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

[UnivTex34 1,765]

San Antonio/New Braunfels/San Marcos folks, watch your corn holes. Cell to your southwest is already slinging softballs. Atmosphere is juiced.

[gurt 796]

Damn, the only way the most drought stricken areas can get any rain is when baseball sized hail is coming with it

[hornian 5,296]

10 minutes ago, gurt said:

Damn, the only way the most drought stricken areas can get any rain is when baseball sized hail is coming with it

Tough love is still love. 

[NorthLoop 14,500]

getting dark and rumbly in NB

[texasdago 7,771]

Feeling darker here in SW Austin but I'm hoping the worst of it does not head this way.  I'd like to see a nice training storm sitting over the Lake Travis watershed though. 

Rain bomb, plz

[HenryJames 67,423]

18 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

getting dark and rumbly in NB

[UTexasFight 9,819]

On 5/11/2024 at 11:34 PM, Paper_jam said:

Yesterday I swear KXAN's forecast said 90% chance of rain on Sunday. Now it's 50%.  The NWS forecast said periods of very heavy rain. Now it doesn't. The fuck is going on.

 

Gearing up for the July to Sept forecasts that perpetually show 10-20% chance of rain 7 days out that, of course, turn to 0 when “day 7” arrives

[Dilligas 690]

On 5/10/2024 at 12:46 AM, ROFL BOX said:

This LAST pic is from Henly (started the file upload incorrectly)

 

All other 📸 are @ my place, SE of Henly by ~12 minutes.

 

Damn, hope the Boil Shack is OK

 

[bschoolprof 6,346]

14 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Gearing up for the July to Sept forecasts that perpetually show 10-20% chance of rain 7 days out that, of course, turn to 0 when “day 7” arrives

and people fall for it every time 

[NorthLoop 14,500]

3 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

and people fall for it every time 

Sadly at this point it could say 100% of rain tomorrow and I'd be pretty skeptical. 

[texasdago 7,771]

28 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Gearing up for the July to Sept forecasts that perpetually show 10-20% chance of rain 7 days out that, of course, turn to 0 when “day 7” arrives

I feel like last year's was perpetual 0% with witty graphics of the high pressure dome of death  

[TexArcher 39,074]

I feel like it's been cloudy and not raining in NW Austin the vast majority of the last 6 weeks.

[Orange&White 5,573]

1 hour ago, gurt said:

Damn, the only way the most drought stricken areas can get any rain is when baseball sized hail is coming with it

A pimp's love is very different from that of a square.

[deter 316]

On 5/2/2024 at 10:05 AM, milkman said:

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

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

Neighbor just said 28 inches on cr 105 in the last month.

[texasdago 7,771]

Sitting in my home office in SW Austin with the window open... listening to the rain and thunder.  I'll take this.  This is nice. 

Looks like the worst stuff is staying south and some storms may head to the Lake Travis Watershed... 

Let's do this...

[Storm the Field 5,367]

Judging by how it looks outside my office window, bout to get nasty in Houston within the next 30 minutes or so.

Edited May 13 by Storm the Field

[ROFL BOX 6,655]

 

Damn, hope the Boil Shack is OK
 

I had lunch there yesterday (it is maybe a 13 minute drive from me).

Gave my card, they said they won't know what's up until it rains.

¿today?

[milkman 428]

1 hour ago, deter said:

Neighbor just said 28 inches on cr 105 in the last month.

Thats a bunch of rain!  By chance is your username part of your last name but missing some letters?

[deter 316]

4 minutes ago, milkman said:

Thats a bunch of rain!  By chance is your username part of your last name but missing some letters?

Sherlock. Who you?

[milkman 428]

3 minutes ago, deter said:

Sherlock. Who you?

My family owns the place right north of you!  You probably have had to deal with my older sibling a time or two before!

[Trey3216 15,452]

16 minutes ago, milkman said:

Thats a bunch of rain!  By chance is your username part of your last name but missing some letters?

 

11 minutes ago, deter said:

Sherlock. Who you?

 

5 minutes ago, milkman said:

My family owns the place right north of you!  You probably have had to deal with my older sibling a time or two before!

[milkman 428]

4 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

 

 

Get back to work cleaning the floors at Scruffys!

Edited May 13 by milkman

[Trey3216 15,452]

1 minute ago, milkman said:

Get back to work cleaning the floors at Scruffys!

That would not be me.  I may go dirty them in your honor, however.  

[F250 29,203]

The sky was blanketed all morning with ominous thunder and the only thing the storm cell unleashed was a fucking sprinkle.

This was the chihuahua of storms.

[Trey3216 15,452]

3 minutes ago, F250 said:

The sky was blanketed all morning with ominous thunder and the only thing the storm cell unleashed was a fucking sprinkle.

This was the chihuahua of storms.

Different meanings in the parlance of South Austin's mom.  

[ROFL BOX 6,655]

Hays County Smooth-Brain checking in.

We had a couple of healthy trees split. The yard looks like shit with tree shrapnel everywhere.

Husband was smart enough to put the truck in a car wash bay. No damage.

I can’t believe we didn’t lose any windows or a skylight. We got lucky. I picked up 2-3 baseball sized hail pieces in our yard. That shit sounded like Armageddon when it hit. It looked like a tornado was next, but got lucky there too.

Probably won’t be lucky with the roof but we’ll see.

Yeah, baseball hits in the yard = roof damage.

I didn't even bother climbing on my own roof...
Saw the hail (pics uploaded prior) & called it in. No need to go up.

Next pic is from a house a short distance W of the Hays / Blanco line & N of 290.

The difficulty here is getting the entire roof bought vs. "We're gonna only replace 8 or 9 panels. It's an exposed fastener system, so you don't need *EVERYTHING* R&R'd."

[jimmyjazz 47,238]

4 minutes ago, F250 said:

This was the chihuahua of storms.

My chihuahua agrees:

 

[ROFL BOX 6,655]

My cousin and her husband and kiddos live in Johnson City. They are definitely getting a new roof/gutters. This is from the other night:

Hi.Waving.RememberMe.jpg

Pic of Johnson City shingle inspection. They are germtting a new roof, sure... however their damage is absolutely much less than what your pics show.

[Mother mopar 3,387]

Thanks for the rain down here in Florida panhandle. It was rocking at lunch today, like damn. Feel the lightning strike vibrations in your chest type shit.

[deter 316]

2 hours ago, milkman said:

My family owns the place right north of you!  You probably have had to deal with my older sibling a time or two 

All neighbors are good. Especially for falls county!

[huge 3,831]

Houston got hammered.  12 holes of golf tournament then kaputski

[HouTex 1,943]

1 minute ago, huge said:

Houston got hammered.  12 holes of golf tournament then kaputski

Yep.  Need a pipeline from below lakes Conroe and Houston to Lake Travis.  

[Hornius Emeritus 12,807]

The most recent drought monitor map.

 

[miguelito 11,507]

Here in the Devil's Asshole of Drought, I got 0.07" today.  Bullshit, although it does make me think of James Bond.

[Hate 20,250]

The new comes out on Thursday. It should be a little improved. 

[Nueces River Rat 5,797]

4 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Hi.Waving.RememberMe.jpg

Pic of Johnson City shingle inspection. They are germtting a new roof, sure... however their damage is absolutely much less than what your pics show.

Wow!   Just damn.  

[Post Oak 20,570]

 

[Trey3216 15,452]

Just now, Post Oak said:

 

Gonna be a wet early summer.  Lots of afternoon pop up storms that will keep moisture in the ground (and repeat the process) and keep ambient temps average or lower until it bakes off later in the summer.    

[ROFL BOX 6,655]

On 5/11/2024 at 11:03 AM, Nicole44 said:

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't take a close look @ this when posted; that's a vinyl homeowner special.

Insurance won't pay more than prob. $ 3.⁰⁰ foot on that, R&R.

 

I have 2 Johnson City inspections coming up,  1 for the metal roof,  another for a double wide.

A friend said the office lady @ West Henly Materials (gravel,  Decomposed Granite, etc.) has a hail stone in her office freezer that's supposedly larger than a football. 

 

*I have not seen pics, hail or office lady.

[atomheartbevo 90,663]

A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern TravisCounty through 1030 PM CDT... At 954 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lago Vista, or 14 miles north of Dripping Springs, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Cedar Park, Leander, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Bee Cave, Hudson Bend, The Hills, Mansfield Dam, Jonestown, Briarcliff, Point Venture, and Volente. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

[HOOKEM4 5,177]

Just got the edge of this. Pea sized hail. Came out of nowhere. Weather app didn't show anything except lightning till it was past us. That blew up fast.

[hookemATL 12,300]

Rain IMO in 78613. 
 

 

 

 

…Or is it piss?

[Mighty fine 175]

This one caught me off gaurd

[atomheartbevo 90,663]

2" or larger hail.

[texasdago 7,771]

On 5/14/2024 at 3:10 PM, Trey3216 said:

Gonna be a wet early summer.  Lots of afternoon pop up storms that will keep moisture in the ground (and repeat the process) and keep ambient temps average or lower until it bakes off later in the summer.    

I'm just glad he used the word juxtapose in a sentence

[utee94 16,091]

Got a quick pop-up with some small hail (dime-sized) last night up here in NW Travis Co.  Only 0.07" of rain, though.

[Pescado_Rojo 19,591]

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

Got a quick pop-up with some small hail (dime-sized) last night up here in NW Travis Co.  Only 0.07" of rain, though.

Yea, we got about 5 minutes of pea sized hail and maybe 15 minutes of pretty hard rain. Just enough to keep the mtb trails closed another week. 

[South Austin 53,232]

This going to happen or what?  Since checking the forecast early this morning, the arrival time for possible storms has moved back a few hours and the % chances have gone down.  The force field seems prepared for the Dikembe Mutombo finger-wag.

[utee94 16,091]

4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

This going to happen or what?  Since checking the forecast early this morning, the arrival time for possible storms has moved back a few hours and the % chances have gone down.  The force field seems prepared for the Dikembe Mutombo finger-wag.

Why do you insist on asking the question when you already know the answer?

It's never going to rain again.

[CHIEF 5,228]

I bet we have had 3" since 9 am, up here SW of Ft. Worth. Probably 5-6" in the last week. In a flash flood watch currently.

CHIEF