2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us

[HenryJames 66,128]

Rain, imo.

[South Austin 52,521]

Lots o’ rain in 78759

[CleverNickname 1,320]

there is a decent chance of rain every day here in Austin for the next 10 days.

[troph 24,870]

Legit. Two thumbs up. 

[utee94 15,835]

It's never going to stop raining.

[troph 24,870]

7 minutes ago, utee94 said:

It's never going to stop raining.

Our desert landscape hates me right now. Yuccas be like wtf you told us there would be no rain? 

[ztejas 43,481]

No power in the fo five. 

Day where I need to move a bunch of shit off to a great start.

[troph 24,870]

.6 inch of rain to start a Sunday. I’ll take it. 

[gsoda3 3,263]

Nothing better than sleeping in and waking up to thunder and rain. Love it.

[InkaUtexas 25,996]

1 hour ago, troph said:

Our desert landscape hates me right now. Yuccas be like wtf you told us there would be no rain? 

Desert plants like to flood. With good rain they are going to bloom like mad. I want seed pods!

[Armybrat 40,851]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

No power in the fo five. 

Day where I need to move a bunch of shit off to a great start.

A tree in the green belt behind my son’s house fell into his backyard, crushing his fence and garden. 
A few doors down another tree fell, blocking the street….

 

[InkaUtexas 25,996]

So collect firewood for the upcoming January deep freeze.

[Armybrat 40,851]

7 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

So collect firewood for the upcoming January deep freeze.

Backyard fire pit ….. which currently lies underneath that tree.

[InkaUtexas 25,996]

7 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Backyard fire pit ….. which currently lies underneath that tree.

Then light it on fire in place. Problem solved.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,025]

Got 1.3” 

[NorthLoop 14,216]

1.5 in NB. Most anyone has gotten around here in awhile 

[MissingInAction 25,108]

Bird bath is full which equals about 1.5" here in da '52.

[YChang 3,455]

Thank goodness for my home battery... lost power in my home/subdivision for a bit. Keep the rain coming please! 

Edited April 28 by YChang

[Orange&White 5,528]

1/2” rain and as a special bonus, it knocked out the last remaining oak pollen remnants lingering in the trees.

[jimmyjazz 45,979]

6 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

1/2” rain and as a special bonus, it knocked out the last remaining oak pollen remnants lingering in the trees.

Well, now you did it.

[leaf 684]

 

A beautiful day

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

Still going in 51

[leaf 684]

I got about an inch of rain this morning when the first line went through. Then got another 2 inches in the past two hours in the 78628.

[Larry T. Spider 1,746]

Pouring in round rock. Trying to leave lunch but guess I’ll have to order another  beer.

[Orange&White 5,528]

2 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Pouring in round rock. Trying to leave lunch but guess I’ll have to order another  beer.

It's the only way to be safe. Turn around, don't drown.

[Orange&White 5,528]

24 minutes ago, leaf said:

I got about an inch of rain this morning when the first line went through. Then got another 2 inches in the past two hours in the 78628.

Hello, soon to be neighbor. Moving to the 78628 in a few weeks.

[South Austin 52,521]

46 minutes ago, leaf said:

A beautiful day

Don’t let it get away.

[jimmyjazz 45,979]

Just took my kid to his apartment on campus, holy smokes it was pouring.  No complaints.

[Trey3216 15,348]

Little over 2 inches here.  Heard chainsaws from 3 different directions earlier.   

[GreenspointTexas 9,654]

East Texas is getting destroyed. A lotta rescues ongoing near Trinity

[Rip76 4,943]

3 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

East Texas is getting destroyed. A lotta rescues ongoing near Trinity

Yeah, jeez

[atomheartbevo 89,734]

 

 

[GreenspointTexas 9,654]

Im pretty sure east texas is no longer in a drought. They have got to be having one of their wettest years ever

[Hate 20,116]

East Texas hasn’t been in drought for a while now.

 

 

[Brisketexan 105,158]

We got what had to be around 3+ inches at our house (rain gauge broke the other day, so that's an estimate).  Was steady and we got some good standing water and runoff - the kind of stuff that would have been great for the lakes.  Seriously, we're missing the target by just 40-50 miles, every damned time.  LT went up only 500 a.f. yesterday.  That's nothing.  Every drunk pissing off their boat over the weekend would make it go up that much.  It's frustrating as hell to watch.  

[The Royal We 3,072]

We had the whole family in the closet last night when that system that generated the Madisonville tornado above was heading right at us. It ended up skirting to the north of us but we still had 3.3 in the rain gauge this morning.

[gsoda3 3,263]

On 4/28/2024 at 9:56 AM, Armybrat said:

A tree in the green belt behind my son’s house fell into his backyard, crushing his fence and garden. 
A few doors down another tree fell, blocking the street….

 

wind or lightning?

[texasdago 7,575]

I sat and watched the storm roll in from our front porch in SW Austin.  There were some legit strong bursts of wind. 

[Armybrat 40,851]

The back yard tree was probably from water erosion in the little creek, plus wind.

The tree on the street was wind, apparently, plus on the slope right next to the curb.

[jimmyjazz 45,979]

36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

We got what had to be around 3+ inches at our house (rain gauge broke the other day, so that's an estimate).

You're not far from us -- LCRA's Bull Creek gauge says 0.83 inches.

[NorthLoop 14,216]

Just saw 95 on the forecast for 5/8. What the ever living fuck. Time to fire up the Blastfurnace 2024 thread. 

[Brisketexan 105,158]

16 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

You're not far from us -- LCRA's Bull Creek gauge says 0.83 inches.

Odd.  We definitely got more than that, busted rain gauge or no, the empty bird baths were overflowing, and that doesn't happen till we get over 2 inches.

[utee94 15,835]

At least some chance of rain in the forecast every day for the next 2 weeks.  The Austin Forcefield is going to be doing some work.

 

 

[someguy 1,508]

 

[hornian 5,219]

50 minutes ago, someguy said:

 

You know you're from Central Texas when you actually HOPE it floods (in the right places). 

 

[jimmyjazz 45,979]

4 minutes ago, hornian said:

You know you're from Central Texas when you actually HOPE it floods (in the right places). 

Yeah, but that map shows the highest ("moderate") risk barely extending into Llano and Blanco counties.  Could help Lake Travis, I suppose, if they actually get the heavy rain.  I think the other Highland Lake watersheds are less likely to be soaked.

[Blotto 23,559]

Probably just train right over Shoal Creek Saloon for a few hours. Its about that time I guess. 

[Hate 20,116]

Edited May 1 by Hate

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,025]

Flood watch always the kiss of death with these set ups. It’ll all be east and north of us I'm sure. 

[texasdago 7,575]