2023 Rain Thread

[crash_davis 23107]

Hah. Last month I sold my boat which was at a slip in Lago Vista Marina. Tornado came through last night and fucked up one (or maybe more, I only saw pics of one) of the docks. My old slip was fucked. Glad I sold the boat.

[BachelorTrek 2967]

13 hours ago, Ten Bears said:

Brushy Creek lightning like I've never seent

Eh, garden-variety thunderstorms.

Growing up in the Houston area can make one blasé to thunderstorms/rain. Lulz.

[crash_davis 23107]

Confirmed, a few of the docks at Lago Vista Marina got f'ed up by a tornado. Funny that none of the Austin news are reporting on it.

[Nonbryan 173]

Got a little more than an inch in 78717

[South Austin 52462]

21 minutes ago, Nonbryan said:

Got a little more than an inch in 78717

Who was the lucky guy?

[NorthLoop 14190]

5 hours ago, BachelorTrek said:

Eh, garden-variety thunderstorms.

Growing up in the Houston area can make one blasé to thunderstorms/rain. Lulz.

Watch out guys. We have someone from Houston here to tell us other Texans what thunderstorms are really like.

[HiggyBaby 2529]

Meanwhile south of Brownwood
 

[SurlyBDR 22771]

9 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Confirmed, a few of the docks at Lago Vista Marina got f'ed up by a tornado. Funny that none of the Austin news are reporting on it.

[atomheartbevo 89643]

1 hour ago, SurlyBDR said:

Are we sure that's not a photo from the aftermath of a boat rally on Lake Travis back in September of 2020?

[NYTransplant 145]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Are we sure that's not a photo from the aftermath of a boat rally on Lake Travis back in September of 2020?

Not seeing any MAGA flags . . .

[jimmyjazz 45897]

9 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Are we sure that's not a photo from the aftermath of a boat rally on Lake Travis back in September of 2020?

Yes.  Those photos are all underwater.

[CleverNickname 1308]

Probably just bad winds? Or are you suggesting the NWS and local media are in cahoots to suppress a tornado touchdown (I don't recall a tornado warning being issued, so I can sort of see it)?

[Blotto 23496]

 

Dont hate it. Dont believe it either, but dont hate the concept. 

[zman13 179]

The forecase for this coming weekend in Austin is 50 to 60% chance of rain, from Friday to Monday. No variation in the 50 to 60% chance the entire weekend.

Trying to plan some activities.

What's driving this forecast? 

[atomheartbevo 89643]

53 minutes ago, zman13 said:

What's driving this forecast? 

It's May?

Edited May 7, 2023 by atomheartbevo

[Rip76 4925]

1 hour ago, zman13 said:

The forecase for this coming weekend in Austin is 50 to 60% chance of rain, from Friday to Monday. No variation in the 50 to 60% chance the entire weekend.

Trying to plan some activities.

What's driving this forecast? 

This is from old KHOU weather board.

12Z EURO showing the surface low taking shape on Tuesday.Then moving into north Texas and becoming a tropical like low with a feeder band draped over the area.
 

 

[atomheartbevo 89643]

On 5/6/2023 at 12:51 PM, crash_davis said:

Confirmed, a few of the docks at Lago Vista Marina got f'ed up by a tornado. Funny that none of the Austin news are reporting on it.

Lots of pictures of the damage and recovery efforts

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/storms-leave-lago-vista-marina-with-severe-damage/

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The association’s rangers and management, law enforcement and the Lower Colorado River Authority responded to the marina to check for injuries, chemical leaks and downed electric lines, but no significant spills or leaks were found so far.

A statement from the board of directors said the LCRA police and emergency management office will help with the oversight of recovery efforts. They will also monitor for environmental hazards from damaged vehicles.

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From the marina’s 137 wet slips, 37 boats were severely impacted, according to the property owners’ association.

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The property owners’ association said it is not confirmed what type of weather event happened at the marina.

“Additional information will be shared with our Association’s members as we assist our marina tenants through this unfortunate recovery process,” a letter from the Lago Vista board of directors said.

When they say 37 boats "severely impacted", I'm assuming they mean not seaworthy anymore.

[Wally Pryor 5261]

[HenryJames 66041]

6 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

[Hagbard Celine 10852]

my intertron skillz are lacking

someone please capture the radar loop

https://www.kxan.com/weather/radar/

center on dallas, fort worth, and storms to the west

i've never seen an undulating set of storms move 15 miles forwards, backwards, north, south, all in unison, it's just wild

i hope someone captures the loop of the last 6 hours

[atomheartbevo 89643]

1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i've never seen an undulating set of storms move 15 miles forwards, backwards, north, south, all in unison, it's just wild

GDGD offense?

[Guest]

Man, I hope this is over the lakes. For some reason my house has been in the bullseye with all this rain. It's been about 10" since the start of April, with about 7.5" coming in the past 2-3 weeks. And each time, it's been in torrential downpours of about 1" every 15 minutes that floods the backyard.

Would love some passing showers instead of blobs of red that sit over the house. Send that stuff to the lakes!

[Storm the Field 5294]

Not a single sunny day on the 15-day forecast for Houston. Every day from here thru 5/22 is "scattered thunderstorms" with between a 40% and 60% chance of rain.

 

[Rip76 4925]

48 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Not a single sunny day on the 15-day forecast for Houston. Every day from here thru 5/22 is "scattered thunderstorms" with between a 40% and 60% chance of rain.

 

Real spring again.

[Hate 20108]

If this verifies, the Highland Lakes will be in decent shape heading into the summer…except for Travis.



I know the soil will quickly be primed for a flash flood. Fingers crossed!

[Brisketexan 105093]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

If this verifies, the Highland Lakes will be in decent shape heading into the summer…except for Travis.



I know the soil will quickly be primed for a flash flood. Fingers crossed!

[Pam Cummings 9640]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

If this verifies, the Highland Lakes will be in decent shape heading into the summer…except for Travis.



I know the soil will quickly be primed for a flash flood. Fingers crossed!

[NorthLoop 14190]

Weird blob just parked over La Grange 

[NorthLoop 14190]

Dbl post

Edited May 8, 2023 by NorthLoop

[Rip76 4925]

That was some bad hail in the Woodlands.

[Hate 20108]

We got some marble sized hail. We’ve had pretty close to 7 inches of rain so far.

[Trey3216 15346]

Went from 75% chance of rain this evening when I checked at 3 to 20% now.  Looks like it’s gonna ride just west of the fault straight south. That’s good when you’re talking about a woman, but shitty when you’re talking about a drought.  

[Hate 20108]

[Hpara759 1778]

That blob out between Junction and Menard....isn't that area the headwaters of the Llano??

[troph 24783]

West Austin y’all can thank me for getting nothing this week, we are planting our yard today and tomorrow…

best it will ever look:

 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

3 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Weird blob just parked over La Grange 

Thought Katy still lived in Austin.

[Trey3216 15346]

1 hour ago, troph said:

West Austin y’all can thank me for getting nothing this week, we are planting our yard today and tomorrow…

best it will ever look:

 

Might want to, you know, put down some soil on that there rock.  

Edited May 9, 2023 by Trey3216

[troph 24783]

15 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Might want to, you know, put down some soil on that there rock.  

It’s not rock, looks like it in the pic. there’s a thin layer of the white dusty stuff and soil under it. It’s been tilled quite a bit with septic lines below what you see. Bigger issue is whether septic will feed it enough. We will see. I’m not interested in feeding once a week on top of septic.

[Storm the Field 5294]

It is pitch black outside my office at 10:20 am. Houston area bout to get worked.

[zman13 179]

 

 

[troph 24783]

13 minutes ago, zman13 said:

 

 

[texasdago 7570]

My family pretty much ignores my "no, really, I think it will rain this time!!!!" comments

 

[GreenspointTexas 9600]

Almost 4 inches of rain in less than 3 hours in parts of houston

[TXLNGHRN10 341]

Pretty good storms forming out over the hill country, hopefully they will amount to some good run off.
 

[Hate 20108]

If nothing else, maybe it will moisten the soil for the bigger event this weekend. It sure would be nice to see some of those stream flows in the thousand of CFS.

[Orange&White 5522]

Precip amounts for this weekend seem to be on the rise for Austin. Seeing 3.11" in NW Austin for Saturday.

[AUS-97HORN 11757]

watching the weather radar on a loop and it seems that at least for the last 6 hours or so the weather system is rotating in a counter-clckwise manner,  centered almost directly above Austin

[SquishMitten 10403]

The fuck’s goin on the radar? A hurricane forming over central Texas?

[SquishMitten 10403]

Dangit. Missed opportunity to ask if it was an F-250 tornado 

[troph 24783]

Furk, misses again… this was the closest.