SharonA Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 What a difference a mile makes. Just a mile east of us (Winston, GA) by air, they had two episodes of torrential rain in under an hour. I was driving home through the second of them, driving very slowly because of the reduced visibility, and dealing with water on the road as the roadside ditches overflowed. Home had barely a misting. By the time something interesting arrived, it'd gone from torrential to just regular plain old 5 minutes of rain and that was that. Not all that interesting, more like inconvenient. I'll take the inconvenience over a flooded basement or gouged-out driveway any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 That storm near Jesup Georgia has rainfall rates of 3-5 inches per hour according to the Flash Flood Warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I got my .05 late today...exactly Now at 4 inches for Aug. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Looks like Wilkescross is about to take a dump, er get dumped on! Maybe metal can quit crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Looks like Wilkescross is about to take a dump, er get dumped on! Maybe metal can quit cryingLol I wasn't crying. We picked up 1.07 earlier with that wicked lightning storm that knocked out power. Another storm is dumping on us right now which again shut the power off. It wasn't off as long as earlier. We are over 2 inches for the day now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 We had a Rock slide this evening in Haywood. http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_i40-rock-slide-12882.shtml A rock slide on I-40 at mile marker 7 is blocking one Westbound lane near Harmon Den. The slide happened around 7:45 p.m. Monday. After assessing the slide site, NCDOT engineers have determined there is about 50 truckloads of debris to be removed. Crews will start clearing debris tonight. The lane of I-40 West that is currently closed is expected to reopen by noon tomorrow, pending additional assessment of the slide site by geotechnical engineers tomorrow morning. Motorists traveling in the area are advised to use caution, to adhere to all instructions given by law enforcement personnel on scene, and to expect potential delays. I-40 in Haywood County has a long history of rock slides. The most recent big one shut down the entire interstate for seven months starting in October of 2009. It was in this same area and had a big impact on tourism in the mountains. The clean-up cost $18 milllion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 For there not to be that much precipitation on the radar we sure did receive a good amount of rainfall today. Rained off and on just about all day and then this evening we had some heavy downpours into tonight also. Have picked up 1.56 inches in the past 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Lol I wasn't crying. We picked up 1.07 earlier with that wicked lightning storm that knocked out power. Another storm is dumping on us right now which again shut the power off. It wasn't off as long as earlier. We are over 2 inches for the day now. you're responding to mackrel, not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 you're responding to mackrel, not me.I did. NWS Jacksonville has put SE GA under a Flash Flood Watch because of yesterday. They think we might see a repeat of yesterday. I picked up 2.31. Edit: We picked up 1.62 actually yesterday. I don't know where I saw 2.31 at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I picked up .02 this afternoon late, with the sun out the whole time. The frightening non flash flooding continues in the cursed lands, except radar shows the real deal is maybe a half hour away. Can it find a way to miss? Continue the non flash flooding? T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Robert says The Big Wet is about to come to an end. Extended dry weather after this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Big Wet Totals FMBY: Date Precip 06/30/2013 T 07/01/2013 1.00 07/02/2013 0.94 07/03/2013 0.61 07/04/2013 0.42 07/05/2013 0.09 07/06/2013 T 07/07/2013 T 07/08/2013 0.51 07/09/2013 0.41 07/10/2013 0.06 07/11/2013 1.52 07/12/2013 0.38 07/13/2013 0.01 07/14/2013 0.24 07/15/2013 0.06 07/16/2013 0.00 07/17/2013 T 07/18/2013 0.00 07/19/2013 0.00 07/20/2013 0.00 07/21/2013 0.01 07/22/2013 0.01 07/23/2013 0.00 07/24/2013 0.00 07/25/2013 0.44 07/26/2013 0.00 07/27/2013 0.00 07/28/2013 0.66 07/29/2013 0.03 07/30/2013 0.00 07/31/2013 T 08/01/2013 0.58 08/02/2013 0.97 08/03/2013 0.00 08/04/2013 0.09 08/05/2013 0.00 08/06/2013 0.34 08/07/2013 0.09 08/08/2013 T 08/09/2013 0.00 08/10/2013 0.01 08/11/2013 0.19 08/12/2013 0.68 08/13/2013 0.58 08/14/2013 0.01 08/15/2013 0.00 08/16/2013 0.00 08/17/2013 0.00 08/18/2013 0.55 08/19/2013 0.38 08/20/2013 0.41 08/21/2013 0.09 08/22/2013 0.42 Totals : 12.79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Since June 30th: 20.51 inches It all started when I came back from a 2 week beach trip in middle June...the tropical skies followed me back to the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Great image from Brad P detailing the year-to-date precipitation rankings for portions of the SE. Hickory is at #1 wettest year since 1939 (year-to-date). Basically all mountain and foothill locations in NC are also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Robert says The Big Wet is about to come to an end. Extended dry weather after this week. Nature always balances itself out. Hopefully this surplus in moisture the past 60 days was makeup from all the on/off drought we endured over the past 10 years and we don't end up snapping back in the total opposite direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Great image from Brad P detailing the year-to-date precipitation rankings for portions of the SE. Hickory is at #1 wettest year since 1939 (year-to-date). Basically all mountain and foothill locations in NC are also. I agree with the #1 wettest ranking for KATL YTD through 8/21 since 1939 at 51.04". Going back to when records began in 1879, 2013 YTD through 8/21 is in 3rd place. In 1st is the 52.57" of 1920. I couldn't find any tropical storms or hurricanes that contributed. In 2nd is the 51.25" of 1912, which was helped by a June dumping from a TS (3") and 0.5" from a TS in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 That map says 2nd wettest year ever down here. June did all the work with the 17.15 inches of rain. Next week looks dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Mega deluge yesterday in Cobb county. The big wet continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrel2 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Big Wet totals from my Watchdog 2900ET weather station near Clemson, SC. June: 8.33 July: 16.73 August: 10.65 3 month total: 35.71 inches July/August total: 27.38 inches! YTD total: 62.39 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainforrest Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 my rainfall total for the last 10 days is 3.39 inches that brings my yearly total to 100.71 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 June: 17.15(All time record rainfall, 6/25 wettest day on record at 5.93.) July: 7.41. (Missed so much activity. Should have ended this month with 15+) August: 6.31( 90% of this came in the past 10 days. 3 month total 30.87. YTD: 54.97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Time to revive this thread !! Looks like this weekend,we will have a big wet, especially Sun! Latest AFD says widespread 3+ inches of rain for a lot of our area! This will help with the September mini-drought we are having! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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