2018 Rain Thread

[South Austin 52772]

It's never going to rain sun again.

[miguelito 11360]

That was a nasty cell that came through SA, heading NE.

We got another .75" in about 30 minutes. 

[irishtexan 11613]

Hold on to your butts. Shit's about to get real.

[Paco 1934]

We gonna flood. Onion creek is up, and there's a shitload more coming.

[Neonmoon 38130]

It's wetter than Candi in a FSU locker room outside. 

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by Neonmoon

[phdhorn 6224]

Power just went out for the second time in the last 12 hours. I'm not interested in surfing porn on a smartphone.

[LoneStarBiker 145]

San Marvelous getting SLAMMED right now. 

 

[SquishMitten 10466]

Holy shit. The thunder downtown is insane. Almost warranted my first post in the 2018 shart thread.

[staboner 5017]

dog ain't happy

 

[Guest]

bull creek is flooded like a mofo in some spots.

[burntorangebongos 10787]

I  think we got about 3 in. since midnight in 78734. Not too bad. Onion creek at about 5.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2645]

So far all dry in northern Galveston county 

[Yarbr 123]

Some pretty good inflows at the lakes right now. Probably won't last too long since the ground is drinking it all up.

[Modessit 5625]

Pissed I didn't get my rain gauge fixed before this. Weather station in Manor is reporting 4.41" since midnight.

[phdhorn 6224]

52 minutes ago, Xian said:

So far all dry in northern Galveston county 

I'm pretty sure you won't be within the next 3 hours (daughter lives in Texas City/Clear Lake City area.

[Catpfish 618]

51 minutes ago, Modessit said:

Pissed I didn't get my rain gauge fixed before this. Weather station in Manor is reporting 4.41" since midnight.

I'm just north of Manor and my weather station is reporting 3.19" since midnight

[Modessit 5625]

1 hour ago, phdhorn said:

I'm pretty sure you won't be within the next 3 hours (daughter lives in Texas City/Clear Lake City area.

Are you saying your daughter is going to be wet within the next 3 hours? 

[deter 314]

4.5 plus here in blue bell town. still raining

[phdhorn 6224]

55 minutes ago, Modessit said:

Are you saying your daughter is going to be wet within the next 3 hours? 

AS my finger was letting up on the "submit" button the thought occurred to me that someone would comment to that effect.  You win.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2090]

2 hours ago, Modessit said:

Are you saying your daughter is going to be wet within the next 3 hours? 

Shag gon... ah shit gotta come up with something new

[texhorn 351]

1.64" here in 78633. mudhole 

Edited March 28, 2018 by texhorn

[Modessit 5625]

Just heard thunder. Thought this shit was done? 

[twosheds 375]

I don’t know about stanco, I think he’s farther north than me, but we’ve measured a little over 1.5” near Toledo bend. 

[Armybrat 41048]

2.6" here in 78717 last night.

Washed off all the oak bloom shit onto my driveway. What a mess.

[Stella Link 534]

Not much at all in west Houston...

[NorthLoop 14308]

Getting round 4 or 5 in NB right now... radar showing at least 2 more coming tonight

[Richter 2307]

Hopefully it won’t be a repeat of last night.

[Paco 1934]

Shit's about to spray the fan again...

 

[Richter 2307]

Doh..

[NIUHuskies 504]

Raining here in SA. Nice clappers about 15 min ago

[atomheartbevo 90149]

Sounds like thunder in Central Austin.   Great timing, wondering if it'll wake up the kids.

[1978horn 901]

Thunder out towards Dripping with some light rain. I thought it was done after this morning?

[Longhorn94 2458]

same here in bee cave

[irishtexan 11613]

That’s a big fucking cell that’s moving just southeast of us. They’ve been getting fucking hammered. Hope everyone is ok over there. 

[Walte464 450]

South padre hasn’t gotten a drop, was told this was gonna be a horrific storm down south, yet to get anything

[bolverk 29847]

Been stuck at Hobby since 9:30, trying to get back to Austin. I hate it when they continually tease and give hope.

[Lat22 4053]

The Houston media is desperately looking for flooded areas.

[phdhorn 6224]

This storm tracked a long front, about 2,000 miles, from Iowa down past the Rio Grande.  Often the southern edge of these things are so long they have trouble moving out.  Some of this front more or less stalled SW→NE across Southeast Texas.  That front provided a conveyor belt for storms to track right up it, and they were just south of the bulk of us (a few edges made it across S/SE Travis and even into far S. Austin).  This is why you kept hearing thunder as these things tracked to our south.  

Kinda cool - I heard them too for at least 2-3 hours in Bee Cave.

New drought map out later today.  I'll post it when it gets released.
Basically, there is no drought at all now E of about U.S. 83 (cuts through Texas N/S about 100 miles W. of Austin.  This was about the most widespread drought-busting storm we've had since 2007.   Unfortunately, the panhandle didn't get shit.  They're really in trouble up there.

 

Edit: Well the new drought map is out, but it reflects conditions as of 2 days ago (maps released every Thursday reflecting conditions up through that previous Tuesday); this was just before the rains hit, so it doesn't reflect the aftermath.  Have to wait until next week!

Edited March 29, 2018 by phdhorn

[Hate 20167]

6 hours ago, bolverk said:

Been stuck at Hobby since 9:30, trying to get back to Austin. I hate it when they continually tease and give hope.

You talking about the airlines or your women?

[Dewey 3315]

The Houston media is desperately looking for flooded areas.

Channel2 lady was in ankle high water, looked scary.

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[texasdago 7685]

Got a little over 2" last night but it sure announced itself.  North of town saw upwards of 5" - 6" and apparently got pretty rough.  I'll stick with an easy 1" - 2" a week, please.

[Hate 20167]

I dumped 10 inches of rain out of my rain gauge last night.  I'm not sure we actually got that much as the closest official gauge recorded about 6.  The lightning was unbelievable as well.

[Eastwood 4394]

I'll take one of those a week for the rest of spring, please.

[bolverk 29847]

Spent the night at Hobby and grabbed a Megabus to get back to Austin this morning. Fuck, I'm tired.

[elfenix 34400]

Didn't do shit until I was getting into bed, then thunder and lightning and the dog freaking out until after 3 am.

[Hate 20167]

Watch your cornholes in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys tomorrow.  There is a good part of East Texas included in that as well.  It's probably always a good idea to watch your cornhole anytime you are in the aforementioned areas.  

 

 

[texas08 1599]

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[SquishMitten 10466]

Finally remembered to check the rain gauge last night. After a few days of evaporation, still had 4.5 inches in there. Not too shabby. If we could just get one more decent shower later this week, we should be free of the green dust.

[phdhorn 6224]

medium to shitty chance of a frontal shower Tues. afternoon, 40% or so

[Modessit 5625]

Is there a winter weather thread yet? My parents had to go to Iowa for a funeral and my mom just sent me a text letting me know it's 32° up there with occasional snowflakes.