FYI

What better way to end my month-long hiatus than by posting this from the Shreveport office of the National Weather Service:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
752 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...THIRD GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL ON RECORD IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA WITH MORE RAINFALL TO ARRIVE...

AS OF 750 AM THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING OF MAY 14 OF 2008...THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS TALLIED 9.37 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD SINCE 750 AM TUESDAY MORNING OF MAY 13.

THIS REPRESENTS THE THIRD HIGHEST 24 HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL ON RECORD. WHAT IS MORE AMAZING...IF NOT TROUBLING...IS HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS ONGOING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO AFFECT SHREVEPORT FROM CENTRAL TEXAS DURING LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

LISTED BELOW ARE THE GREATEST AND 2ND GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ON RECORD IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.

12.44 INCHES DURING JULY 24TH AND 25TH OF 1933 FROM THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL STORM.
10.44 INCHES DURING APRIL 12TH AND 13TH OF 1991.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL COMMENCED DURING THE EVENING OF MAY 13TH ABOUT 6 PM CDT. THE DAILY TOTAL FOR THE CALENDER DAY OF MAY 13TH TALLIED TO 6.71 INCHES. REMARKABLY...THE DAILY TOTAL RECORD FOR THE CALENDER DAY OF MAY 13TH REMAINED UNBROKEN AS THE RECORD STILL STANDS AT 8.12 INCHES SET DURING MAY 13TH OF 1908.