2023 Rain Thread

[South Austin 52454]

It’s not raining.

[HenryJames 66038]

Then why is your mom wet?

[Hate 20106]

1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

Then why is your mom wet?

Why is the sky blue? 

[utee94 15807]

It's never going to rain again.

But South Austin's mom will remain forever wet.

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45665]

Saturday showing 40% chance and then when you go into the details, it's less than .05" at like 6pm only.

[texasdago 7568]

What is this "rain" you speak of??

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Still raining might-moderate, but for the last 30 minutes we got hammered with rain in NW Houston. Got some pea size hail too.

[Guest]

Welp, had a nice November and since then... hardly anything. 

[YGIFS 19449]

0345hrs-CST, rain begins in Austin.  Supposed to last 12 hours, and only then should we seek medical attention.  

We really fucking need this.  We're not supposed to expect much from Dec-Feb, but this has been abnormally dry even by our standards.  Drive safe out there this morning...

[Trey3216 15345]

Just awakened by a combo of scared 1 year old and a fucking hail storm at 4am.  

[YGIFS 19449]

Hail at this temperature?  That's weird.  But then, nothing in 2023 seems to make sense right now.

[UnivTex34 1763]

Moist

[InkaUtexas 25870]

WTF is this water falling from the sky? 

[Storm the Field 5294]

In addition to today's soaking, >50% chance of rain every day from Saturday through next Thursday. Might put a little dent in the drought maps.

[Guest]

24 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

In addition to today's soaking, >50% chance of rain every day from Saturday through next Thursday. Might put a little dent in the drought maps.

I'm seeing 30/20/20 on KXAN.

[Guest]

8 hours ago, YGIFS said:

0345hrs-CST, rain begins in Austin.  Supposed to last 12 hours, and only then should we seek medical attention.  

We really fucking need this.  We're not supposed to expect much from Dec-Feb, but this has been abnormally dry even by our standards.  Drive safe out there this morning...

Thank god. I get so fucking tired of these 30-45 day stretches with zero rain. 

[Storm the Field 5294]

4 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

I'm seeing 30/20/20 on KXAN.

Houston.

[boknowstecmo 216]

Couple of tornado warnings over Cypress and Sealy. Getting a little wild out east.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Houston.

Then why are you talking about making a dent in drought maps?

[Guest]

.75" in Austin. Previously had just 0.09" for the month.

[Hate 20106]

It got really windy here for about 20 minutes but mostly just really heavy rain.

[miguelito 11255]

Hate, how much rain does it take for your street to flood like that?  Seems like you post pictures of that happening every time it rains. 

[huge 3793]

Nothing like that in 77079 but we did have a shelter in place at the elementary school.  

[Hate 20106]

Hate, how much rain does it take for your street to flood like that?  Seems like you post pictures of that happening every time it rains. 

This is the first time it’s rained this hard in a while. I think we’ve gotten about 4-5 inches of rain in the last 2 hours.

Edit: I just checked and we are up to about 6 inches of rain now. And we have. Even getting rain fairly regularly since the fall. Our soil isn’t dry here at all, so it doesn’t take a whole lot.

Edit #2: just dumped a little over 6.5 inches of rain out of the gauge.

[Heisenberg 162]

Electrical power went off at 2:00 PM in 77382, The Woodlands.  Estimated time of restoration 10:00 PM.

[tx 3 putt 76873]

It’s like a hurricane in 2nd ward Houston. It’s very bad conditions 

[BrickTop 474]

Tornado on the ground in Pearland

[BrickTop 474]

Sounds like a legit one too, tds signature

[bolverk 29655]

4 minutes ago, BrickTop said:

Sounds like a legit one too, tds signature

It's about to pass through all those refineries in Deer Park.

[4th&Five 41519]

 

[BrickTop 474]

Yea they’re using the fuck around and find out Oklahoma tornado verbiage.

[tx 3 putt 76873]

Deer park and Baytown about to get hammered 

[texasdago 7568]

Been seeing a bunch of pictures on Twatter of the rain in Houston.  WTF.

Meanwhile in Austin...

[BrickTop 474]

3 mins to Baytown if it doesn’t lift, really hauling ass

[tx 3 putt 76873]

Even a tornado stays out of Baytown is my guess 

[texasdago 7568]

1 minute ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Ugh, given the refineries I'm going to say that is NOT good.

[tx 3 putt 76873]

Just now, texasdago said:

Been seeing a bunch of pictures on Twatter of the rain in Houston.  WTF.

Meanwhile in Austin...

it’s raining sideways at my house, very heavy 

storm drainage is full, lot of flooding / backing up 

[texasdago 7568]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

it’s raining sideways at my house, very heavy 

storm drainage is full, lot of flooding / backing up 

Maybe I should check what's going on back home but I think its been normal although I would love for it to be a gully washer

[BrickTop 474]

They’ve never issued the tornado emergency warning in Houston until now, came out in 2016

[tx 3 putt 76873]

Seems like the heaviest stuff was well east of downtown 

[bolverk 29655]

 

[Armybrat 40822]

Half inch this morning on the west side of Round Rock.

Sun is shining right now.

[BrickTop 474]

Haven’t heard or seen anything else but bolverks pic, post em if you find em.

[bolverk 29655]

I haven't found anything too catastrophic, but here are a few tweets with some damage.

 

[utee94 15807]

45 minutes ago, texasdago said:

Been seeing a bunch of pictures on Twatter of the rain in Houston.  WTF.

Meanwhile in Austin...

 

44 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

it’s raining sideways at my house, very heavy 

storm drainage is full, lot of flooding / backing up 

Just depends on where in town.  I got 0.4" total at my house in Northwest Travis, never anything more than a drizzle but it lasted many hours. 

[jimmyjazz 45890]

That damage in Houston looks substantial, I wouldn't think that's EF1 type random winter storm.  Hope everyone's OK.

[faps 806]

Can see the path it took from the traffic on Google maps.

[bolverk 29655]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

That damage in Houston looks substantial, I wouldn't think that's EF1 type random winter storm.  Hope everyone's OK.

Yeah, I shouldn't understate the severity; it's certainly catastrophic if it happens to you. Luckily, I'm mostly seeing roofs ripped off and downed trees, but it seems to have affected the Shell refinery to a point.

 

[Jshep34 2308]

That was some crazy weather. Tornado missed refinery by hundred feet. Some damage .

[Post Oak 20208]

Best rain in nearly 2 months in Hewitt. Got 1inch

Edited January 24, 2023 by Post Oak