MONTHLY SUMMARY: JULY 1999 UPDATED: 8/28/99 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Still No Relief in Drought Plagued Areas Despite Scattered Thunderstorms with Downpours... ...Hot Temperatures Push Averages to High Levels.. DROUGHT UPDATES From Woodstock, Lauck reports the driest February-July period in 14 years! The valley there is burned-up, he adds. These notes from Dewey Walston, WBC on the Arlington/Northern VA areas: THE EXTREME DROUGHT CONTINUES OVER THE AREA WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIP IN JULY. IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY 2 MONTHS DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS IN WHICH PRECIP HAS BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIP FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS IS RUNNING 14.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. Despite scattered thunderstorm activity producing downpours over the drought-stricken areas, the drought most definitely continues. From Bridgewater...The drought continues here in the Shenandoah Valley. Twelve out of the last thirteen months had below normal precipitation. During this 13 month period, the precipitation was around 15 inches below normal. Clayton Towers -Virginia resident of 50+ years- writes, "I have never known a drought this severe." More from Bridgewater below! From Bull Mountain, Steve Shivers made these observations: When I got home from Yellowstone Nat'l Park on the 20th, my weather station reported only 0.29" of rain in July. Fortunately, we received more than 3.00" before month's end, and another 0.41" on August 1. The grass is still green here, but I lost my peach and blueberry crops. Here on top of Bull Run Mountain, the latest heat wave has been very tollerable. Our high temperature here is almost always 10 degrees cooler than at Reagan National, and was 14 degrees cooler one day last week. The air condition has been off much of the week here. From NWS RDU: RAINFALL FOR JULY WAS BELOW NORMAL, KEEPING RALEIGH IN A MODERATE DROUGHT. FENTRESS' SITE TO BECOME OFFICIAL NWS COOPERATIVE STATION Jim Fentress has been working with the NWS in Wakefield to establish an official cooperative station at his Fox Hall, Norfolk residence. The MMTS (Maximum- Minimum Temperature System) has been installed and apparently all that remains is approval and installation of the phone data system. Some pics of his site are included later! Jim's station of some 22 years is a mile southwest of the Norfolk International Airport runway. (map included!) MEMBERS' REAL-TIME WEATHER Lowell is producing a weather web home page with real-time weather! Visit his site in Annandale, generally updated every hour! http://www.erols.com/llkoontz/weather.htm Also, real-time weather (update every 10-15 minutes) is available for Portsmouth (southeast section) at: http://www.pilot.infi.net/~bsmoot/graphic.htm DANNY JESSEE HEADS FOR UVA! Looks like Danny will be unable to keep up with his ACON reports the next few "months" as he's off to college. He adds: "I will be departing during the month of August to begin my first year of study at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where I will be majoring in Environmental Sciences. Therefore, this will be my final statement submitted to ACON as a member in Stafford. I plan to continue keeping records in Charlottesville whenever possible, and do intend to keep in touch with all of the great people that I have met through this organization. To everyone, keep up the great work, and I look forward to joining you again as soon as I can! To contact me throughout the years to come, my email address is danny@tidalwave.net and my home page will remain at http://all.at/weather. Best wishes for success, Danny! VIRGINIA RECORDS Member Lowell Koontz (Annandale) received a copy of the Virginia State Records from the Office of the State Climatologist found at the end of these notes. NEW US/WORLD SNOWFALL RECORD Steve Shivers of Bull Run Mountain e-mails this note: Greetings Fellow Weather Watchers, In the middle of this drought, comes official word of a new precipitation record. The National Climatic Data Center has endorsed the season snowfall record from Mt. Baker, Washington as the official U.S. Record, which is also a world record. See the article at: http://www.skinet.com/news/story_display.cfm?story_id=2469 There is a link to a few pictures at the bottom of the story. The old record was from 1971 at Mt. Rainier, Washington. I lived near Mt. Hood, Oregon then, and got stuck in the snow (from the previous winter) on a dirt road at 5700 feet elevation on the north side in September! It's too bad the Mt. Hood/Timberline Web Camera has been down most of this summer. It was up for a bit last week, and the south side of Hood was still completely snow covered then, except for the ridges where the snow blows away. The camera was apparently damaged by last winter's incredible snowpack, which at its peak was well over 30 feet deep at Timberline! The camera is linked from our mailing list Web page. I visited Yellowstone National Park in mid-July, and there was some snow at the 8000 foot level. Skiing was still good at Beartooth Pass. NOTES FROM "AROUND THE LEAGUE"- Annandale - July was the all-time hottest month with the mean temp of 81.05 deg. The previous high mean was in July 1993, at 79.98 deg. We set the highest minimum for any month at this station, a 79 deg. reading. The 100 max on the 6th was the 3rd highest here for any month. 10 days were >= 95 which is tied for the record of 10 in 1993. There were also 22 days >=90 deg. which is a new record for the last 14 years. July was the 5th driest in past 20 years. The only month with above average precip this year has been January. 12 of the past 13 months have been below average on precip. The month brought the 4th clearest July noted in the past 13 years. The average temp range for the month was 20.68 deg., the largest range since 1988. The average max and min temps were both new 20 year record highs for July! - notes from Lowell Arlington - NWS WBC notes the following July '99 records: ON JULY 6TH, THE TEMP REACHED 103 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 100 DEGREES SET IN 1977. ON JULY 5TH, THE TEMP REACHED 102 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 101 DEGREES SET IN 1919. THE MONTH'S SUMMARY - AFTER A SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL JUNE...TEMPERATURES WENT WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN JULY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 82.9 DEGREES. THIS MAKES JULY OF 1999 THE SECOND WARMEST JULY ON RECORD IN WASHINGTON DC. WARMEST JULIES ON RECORD 1993 .......... 83.1 1999 .......... 82.9 1997 .......... 82.6 1955 .......... 82.5 1988 .......... 81.9 1994 .......... 81.8 1991/1995...... 81.4 THERE WERE 22 DAYS ABOVE 90 DEG. THE RECORD IS 24 DAYS SET IN JULY OF 1987 AND JULY OF 1993. WE REACHED 100 DEG OR HIGHER 3 TIMES. THE RECORD FOR JULY IS 7 TIMES SET IN JULY OF 1930. MORE RECENTLY, IN 1993 WE HAD 4 DAYS IN JULY OF 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER. DCA year-to-date rainfall was some 2.79" below normal. Bridgewater - July certainly will be remembered as a very hot month. There were 22 days with temperatures of 90 deg. or more. This was the second highest in my 39 years of keeping records on temperatures. July, 1986, had 23. There were 3 consecutive days with temperatures above 100 deg. This was a record for me. The drought continues here in the Shenandoah Valley. Twelve out of the last thirteen months had below normal precipitation. During this 13 month period, the precipitation was around 15 inches below normal. Several places around here were very lucky in getting some nice rains in July. Brigewater was one of those places. Also, northern Augusta County received a number of beneficial thunderstorms. I have lived in Virginia for over fifty years. I have never known a drought this severe. Although, we have had some beneficial rains in this area, drought conditions still continue. We have a lot of dairy farmers around here, and most will have to buy hay for their cattle this winter. Some may even have to buy hay before then if they want to stay in business. The corn for silage looks terrible. Some of the wells are running dry, and the rivers and streams are running low. The discourging thing is that very little rain indicated in the present forecasts. Centreville - The average daily temp was 5 deg above the norm in July while the '99 average is +2.8 deg. Precip was .03" above the July average, the first month since February that we've had a "surplus." At the end of February, we were 3.23" to the good but five months of deficits hae eroded that to the break-even point, give or take a few hundredths. (Paul sounds like, as he says, "a politician trying to balance the budget!") Dulles - Monthly rainfall was 0.96" below normal while the yearly rainfall was below normal at -1.25". The month's average temp was 2.8 degrees above the norm. - report from NWS WBC Falls Church - Erica sends these notes: July '99 will go on record as being one of the warmest and driest months. The month was 3 deg. above average and had over 1 inch in rainfall deficiency. We did have one evening, the 25th, where 3 severe thunderstorms came through the Falls Church area bringing much needed rain. The drought continues tho'. The 4th through 6th brought record heat with temps over 100 deg. Fredericksburg - Largest rainfall total since March, but the drought gets worse. 21 days of 90 deg. or higher. Strong thunderstorms on the 24th caused power outages to about 45,000 customers in the area. Many trees blown over and branches blown down. - notes from Ken Hampton - A warm and humid July here with cooling periods of thunderstorms- The storms did prevent any very dry conditions that have plagued areas of western and northern Virginia. Rainfall was 0.66" above monthly norm. High temps averaged 4.3 degrees above normal, lows 1.9 deg. above normal, and monthly mean temps were 3.1 deg above normal. 24 days had temps of 90 deg. or higher. Thunderstorms produced pea-sized hail on the 24th; however, the storms stayed 15-20 miles south of Hampton that evening. Wind damage occured on the 28th with gusts to 56 mph. Record temps established in July at Hampton: high minimum tied 77 4th high minimum record 79 5th high minimum record 80 6th high minimum tied 79 31st high maximum record 99 5th high maximum record 100 6th high maximum record 97 24th low maximum tied 75 11th Herndon - Bob Beall notes that 3 potentially dry months lie ahead. Don't ask for a hurricane unless you are ready for one. Herndon - Russ notes: "We are in an extreme drought. Mandatory water restrictions are being announced. This July was the second hottest on record at Reagan National Airport. My station recorded temperatures in excess of 100 degrees on 3 occasions. We were under heat advisories for much of the month, as extreme temperatures and high humidity combined to make the outdoor air unbearable." Louisa - "Louisa received it's fair share of weather last month. Periods of hot and cool, wet and dry. To top things off the thunderstorm that passed through on the seventh produced 1.23 inches of rain in 25 or so minutes and a wind gust of 73 mph! And my anemometer is sort of protected ! But even with the wind from the storm there was little damage around here. Last month I complained about the dust on my car, now I'm having to "chain" the car cover on!" - notes from Joe Bowers New Market - Joyce reports: The area is so dry and the river is nothing but scum. Records that have been broken since my actual records start in 1982: Date Highs July 3rd--- 95 July 4th---100 July 5th ----101 July 6th------102 July 9th -----100 July 17th-----100 (tied with 1988) July 23-----100 July 27th-----95 July 30th---- 97 July 31st ------100 July 16th 1988 was 104 for month all-time high. 6 days in July reached 100 deg. or higher Normal mean for month is 74.3 Normal mean high for month is 86.7 Normal mean low for month is 61.8 Normal precip for month is 3.32" Newport News - Notes from Gary: "As I write this on 8/1, we had a storm here around 5:30 PM. Lightning hit my weather station and destroyed it! Do not, at this time, know how long I will be out of commission." (Editor's note: I know your pain; lightning zapped my modem and reconfigured my mouse last year and sent the Davis Weather Monitor II into a tailspin. Fortunately, it did not crash and recovered nicely after the PC was serviced.) Norfolk - NWS AKQ (Wakefield) reported Norfolk Airport's average monthly temperature was 2.8 degree above normal. Precip was 1.11" above normal. The average wind speed was 8.5 MPH. Portsmouth - This site's ALLTIME DAILY PRECIP RECORD was established on the 24th of July when 7.07" of rain fell between 2 and 10 PM in slow moving, training thunderstorms. Local flooding was widespread in all Hampton Roads cities prompting the rare Flash Flood Warning from NWS AKQ. Power was out some 8 hours here. My back utility room where the floor is just 2 inches AGL was covered briefly by water with no other damage to the main house. Fortunately, only a few scattered throw rugs were damaged. My 2 foot deep fish pond (5'X12') completely disappeared as runoff filled it quickly. Sadly, "Rambo", my longtime visiting bull-frog (or his progeny!) disappeared with the flooding and has not been heard of or seen since! The month was warmer than normal or +1.9 degrees while precip (13.32"!) was 250% (+7.99") of normal. July '99 was the 5th warmest in the database dating to 1976. The new record July rainfall total surpassed the 11.8" set in 1996. Meanwhile, the average wind speed was 3.8 MPH from the south. The records PC program still is going mad with 19 MORE NEW STATION records set here during July, which is 5 more than June's 14! They are as follows: Date Value Established 5 98 new max temp (the value tied ORF's max temp record for the date) 5 78 new max minimum temp 6 101 new max temp 6 80 tied max minimum temp 7 1.18" new daily precip record 7 32 MPH new daily max wind gust 11 80 new minimum max temp 12 74 new minimum max temp 13 72 new minimum max temp 14 71 new minimum max temp 14 2.30" new daily precip record 20 1.34" new daily precip record 23 79 new max minimum temp 24 7.07" new daily precip record new all-time daily precip record new station July precip record 30 76 new max minimum temp 31 98 new max temp 80 mew max minimum temp Year-to-date rainfall was running 3.30" above normal or 112% of the norm. Twenty-four days saw high temps equal to or greater than 90 deg. For a summary of the month's weather including graphs, visit this Internet address: http://www.pilot.infi.net/~bsmoot/month.htm Richmond - The mean temp was 1.6 degrees above normal while precip was 2.26" below normal. The average wind speed was 6.8 MPH. - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ) Mechanicsville - "Strong T-storms moved through the area on the 1st, 3rd, and 10th with downpours and strong winds." - notes from Glenn Roanoke - Notes from Wendell: "The rains returned in July with 2.08" above normal. It was also the 3rd hottest July since I started. 100 deg. on the 5th and 6th were record highs for those dates." Stafford - Danny sends these notes: Average temperature of 81.01° is the highest average temperature ever recorded at this location...Drought conditions continue due to La Nina pattern, year to date precipitation over 4" below normal...Massive heat wave characterizes the Summer of '99, 7 days this month and 10 days this season have topped the 100° mark! Drought is well underway, year-to-date precip is now 1.84" below normal; Lots of pre-summer heat, 2 days at 101 and a third at 100 consecutively! End of month characterized by very muggy conditions and sporadic short thunderstorms; June finishes 1.33 degrees above normal temp, 2.33" below normal precip. Vienna - Robert notes July was very warm and dry. Monthly precip was only 47.6% of normal. the month had 20 days with 90 deg. or higher temps but only 7 days has measurable precip. Frequent thunderstorm activity while the drought continues. The month was the 3rd warmest July in Robert's 13 year database. Woodstock - Lauck reports the month was HOT, the hottest in 14 years of record here! Precip for the period February through July was the lowest in 14 years. The valley is burned-up! Asheville - The average monthly temperature was 1.5 degrees above normal and the precip total was 0.67" below normal. Monthly average wind speed was 4.9 mph. Brevard - Bob's notes: "The key word is HOT! The mean high temperature, 88.8 deg. F, is the second highest I have recorded in July in ten years of recording, the highest being 92.2 in 1993. Neither year is based upon 31 recordings (I was absent 14 days in 1993 and 10 days this year), and while 90+ deg. recordings are not expected here in the mountains, we had 14, including a 100, in 1993, and 9 this year, none in the 100s. The ten year average for July in Brevard is 84.0. The mean low, 65.3 deg. F, is also high, resulting in a July mean of 77.0 deg. Rainfall in July varies considerably from year to year, from 7.16" in 1990 to 1.19" in 1993. Precipitation in July 1999, 2.70", is less than half the ten year average, 4.38", that I have recorded, so DRY is another key word. With 28.86" to date this year, we now have a deficit of 8.72"." Charlotte - NWS GSP reported the monthly average temp was 0.5 degree below normal while total precip was 0.53" below normal. The average wind speed was 4.5 MPH. Raleigh - Bob reports that July was a very unusual month with both extremely cool temps with 51 deg. on the 12th and 105 deg on the 31st! This temp was the alltime max record for his location since 1993. Rainfall was below normal for the 3d straight month. Area lawns are again turning brown as was the case most of June. Raleigh - The average temp for the month was 3.2 degrees above normal while rainfall was 1.01" below normal. The official monthly summary added: JULY A MONTH OF EXTREMES...JULY WAS THE THIRD HOTTEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMP OF 81.3 DEG. NUMEROUS TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED INCLUDING RECORD HIGHS ON SIX DAYS - 4TH, 5TH, 6TH, 9TH, 24TH, AND 31ST. RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED ON THREE DAYS. JULY ENDED WITH 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WITH A TOTAL OF 24 FOR THE MONTH AND 35 SO FAR THIS YEAR. THERE WERE 7 DAYS IN JULY AT OR ABOVE 100 DEG WHICH TIED THE OLD ANNUAL RECORD FOR DAYS OVER 100 WHICH WAS SET IN 1983. THE NEW RECORD FOR DAYS OVER 100 IN A YEAR WAS PASSED ON THE LAST DAY OF JULY FOR AN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 8. DESPITE THE HEAT, THE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS - 11TH THROUGH 14TH. RAINFALL FOR JULY WAS BELOW NORMAL, KEEPING RALEIGH IN A MODERATE DROUGHT. Roxboro - Except for a showery second week, July was hot and mostly dry. Heat waves baked the area for almost 3 weeks. Minimum and maximum temps averaged above normal. Rainfall totaled 1.5" below normal. - notes from Merriell Wilmington - Excerpts from NWS ILM's summary: ...A VERY WARM AND DRY JULY IN THE PORT CITY... TEMPS SOARED TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN JULY. BOUYED BY 14 STRAIGHT DAYS OF 90+ DEGREE HEAT... THE MONTHLY AVERAGE WAS 3.3 DEG IN EXCESS OF THE NORM. THIS PLACED 5TH ON THE ALL-TIME WARMEST JULYS LIST (RECORDS DATE TO 1871). THE HIGH OF 100 ON THE 30TH TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET IN 1952. OTHER RECORD HIGHS OF 99 DEGREES WERE SET ON THE 23RD (WAS 98/1972) AND 31ST (WAS 98/1972) WHILE ANOTHER RECORD WAS TIED ON THE 26TH (98-SET IN 1968). THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES ON THE 29TH NOT ONLY SET A NEW RECORD WARM LOW FOR THE DATE (WAS 80/1936)... IT ALSO TIED THE WARMEST LOW TEMP EVER RECORDED IN WILMINGTON (MOST RECENTLY SET ON 8/31/1998 AND MOST RECENTLY OCCURRING IN JULY ON 7/24/1991). RECORD WARM LOWS WERE TIED ON THE THE 5TH (77-1987)... 10TH (79-1985)... 23RD (80-1991) AND 28TH (79-1877). THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 13TH. MOST OF THE MONTH'S PRECIP OCCURRED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AND WAS 3.59 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIP RECORDS WERE BROKEN OR TIED. SUNSHINE WAS EXTREMELY PLENTIFUL IN JULY. THE PORT CITY RECEIVED 75 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (NORMAL IS 64 PERCENT). THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR JULY WAS 6.7 MPH. Columbia - The average temperature for the month was 0.9 degree above normal while rainfall was 2.94" below normal. A record high temperature and a record high low temperature were set on the 31st while a record low high was set on the 13th. - from NWS CAE Charleston - Eleanor notes that her area had an interesting thunderstorm develop right over the office on July 22nd. The main part of the rain shaft fell right at our location. We didn't expect any severe weather, but we were close! The thunderstorm produced a 48 mph wind squall and dumped 1.12" of rainfall at the office. Unfortunately, the heaviest rain shaft didn't make it to the official bucket (ASOS) about 1 mile away, which only recorded 0.18". The nature in these type of tropical downpours. The control tower next door also noted continuous cloud to ground lightning nearly hitting their location. There was one report of 3/4" hail in Mount Pleasant, to the southeast of downtown Charleston in the same area of thunderstorms. Charleston's temperatures ran nearly 1.0 deg. above normal while precip was 3.65" BELOW normal! The average wind speed at CHS was 6.5 MPH. Year-to-date precip is 9.56" below normal. Eleanor sends this report: The Heat is On Across the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire Oppressive heat and humidity gripped south coastal South Carolina and southeastern Georgia during late July and early August due to a stubborn upper level high pressure system that stalled across the southern United States from mid July through August 1st. High temperatures in the mid 90s to mid 100s combined with dewpoints in the mid 70s to lower 80s to produce dangerous heat index values, especially from July 30th to August 1st. Heat index readings were in the 115 to 120 degree range. Record high temperatures were either tied or set, including an all time record at Charleston International Airport on August 1st. Beaufort and the downtown Charleston location at the Customs House also tied their all time record high temperatures. The tables below show the records set and previous records. Records that are tied are noted with an asterisk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charleston Record Previous High Previous Previous Previous (CHS) High Record Minimum Record All-time Monthly 7/30/99 100 98 - 1942 7/31/99 101 100 - 1942 8/10/99 105 99 - 1990 81 80 - 1933 104 - 7/19 102 - & 20/1986 8/14/1995 Charleston Record Previous High Previous Previous Previous Downtown High Record Minimum Record All-time Monthly 7/26/99 100 98 - 1977 7/27/99 100 98 - 1949 80 *80 - 1948 7/28/99 83 82 - 1993 7/29/99 99 96 - 1952 85 82 - 1949 7/30/99 82 81 - 1949 7/31/99 97 *97 - 1961 84 81 - 1958 8/01/99 103 98 - 1970 86 81 - 1958*103 - 102 - 7/22/1977 8/5/1994 Savannah Record Previous Monthly (SAV) High Record All-time Record High 7/31/99 101 *101 - 1990 & previous years 8/01/99 102 101 - 1986 105 - 7/20/1986 104 - 8/5/1954 Beaufort Record Previous High Previous Previous Previous (NBC) High Record Minimum Record All-time Monthly 7/30/99 100 *100 - 1941 7/31/99 101 100 - 1941 88 79 - 1933 8/01/99 104 99 - 1941 83 80 - 1986*104 - 7/15 102 - 8/5 & 6/ & 22/1932 1954 & 8/27/1938 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greenville-Spartanburg - NWS GSP noted the average monthly temp was 1.7 degree above normal while rainfall was 2.68" below normal. The average wind speed was 5.4 MPH. Ruby - July was rather hot and dry saith Franklin. Tri-cities - NWS KnoxvilleTri-cities, TN reports that the Tri-cities/Bristol area recorded monthly average temps 2.3 degree above normal with precipitation some 1.47" above normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virginia State Records - Updated 08/14/99 State Climatology Office - Clark Hall - The University of Virginia - Charlottesville Highest Sea-level Pressure 1051.2mb 02/31/1981 Washington National Airport Lowest Sea-level Pressure 965.3mb 03/15/1993 Richmond Highest Wind Speed 134mph 09/14/1944 Cape Henry Highest Temperature 110F 07/15/1954 Balcony Falls* Highest Temperature 109F 07/20/1930 Woodstock* Lowest Temperature -30F 01/21/1985 Mountain Lake Biological Station High 24-hour Precipitation 27.35 in 08/20/1969 Nelson County High Monthly Precipitation 24.98 in 06/1995 Glasgow** High Annual Precipitation 81.78 in 1972 Montebello Least Annual Precipitation 12.52 in 1941 Moore's Creek Greatest 24-hour Snowfall 33.0 in 03/06/1962 Big Meadows High Single Storm Snowfall 48.0 in 1/6-7/1996 Big Meadows*** Greatest Monthly Snowfall 54.0 in 02/1899 Warrenton Greatest Seasonal Snowfall 124.2 in 1995-1996 Wise**** * Although Balcony Falls recorded 110F there is some contention as to whether this was a faulty reading. In which case the record is 109F at Woodstock ** The previous published record was 23.88 in at Big Meadows (8/55). However, it is obvious from the 24-hour precipitation that if Nelson County had 27.35in. in 24-hours (really 9 hours) exceeding the record at both Glasgow and Big Meadows. Also, Madison County had 24in. in 6 hours on June 27, 1995. However, neither of these were from official observing stations. *** Previous record 42.0 inches at Big Meadows on March 6 and 7 1962. ****Previous record 109.9 inches at Mountain Lake Biological Station during the 1977-78 season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPDATED MEMBERS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES: BRE Bob Keehn Bob_Keehn@citcom.net BRI Clayton Towers Ctowers@rica.net POR Bill Trotter pwrs@pilot.infi.net RAL Bob Woodson woods@pipeline.com CEN Paul Bassett III pbassett@digizen.net WSH David Yowell runamok@runamok.com FCH Erica Page ERICA96661@aol.com RMD Roy Britt rbritt@erols.com NEW Joyce Winfree joywood@shentel.net FRB Ken McKneely mckneelys@email.msn.com STF Danny Jessee doppler2k3@hotmail.com danny@tidalwave.net (while at UVA) WOO Lauck Walton jwalton@shentel.net NPN Gary Leonard garleonard@aol.com LKU Joe Bowers jmbiii@mnsinc.com CHS Eleanor Vallier-Talbot Eleanor.Vallier-Talbot@noaa.gov evaltal@wpmedia.com HAM Dave Kessell tccdkessel@yahoo.com VNA Robert Boott boottr@vrinet.com CHW Dave Lesher wxdave@boo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------------