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How the heck can you guys not have rain gauges! I have two within a foot of each other just to make sure. :thumbsup:

(to Yoda and mattie g)

I know you weren't referring to me, but I have one... I just live in an apt complex, so no real place to put it without it getting stolen.

But the Timonium Wunderground Station has 2.96 for today and that's not too south of me. So I'll go with that.

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Looks like that is starting to happen over the VA capes

that area looks pretty primed for decent/more discrete activity if it can keep developing. with the tendency for them to move se to nw already im not sure the flow is as good as last night (due s to n with a se surface wind), though the probabilities are lower as well.

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Ah well.

Looks like things are clearing out a bit by moving off to the NNW. Weird.

Based on this, it looks like at least 2" on the day:

... A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect until 315 PM EDT for

western Charles... eastern Fairfax... southeastern Prince William...

Arlington... city of Falls Church... eastern city of Fairfax and city

of Alexandria counties...

At 140 PM EDT... torrential rain continued moving along a line from

the American Legion bridge to Fairfax City to Dale City. Rainfall

over two inches has fallen in the last hour in Annandale and

Burke... with one to two inches across much of the rest of the area.

Water rescues are reported to be ongoing in multiple locations near

Falls Church and McLean. Rain is expected to continue... and this

rain will fall upstream of the previous rain... which will add to

stream flooding concerns.

Locations in the warning include but are not limited to Pimmit

Hills... Mantua... Huntington... Groveton... Wolf Trap... Vienna... Tysons

Corner... the i66 and i495 interchange... Springfield... the i395 and

i495 interchange... Oakton... Newington... Merrifield... McLean...

Lorton... Lincolnia... Lake Barcroft... Hybla Valley... Great Falls...

Franconia... Fort Belvoir... Burke... Ballston... Arlington... Annandale

and Alexandria

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How the heck can you guys not have rain gauges! I have two within a foot of each other just to make sure. :thumbsup:

(to Yoda and mattie g)

My wife thought it was sad enough that I slipped in a wireless weather station on our wedding registry. :lol:

Seriously, though, I usually don't get too geeked up over rain events, so I don't worry about it much. Not being a science guy, having a gauge would satisfy random curiosity more than anything.

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another torn report from that second cell that looked so purty on srv last night

0134 1 ENE WICOMICO CHARLES MD 3842 7686 TORNADO DOWNED TREES AT INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 234 AND TRINITY CHURCH ROAD. SHINGLE AND SIDING DAMAGE TO A HOME WITH CHIMNEY BLOWN OFF. SEVERAL TREES DAMAGED. SHED DESTR

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How the heck can you guys not have rain gauges! I have two within a foot of each other just to make sure. :thumbsup:

(to Yoda and mattie g)

I have one, but apparently it's too close to the house and may have some runoff rain in the gauge. It shows 8" for the whole event. Can't be right. I'll move it to the middle of the yard for the next storm.

Checked weatherunderground for Falls Church. Shows 3.82" of rain today. unsure.gif

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

231 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...

CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

WESTERN CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

EASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

WESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

DEVELOPING BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITES

FERRY SOUTHWARD DOWN THE ROUTE 28 CORRIDOR TO MANASSAS. RAINFALL

OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF

THE WARNING AREA...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE ARCOLA...ASHBURN...BULL RUN...CENTREVILLE...CHANTILLY...

COUNTRYSIDE...DALE CITY...DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HERNDON...

LEESBURG...MONTCLAIR...RESTON...BRAMBLETON...BROADLANDS...

LANSDOWNE...LOWES ISLAND AND SOUTH RIDING.

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