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

[HenryJames 65,567]

Rain, imo.

[irishtexan 11,414]

Big fucking red blob hovering over the Lake Travis watershed. Lake will go up 1.5 inches. Maybe.

[Blotto 23,293]

any reporting of hail with this action? 

[MAUFRAIS 6,561]

Fill that fuckin’ lake up

[Bevo Num1 1,003]

3 minutes ago, Blotto said:

any reporting of hail with this action?

Pea-sized here in Buda.

[troph 24,028]

4 inch bullseye on the pedernales watershed so far. 

[HenryJames 65,567]

Hail, imo.

[bureaucrat 25]

Just now getting hit in 78754 - let's fucking go 

[SquishMitten 10,373]

Waiting for the kids to finish up extracurricular activities near 35 & 183. Just sitting in my truck through a torrential downpour, now getting pelted with hail. Awesome…

[Biff Tannen 45,228]

46 minutes ago, Blotto said:

any reporting of hail with this action? 

Pea sized in Hyde Park 

[SquishMitten 10,373]

47 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

Big fucking red blob hovering over the Lake Travis watershed. Lake will go up 1.5 inches. Maybe.

According to hydromet, that spot got 4” in no time at all. That’s pretty wild

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2,752]

Sorry @NorthLoop I think we got fucked again. I knew as soon as the flood watch went up we had no shot. 
 

Very beneficial rainfall in Kendall and Blanco Co- hopefully helps out the lakes some.

[atomheartbevo 89,055]

Turkey got lucky

 

[InkaUtexas 24,933]

Not a drop in San Marcos. Even watered my plants. Should have washed the cars.

[4th&Five 41,245]

Neil Young canceled so fuck this storm!

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2,752]

2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Not a drop in San Marcos. Even watered my plants. Should have washed the cars.

Forcefield has shifted south the last year or so. Strong shields up south of Austin these days. It’s almost fascinating to watch because you know it’s coming- if it weren’t so damn frustrating.

Edited May 2 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[InkaUtexas 24,933]

2 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Forcefield has shifted south the last year or so. Strong shields up south of Austin these days. It’s almost fascinating to watch because you know it’s coming- if it weren’t so damn frustrating.

Yep, it sucks. Then I get to watch Bastrop and points east get hammered. Should we sacrifice a Bobcat Virgin? Oh wait....

[troph 24,028]

Bullseye in the LBJ watershed of 2.5 inches and rain still coming down. That’s really great. I don’t know if May will be a wetter than normal month but if it is we could get a few feet into the lakes. Doubt we see it fill up but then Memorial Day floods are a thing around these parts.

[Blotto 23,293]

Saw this linked on Reddit. 

 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2,752]

Strong line building out west. Bow echo looks to hit Austin possibly. Could be some high winds later tonight.

Edited May 2 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[bolverk 29,105]

16 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Saw this linked on Reddit. 

 

Now THAT is a wonderful sight. It's exactly what we need to see to fill up the lakes.

(Sorry about your campers.)

[jimmyjazz 45,212]

Jim Spencer is wholly incapable of retiring.

[Paper_jam 828]

The line west of Austin seems to be shrinking and tracking more to the north. Guess I should be happy with what I got earlier tonight, but was hoping for an even bigger dump into the lakes.

 

[Trey3216 15,308]

We’re going on 4 inches since midnight and it is absolutely dumping rain right now. 

[deter 311]

49 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

We’re going on 4 inches since midnight and it is absolutely dumping rain right now. 

5 1/2 inches in Perry 4/9

5.6 inches Sunday.

Rain that missed for last two years causing tanks to go dry, now can't miss.

 

[utee94 15,722]

Any rain is better than no rain, but these stream flows need to be up in the multiple thousands, to make a dent in the lakes.  Now, if we could get two solid weeks of this, we'd be talking.

[troph 24,028]

12 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Any rain is better than no rain, but these stream flows need to be up in the multiple thousands, to make a dent in the lakes.  Now, if we could get two solid weeks of this, we'd be talking.

This rain event was the best in a long time over the LT watershed and yet it consolidated into the flood rain we needed as it moved east toward Tyler and Louisiana. Look at this. 
 

Edited May 2 by troph

[HenryJames 65,567]

20 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Any rain is better than no rain, but these stream flows need to be up in the multiple thousands, to make a dent in the lakes. 

[NorthLoop 13,954]

Nothing like getting not one, but two alerts in the middle of the night for flash flood watches, only to find 0.0 in the rain gauge in the morning. 

[HenryJames 65,567]

[South Austin 51,681]

9 hours ago, troph said:

I don’t know if May will be a wetter than normal month 

You're funny.

[troph 24,028]

9 minutes ago, South Austin said:

You're funny.

 Why funny? At least not funny looking… 

[South Austin 51,681]

7 minutes ago, troph said:

 Why funny? At least not funny looking… 

The notion of any month in this age being wetter than normal.  It's adorable.

[troph 24,028]

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

The notion of any month in this age being wetter than normal.  It's adorable.

My optimism is adorable, delusional and a force to be reckoned with. 

[jimmyjazz 45,212]

Did any parts of Austin get significant rain overnight?  The nearest LCRA gauge shows 0.11 inches for us in the last 12 hours, most of it just before sunrise.  

Our neighbor has a big tree down.  I don't know if it was wind, lightning, or just normal age/disease.  I slept through everything.

[crash_davis 23,056]

https://hydromet.lcra.org/Reports/RainfallCoa

North parts of the city got way more than the south.

[Trey3216 15,308]

Buddy of mine's house got struck by lightning.  Probably a total loss.  12k+ sq ft right on the Brazos.  My other buddy who has his HO insurance gonna have a big check to cut.  Ouch.  

[CHIEF 5,045]

7 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Buddy of mine's house got struck by lightning.  Probably a total loss.  12k+ sq ft right on the Brazos.  My other buddy who has his HO insurance gonna have a big check to cut.  Ouch.  

Trey, where was it? We had some bad storms in my neck of the woods, here in Granbury. 
 

CHIEF

[texasdago 7,465]

12 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

https://hydromet.lcra.org/Reports/RainfallCoa

North parts of the city got way more than the south.

Yup... widespread 1.5" - 2" while our closest gauge in SW Austin saw .12" 

[Trey3216 15,308]

12 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

Trey, where was it? We had some bad storms in my neck of the woods, here in Granbury. 
 

CHIEF

Waco area  

[Biff Tannen 45,228]

32 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

https://hydromet.lcra.org/Reports/RainfallCoa

North parts of the city got way more than the south.

I'll take it!

 

[CHIEF 5,045]

14 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Waco area  

I was checking. We have a subdivision called Silverado between Granbury and Weatherford. It’s got some houses that size, and got rocked pretty hard yesterday evening. 
 

CHIEF

[Trey3216 15,308]

4 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

I was checking. We have a subdivision called Silverado between Granbury and Weatherford. It’s got some houses that size, and got rocked pretty hard yesterday evening. 
 

CHIEF

This is a large Ranch House on over 100 acres right along the Brazos just outside of town.  Beautiful, beautiful home that they just got done remodeling about 18 months ago.  Absolutely sucks.  But they're all safe, which is the most important thing.  

[milkman 428]

2 hours ago, deter said:

5 1/2 inches in Perry 4/9

5.6 inches Sunday.

Rain that missed for last two years causing tanks to go dry, now can't miss.

 

Small world...we have some land out that direction and the lake and ponds have been overflowing lately!

48 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Buddy of mine's house got struck by lightning.  Probably a total loss.  12k+ sq ft right on the Brazos.  My other buddy who has his HO insurance gonna have a big check to cut.  Ouch.  

I saw that this morning.  Glad they are all okay!

[Hornius Emeritus 12,332]

 

 

 

[InkaUtexas 24,933]

Happy for those of you that got rain and yeah, nice amount for the lakes. But it is so damn frustrating today. Watching light rain developing just to the east of I35 in Hays. I am talking 1 mile from my house and not getting any at all.

 

[InkaUtexas 24,933]

I can hear the fucking thunder just to the south to me! Not a drop.....

[GreenspointTexas 9,387]

White oak starting to spill its bank at Houston st.

 

Definitely the fullest ive seen the bayou in almost 4 years

 

New caney has gotten almost 8 inches in the last 14 hours 

Edited May 2 by GreenspointTexas

[Js1 83,685]

Me: 

My dog:

[Samson's Wig 3,166]

We were at the McCallum Performing Arts Center for the Lamar Middle School band concert when the shit really hit the fan last night.  Getting a bunch of grandparents and kids with musical instruments back to vehicles in a torrential downpour was less than pleasant.  I felt really sorry for the old folks on blood thinners.  They were freezing, and almost nobody dodged getting soaked.  Umbrellas were damn near useless.  Happy for the rain, though.