OF 9 PM THIS EVENING...THE LUBBOCK AIRPORT
RECORDED 0.64 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCATIONS FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH AND WEST GENERALLY RECORDING HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THE TEXAS
TECH WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION NEAR PLAINS RECORDED 2.19
INCHES...WITH MANY OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS
SEEING 1 TO 2 INCHES. LIGHTER RAINFALL TOTALS FELL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ROLLING
PLAINS...WITH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE
SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS.

BELOW ARE SOME 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 917 PM ON WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THE AMOUNTS ARE COURTESY OF THE WEST TEXAS MESONET UNLESS
OTHERWISE NOTED.

 TATUM              2.41 IN
DORA               2.27 IN
PLAINS             2.19 IN
SUNDOWN            2.07 IN
DENVER CITY        1.96 IN
ANDREWS            1.62 IN
MORTON             1.51 IN
LEVELLAND          1.29 IN
BROWNFIELD         1.25 IN
LAMESA             1.14 IN
AMHERST            1.14 IN
TAHOKA             1.13 IN
GRAHAM             1.11 IN
ANTON              1.07 IN
MULESHOE           1.03 IN
POST               0.96 IN
REESE CENTER       0.91 IN
GAIL               0.90 IN
NORTHWEST LUBBOCK  0.87 IN
WOLFFORTH          0.87 IN
SEAGRAVES          0.85 IN
FLUVANNA           0.81 IN
SEMINOLE           0.68 IN
SLATON             0.67 IN
LUBBOCK AIRPORT    0.64 IN *OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVATION
O`DONNELL          0.64 IN
OLTON              0.60 IN
HEREFORD           0.57 IN
DIMMITT            0.52 IN
ABERNATHY          0.41 IN
RALLS              0.39 IN
LAKE ALAN HENRY    0.37 IN
FRIONA             0.37 IN
SNYDER             0.26 IN
WHITE RIVER LAKE   0.19 IN
HART               0.19 IN
PLAINVIEW          0.10 IN
TULIA              0.04 IN
JAYTON             0.03 IN
SPUR               0.03 IN
FLOYDADA           0.01 IN