2023 Rain Thread

[Schulz2.0 29011]

25 minutes ago, Hpara759 said:

The Red River running under hwy 287 at Estelline Tx. Usually just a small ribbon of water if that.

Drove through there in mid April and it was completely dry.

[YGIFS 19452]

Some damn heavy rain for the last hour.  Knocked the power out. 

[texasdago 7579]

Inch Saturday night.  Inch this morning.  Love it!

[jimmyjazz 46130]

Literally not a drop near 360/2222.  Where are you guys getting pounded?  #phrasing

[utee94 15862]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Literally not a drop near 360/2222.  Where are you guys getting pounded?  #phrasing

Not a drop today at my house in NW Travis either.  You can check on Hydromet to see that today's rain has fallen more over Austin proper and a little further east, but not much out west.  Which is still good for the city, but doesn't help the lakes at all.

 

 

[InkaUtexas 26104]

Lakes are fucked I fear. Saw it to the east and west of me, could hear the thunder. Not a drop. 

We need to root for a hurricane in SW Mexico. Everyone wash their cars please. 

[YGIFS 19452]

Yeah, another healthy round last early evening.  We're just sW of downtown.  But nothing hit anywhere near the lakes.  Unless water started flowing in the opposite direction.  This gonna make for a shallow summer up that way.  

[utee94 15862]

Yeah nothing at my house in NW Travis since the really big storms a couple of weeks ago.  Totally missed out on any and all Saturday evening, Sunday, and Monday evening rain.  This isolated stuff isn't doing diddly for the overall drought.

Bring on El Nino.

[YGIFS 19452]

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

Yeah nothing at my house in NW Travis since the really big storms a couple of weeks ago.  Totally missed out on any and all Saturday evening, Sunday, and Monday evening rain.  This isolated stuff isn't doing diddly for the overall drought.

Bring on El Nino.

which of course, for those of you who no habla the espanol, is Spanish for "The Shitshow"  

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3036]

Just got 1" of liquid gold load blown all over us here at the office in Hollywood Park NTTIAWWT.

[Trey3216 15356]

Ended up getting about 1.4" last night from a little out of nowhere storm.  Conveniently, I had just watered my yard as both weather apps I use showed a less than 20% chance of rain.   So my yard is a damn mudhole now   

[troph 24905]

On 6/6/2023 at 3:12 AM, InkaUtexas said:

Lakes are fucked I fear. Saw it to the east and west of me, could hear the thunder. Not a drop. 

We need to root for a hurricane in SW Mexico. Everyone wash their cars please. 

The highland lakes have been in the “people must die and property must be destroyed to fill them up” phase for a while now. No amount of just rain was going to do it. Either Memorial Day floods or a fall hurricane is what it will take.  This summer the last of the public boat ramps will close.  Lake use will plummet and we will see some serious low levels.  

[Orange&White 5539]

It is, and has been since 1942 when the highland lakes were created, a cycle. Some are longer, some are shorter.

Droughts in end floods, and this one will be no different.

I've been here since 1983 and this is the 6th down cycle in that stretch.

One perfectly timed hurricane track can fill that entire lake in less than a week.

[Hate 20145]

Yep, we just went through several years of the lake being full to very full. We were due for a bit of a dry spell. Maybe if the lakes go even further down people will think they need to look for somewhere else to move to/live. That would be nice.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Hate

[hornbri 1406]

5 hours ago, troph said:

The highland lakes have been in the “people must die and property must be destroyed to fill them up” phase for a while now. No amount of just rain was going to do it. Either Memorial Day floods or a fall hurricane is what it will take.  This summer the last of the public boat ramps will close.  Lake use will plummet and we will see some serious low levels.  

I think Travis use must already be much lower. I have noticed increased traffic on LBJ compared to previous years and figured it was a shift. 

[dieucla98 2942]

12 minutes ago, Hate said:

Yep, we just went through several years of the lake being full to very full. We were due for a bit of a dry spell. Maybe if the lakes go even further down people will think they need to look for somewhere else to live to/live. That would be nice.

There is a lot of doom and gloom about the lake levels. The lake is here primarily as a water source and to control downstream flooding events, right? Are we genuinely concerned about either?

I've lived here my entire life and have never been worried about either scenario but maybe I'm just naïve. Or is there something else at play?

[Biff Tannen 45737]

2 hours ago, Orange&White said:

It is, and has been since 1942 when the highland lakes were created, a cycle. Some are longer, some are shorter.

Droughts in end floods, and this one will be no different.

I've been here since 1983 and this is the 6th down cycle in that stretch.

One perfectly timed hurricane track can fill that entire lake in less than a week.

My concern is that the population has grown astronomically, even since the last drought from 2011-2014(5?) and at some point, the water use is going to be more than the lakes can handle.

[Biff Tannen 45737]

Looks like shits about to get real coming in from the west. One last day of storms before the blast furnace kicks on. 

[Pam Cummings 9660]

Looks ugly outside. Might be a blastin' in our near future.

[UnivTex34 1763]

[gurt 749]

this cell popped up right over the spot in the spot that needs it the most

[atomheartbevo 89792]

22 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

My concern is that the population has grown astronomically, even since the last drought from 2011-2014(5?) and at some point, the water use is going to be more than the lakes can handle.

Phoenix is having to cut back on development because they realized their water resources are dwindling. It gets really fucking expensive to start bringing in water for household use by 18-wheelers or building pipes out to distant locations (which may be having their own water issues and may tell them to go pound sand).

[Biff Tannen 45737]

Seems more like a nice drizzle than the severe stuff that was forecast. 

[boknowstecmo 216]

17 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Seems more like a nice drizzle than the severe stuff that was forecast. 

Yup, it's moving south of us. 

[1978horn 896]

pretty good rain in the Dripping area for about an hour.  I would guess between .5 and 1 inch of rain between 1pm and 2pm

[troph 24905]

we picked up .31 inches in spicewood.  almost 900 gallons of drinking water.

[troph 24905]

On 6/7/2023 at 1:15 PM, hornbri said:

I think Travis use must already be much lower. I have noticed increased traffic on LBJ compared to previous years and figured it was a shift. 

there is at least one public boat ramp still open, but yeah several are already closed so traffic is lower on LT.

[utee94 15862]

19 minutes ago, troph said:

we picked up .31 inches in spicewood.  almost 900 gallons of drinking water.

We got bubkus in NW Travis.  We're 0 for 4 on rain events from last Saturday evening though present.

 

[troph 24905]

On 6/7/2023 at 1:24 PM, dieucla98 said:

There is a lot of doom and gloom about the lake levels. The lake is here primarily as a water source and to control downstream flooding events, right? Are we genuinely concerned about either?

I've lived here my entire life and have never been worried about either scenario but maybe I'm just naïve. Or is there something else at play?

not concerned about down stream flooding. straws into the lake only go so deep and there are more straws added every few years, that is a concern. it's partially mitigated by approving a new reservoir in Wharton County, it's under construction. but the demands on use are increasing and the dry line is moving east and it was already right over the highland lakes.  the third piece is controversial but is becoming a bigger part every year, the lake economy. while not a formal concern, the economic pain of low water isn't just a few marinas and restaurants anymore. at some point, if real money is at stake based solely on water levels you have to start paying attention. there is a ton of debate on whether the lake economy should have a consideration. of course then there is LCRA's pockets, they need to be lined with hydro power generation (i.e. wasted water sent down stream for profit).

[troph 24905]

4 minutes ago, utee94 said:

We got bubkus in NW Travis.  We're 0 for 4 on rain events from last Saturday evening though present.

 

if we had been ground zero in may our cistern would be full. we are doing much better but it's still not rainbows and kittens yet.

[GreenspointTexas 9664]

250,000 people in houston without power

[boknowstecmo 216]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

250,000 people in houston without power

Impressive. I saw the warning with the 70mph gusts. 

[YGIFS 19452]

what's the cause of the outages?  Downed limbs or grid failure or?  

[Storm the Field 5302]

That squall that blew through Houston yesterday evening was crazy. I walked out to my office garage at 6:00 and it was just starting to drizzle. 3 minutes later, heading up Yale and it's raining sideways and you can hardly see the lane markers. Had some pea-sized hail bouncing off the hood of my truck. That was some of the quickest street flooding I've ever seen occur. And within 20 minutes it was all over. 

 

[atomheartbevo 89792]

[YGIFS 19452]

Not a drop yet but thunder is quite serious.  Heard some animals scurrying as a result 

[burntorangebongos 10752]

It rained pretty good in the 34 with some good thunder and lightning. I was sleeping through it but then a big clap must of woke me and I noticed that I couldn't hear my fan. Then it cut on right then. I don't know how long the power was out or if I just imagined it. The rain has stopped now and it is real still out there. Just hear distant rumblings.

[UTexasFight 9528]

Fuck yo forcefield

 

 

[YGIFS 19452]

Yeah I take it all back.  Poured like I don’t even know what for the last 30 minutes.  Good night, I guess?

 

 

[1978horn 896]

Been going for over and hour in dripping with pea sized hail the last 15 minutes. We are over an inch of rain so far

[SquishMitten 10435]

That was a lovely drive to the airport. The wife and kids were totally chill the entire ride

[1978horn 896]

Went from just a little hail to covering my yard.

[boknowstecmo 216]

Nice little hail core south of Austin, probably will go south of the airport. Good luck on that. 

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Well that was fucking fun. Pea-to-marble sized hail, and lots of it. Will have to wait for sunrise for any damage assessment.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

7 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Well that was fucking fun. Pea-to-marble sized hail, and lots of it. Will have to wait for sunrise for any damage assessment.

Not to dox you, but you’re still west/sw of Austin right?  We didn’t get hail here in south Austin proper, but was wondering about the area out off 290. 

[SquishMitten 10435]

Shockingly, there haven’t been any delays yet. I’m kinda amazed they can take off through all this. Knock on wood 

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Not to dox you, but you’re still west/sw of Austin right?  We didn’t get hail here in south Austin proper, but was wondering about the area out off 290. 

Belterra.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

1 minute ago, RamjetFDO said:

11 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Not to dox you, but you’re still west/sw of Austin right?  We didn’t get hail here in south Austin proper, but was wondering about the area out off 290. 

Belterra.

Sorry for your loss.   

[SquishMitten 10435]

17 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Shockingly, there haven’t been any delays yet. I’m kinda amazed they can take off through all this. Knock on wood 

I should’ve kept my gotdamn mouth shut. There may also be a fire in the control tower. There was at least an alarm and evac.

[1978horn 896]

Total looks to be 2-2.5 inches of rain in just over an hour. Lots of pea sized hail and the 13 yr old woke up and asked if we were about to die since it was so loud.