Much Needed Rainfall from Edouard

Even though the center of circulation from tropical storm Edouard moved inland well to the east of where it was first forecast to make landfall, he still managed to produce some drought relieving rainfall across central and eastern sections of southeast Texas Tuesday. As a matter of fact, KIAH set a record for the date picking up 2.81'' which broke the old record of 2.65'' set back in 1994. A complete list of rainfall totals from around the region can be found below, along with the KHGX radar estimated storm total precip.

One item to note is that the Moody Tower H-Net site seems to be over estimating rainfall as it reported a little bit over 6'' from Edouard, while other official and non-official sites recorded rainfall in the 2-3 inch range. I archived the raw radar data files from KHGX for the entire event and will be going back over the data to see if it could have been a very small scale event; however I do not suspect that it was. Nicole and I will be running a calibration test on the gauge sometime over the next week or so and will post out findings. The other H-Net sites with the exception of UHCC (which we already know that is broken) gathered what looks to be very accurate rainfall data...matching up nicely with surrounding gauges and radar estimates.

Rainfall Data from Around Southeast Texas

HARRIS COUNTY -
BAYTOWN: BAYTOWN EOC..........................6.48 IN
SHELDON: SAN JACINTO RIVER AT BANANA BEND.....5.91 IN
PASADENA: BIG ISLAND SLOUGH AT FAIRMONT PKWY..5.75 IN
BAYTOWN: CEDAR BAYOU AT SH 146................5.27 IN
BAYTOWN: GOOSE CREEK AT SH 146................5.08 IN
BAYTOWN: GOOSE CREEK AT BAKER ROAD............3.51 IN
PASADENA: WILLOW SPRING AT FAIRMONT PARKWAY...5.08 IN
SHOREACRES: TAYLOR BAYOU AT SHOREACRES BLVD...4.73 IN
LA PORTE: LITTLE CEDAR BAYOU AT 8TH ST........4.49 IN
SHELDON: CARPENTERS BAYOU AT US HWY 90........4.49 IN
WALLISVILLE: CARPENTERS BAYOU AT WALLISVILLE..4.41 IN
E HOUSTON: I-10 AT NORMANDY...................4.41 IN
SAN JACINTO RIVER AT I-10 EAST................4.37 IN
HOUSTON: HOUSTON TRANSTAR.....................4.02 IN
FRED HARTMAN BRIDGE...........................4.01 IN
NE HOUSTON: GREENS BAYOU AT LEY ROAD..........3.90 IN
NE HOUSTON: GREENS BAYOU AT TIDWELL...........3.78 IN
NE HOUSTON: GREENS BAYOU AT MT HOUSTON PKWY...3.46 IN
SE HOUSTON: I-610 AT SHIP CHANNEL.............3.38 IN
PASADENA: BERRY BAYOU AT FOREST OAKS..........3.27 IN
NW HOUSTON: VOGEL CREEK AT VICTORY............3.19 IN
HOUSTON: BUFFALO BAYOU AT TURNING BASIN.......2.92 IN
WHITE OAK BAYOU AT FAIRBANKS-N HOUSTON........2.91 IN
HOUSTON: LITTLE WHITE OAK BAYOU AT TRIMBLE....2.88 IN
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT..............2.76 IN
ALDINE: GREENS BAYOU AT KNOBCREST.............2.68 IN
SPRING: CYPRESS LATERAL AT FM 1960............2.64 IN
SE HOUSTON: BEAMER DITCH AT HUGHES ROAD.......2.44 IN
SPRING: CYPRESS CREEK AT I-45.................2.41 IN
HOUSTON: RELIANT PARK.........................2.16 IN
MEDICAL CENTER: METRO RAIL AT FANNIN..........2.01 IN
HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT.........................1.99 IN
TOMBALL: HOOKS AIRPORT........................1.80 IN
W HOUSTON: BUFFALO BAYOU AT DAIRY ASHFORD.....1.77 IN
JERSEY VILLAGE: LANGHAM CREEK/W LITTLE YORK...1.77 IN
MISSION BEND: BRAYS BAYOU AT SH 6.............1.18 IN
KATY: BUFFALO BAYOU AT US HWY 90..............0.55 IN

GALVESTON COUNTY -
KEMAH: SH 146.................................2.67 IN
LEAGUE CITY: CLEAR CREEK AT I-45..............2.01 IN
GALVESTON CAUSEWAY............................1.11 IN
BOLIVAR AT LOOP 108...........................0.86 IN
GALVESTON: SCHOLES FIELD......................0.58 IN

KHGX Storm Total Precip Graphic