2022 Rain Thread

[The Royal We 3,072]

20 minutes ago, Catpfish said:

I'm right at 2 inches (TWSS) of rain in the month of August just east of Pflugerville.  It has added zero to my tank, I think my fish are going to have to grow lungs or die.  It's so frustrating because you watch the radar and it's like watching a rerun of 2008 Tech, you keep hoping the ball gets caught and, yet, are always disappointed

Too soon.

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1 hour ago, Catpfish said:

I'm right at 2 inches (TWSS) of rain in the month of August just east of Pflugerville.  It has added zero to my tank, I think my fish are going to have to grow lungs or die.  It's so frustrating because you watch the radar and it's like watching a rerun of 2008 Tech, you keep hoping the ball gets caught and, yet, are always disappointed

Right there with you.  About a block north of Lake Pflugerville and I swear there is a vortex over here that just dissipates any storms or rain.  Frustrating.  Last Friday was the only really good rain.  I’m hoping we are out of this cycle and the wet weather will continue.  

[texasdago 7,573]

We seem to have gotten about 3" since Thursday in SW Austin.  This morning was a bit of a drizzle.  Hope we can keep getting some quick top offs.  I can tell some of the brown areas are greening up.  Lots of rain lilies.  BUT, rain lilies don't provide drinking water.  We need more rain in the watersheds.

[utee94 15,821]

It's never going to rain again.

[kevwun 15,786]

We got a whopping .24".  I could barely tell it had rained this morning.

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3 hours ago, Catpfish said:

I'm right at 2 inches (TWSS) of rain in the month of August just east of Pflugerville.  It has added zero to my tank, I think my fish are going to have to grow lungs or die.  It's so frustrating because you watch the radar and it's like watching a rerun of 2008 Tech, you keep hoping the ball gets caught and, yet, are always disappointed

I almost negged you for the ‘08 Tech reference. 

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38 minutes ago, RPM said:

I remember the first time I saw the Trinity River in Dallas from my office building after a rare torrential downpour, around 1999 or 2000, and it was a holy shit picture like that.  I had no idea the basin area could flood that much.

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[CleverNickname 1,308]

I know I could track this down... but it seems like there could be another big reservoir on the Trinity besides Lake Livingston. Bottle all that Dallas flood water and see about doing something useful with it. (I know it Graves is rolling in his grave, but that's a lot of water that isn't very productive.  And Yes I know the Trinity is not the Brazos).

Edited August 23, 2022 by CleverNickname

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24 minutes ago, CleverNickname said:

I know I could track this down... but it seems like there could be another big reservoir on the Trinity besides Lake Livingston. Bottle all that Dallas flood water and see about doing something useful with it. (I know it Graves is rolling in his grave, but that's a lot of water that isn't very productive.  And Yes I know the Trinity is not the Brazos).

As one who is currently (finally) reading Goodbye to a River, this hits close to home 

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Several of the tributaries to the Trinity are impounded to form lakes.  Cedar Creek, Richland Creek, hell even White Rock Creek.  Cedar Creek and Richland Creek are major water suppliers.

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Nvm

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1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

Several of the tributaries to the Trinity are impounded to form lakes.  Cedar Creek, Richland Creek, hell even White Rock Creek.  Cedar Creek and Richland Creek are major water suppliers.

That's what I was thinking. But h2o already in the main channel only has Lake Livingston?

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35 minutes ago, CleverNickname said:

That's what I was thinking. But h2o already in the main channel only has Lake Livingston?

Correct

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We had another half-inch over night (from about midnight to 2am off and on).  I'm literally looking at photos of the Dallas and Austin floods from earlier this week while reading about a massive discovery of more dinosaur tracks due to drought between the two flooded cities.  

Looks like next week could be even wetter than the last 6 days.  Friday's looking the last serious chance for scrotum stew, High of 96 with 86% humidity.  Those days are worse to me than 107 and dry.  Was it 2019 or 2020 that we had a really mild, wet summer and then "Autumn" told us to prepare thy anus and hit us with no rain and 98* every day from Labor Day until Halloween?  

[texasdago 7,573]

18 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Ain't that something?

We probably got about another 1/2" of rain overnight.  I like these little top offs and its good to see previously tan/brown landscape waking up.

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8 minutes ago, texasdago said:

Ain't that something?

We probably got about another 1/2" of rain overnight.  I like these little top offs and its good to see previously tan/brown landscape waking up.

We have an island in our cul de sac.  It was completely brown 5 days ago.  It is completely green now -- I'm sure with species of weeds that were not yet known to science, but still....green, in August.

Woulda been nice to get some more of this heavy rain over the lakes, though.

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18 hours ago, South Austin said:

I remember the first time I saw the Trinity River in Dallas from my office building after a rare torrential downpour, around 1999 or 2000, and it was a holy shit picture like that.  I had no idea the basin area could flood that much.

That's where they were trying for years to approve a new road/park system. Wonder why that failed?

Edited August 24, 2022 by RPM

[phdhorn 6,224]

Update:

Rain done, more or less.  Could be a shower somewhere in the area before sunset.

However, the thing in the Bay of Campeche looks to bring better rain chances late weekend/early week.

In any event, temps stay down.

More if/when.

[texasdago 7,573]

58 minutes ago, RPM said:

That's where they were trying for years to approve a new road/park system. Wonder why that failed?

Actually using that space for a park system is a great idea... you can see that in Houston with areas like George Bush Park.  Turned it into soccer facilities and all types of "floodable" amenities.

[RPM 26,320]

It looks like a self-perpetuating grift mine to me. Build it, clean it up, rebuild it, repeat. At least they got Klyde Warren right. That place floods, we got bigger problems.

[MissingInAction 25,069]

Get your pets on the flea and tick meds now cause those fuckers are about to erupt everywhere.

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There was a small dent made to the drought over the last week.

[GreenspointTexas 9,600]

Possible storm/depression/hurricane next week?

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[Storm the Field 5,294]

50 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Possible storm/depression/hurricane next week?

Per the spacecity guys, the thing labeled "1" here is reasonably likely to develop into a TD or TS in the GOM late next week. Definitely some question marks regarding Labor Day weekend weather for folks in TX and LA.

Edited August 25, 2022 by Storm the Field

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4 hours ago, Hate said:

There was a small dent made to the drought over the last week.

Geez. Even with the flooding, the Dallas area is still in severe drought conditions? That's pretty crazy

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Geez. Even with the flooding, the Dallas area is still in severe drought conditions? That's pretty crazy

No most of DFW is now in moderate drought. You can see where the light beige cuts right through the metro where the rain train ran.

But no we needed 15 inches ACROSS North Texas to break the drought. So still plenty to be had.

[HouTex 1,867]

Another 2 inches overnight in 77057.  About 10 inches so far in August.  Shame we can't spread it out.  It continues to screw up my golf plans.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,190]

Good lord, you can cut the air with a knife right now. I think I prefer 100 degrees and dry over this shit. 

[HenryJames 66,049]

Raining in 78722.

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Getting some good rain in 78717

 

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[Pato del Muerto 52,495]

Surprise lawn watering for me. Happy little raincloud. 
 

[Post Oak 20,213]

What the hell is that torrent hitting that's causing it to stand up and can it come play OL for us?

 

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by Post Oak

[atomheartbevo 89,660]

Raining steadily in 78756.

[HenryJames 66,049]

1 hour ago, Telegraph_it said:

 

 

Looks like the earth ate Pakistani food.

[The Dog 44,044]

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Still getting rain in 78717.  Very heavy at times.  
 

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3.7 inches in a little over 2 hours

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This has been here for over 2 1/2 hours.  

[AUS-97HORN 11,758]

yep, that red blob prompted a flash flood warning for Williamson

[Larry T. Spider 1,746]

I’m in western round rock and confirm. Cow pissing on a flat rock.

[WithoutAClue 15,363]

i got 4 inches from that one cloud in Cedar Park.

my dirt appreciated it.

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9 hours ago, leaf said:

This has been here for over 2 1/2 hours.  

3.5” at my house in Brushy Creek 78717

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13 minutes ago, WithoutAClue said:

i got 4 inches from that one cloud in Cedar Park.

my dirt appreciated it.

That was nasty.  Drove down to Tomo to pickup dinner for my wife and I, sky was all kinds of gnarly.  Rain started just as the kids were going to bed.  
 

Right as we were watching end of episode one of House of Dragons, shit hit the fan and scared my kiddos right outta bed in a big way…totally burned my chances with the wife, though I’m sure that birth scene wasn’t helping either.