Stalled system caused heavy rainfall
June 29th, 2007
The days-long storm system that has caused a series of major floods combines elements of a spring storm with a summer storm, said Alan Moller, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
‘The astonishing thing about it is, it’s hardly moving,’ Moller said.
The weak upper-level, low-pressure system has been lingering more than a week. Such storms typically pass through an area. Not this one. Winds are rotating counterclockwise around the system, hovering near Wichita Falls and southwest Oklahoma. Winds carrying moisture from the Gulf of Mexico collide with the cooler and drier rotating winds, producing heavy rain to the south and southeast of the system’s center. Read more