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Drought 2023


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30 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said:

My turn for torrential rain. Wish I had a rain gauge on my work truck lol. Yeah that’s how nerdy I am about this

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
255 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

MIC163-022200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.FA.Y.0005.230702T1855Z-230702T2200Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne MI-
255 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of southeast Michigan, including the following
  county, Wayne.

* WHEN...Until 600 PM EDT.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 255 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
    thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
    shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of
    rain have fallen.
  - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected
    over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
    flooding.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Livonia, Taylor, Romulus, Flat Rock, Grosse Pointe, Canton,
    Downtown Detroit, Detroit, Dearborn, Wyandotte, Trenton,
    Grosse Ile, Northville, Belleville, Greenfield Village, Belle
    Isle, Westland, Dearborn Heights, Lincoln Park and Southgate.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4203 8320 4204 8320 4209 8329 4209 8354
      4243 8355 4245 8287 4239 8289 4235 8293
      4232 8306 4229 8310 4223 8314 4212 8314
      4203 8318


$$

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2 minutes ago, Powerball said:
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
255 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

MIC163-022200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.FA.Y.0005.230702T1855Z-230702T2200Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne MI-
255 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of southeast Michigan, including the following
  county, Wayne.

* WHEN...Until 600 PM EDT.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 255 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
    thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
    shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of
    rain have fallen.
  - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected
    over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
    flooding.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Livonia, Taylor, Romulus, Flat Rock, Grosse Pointe, Canton,
    Downtown Detroit, Detroit, Dearborn, Wyandotte, Trenton,
    Grosse Ile, Northville, Belleville, Greenfield Village, Belle
    Isle, Westland, Dearborn Heights, Lincoln Park and Southgate.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4203 8320 4204 8320 4209 8329 4209 8354
      4243 8355 4245 8287 4239 8289 4235 8293
      4232 8306 4229 8310 4223 8314 4212 8314
      4203 8318


$$

KGK

I just seen that. I’m also working right by the infamous Ecourse creek over here I’m Dearborn Heights. Been wondering if I’ll see it spill over today

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1 hour ago, SolidIcewx said:

I just seen that. I’m also working right by the infamous Ecourse creek over here I’m Dearborn Heights. Been wondering if I’ll see it spill over today

Drove past that creek it’s literally 4 inches from topping that neighborhood is going to flood later

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2 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

It's not just the snowpack, since June 1st MQT has received 5.34" of rain.

It did get dry for a week or so in early June but otherwise ground is nice and damp and everything green and lush.

Great conditions for the mosquito population to explode.

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29 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

Mosquitos and bugs in general have peaked and on a downward trend. 

August is my favorite month of Summer.

No real issues this year my way. In town, skeeters generally not much of an issue unless you live along the woods line. Flies are the bigger deal for me, and there has been hardly a fly to be seen. Just bugs in general on the low. That includes bees. My flower garden hasn't seen one yet, and if that continues, it would be worrisome. Bee decline is a serious issue.

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2 hours ago, Brian D said:

No real issues this year my way. In town, skeeters generally not much of an issue unless you live along the woods line. Flies are the bigger deal for me, and there has been hardly a fly to be seen. Just bugs in general on the low. That includes bees. My flower garden hasn't seen one yet, and if that continues, it would be worrisome. Bee decline is a serious issue.

Sadly, have only seen one honeybee all Summer.  Mostly just bumblebees, and even they are oddly small in size.  Of course there's a plethora of wasps and hornets, as usual.  Got stung on my hand last week.

Do notice a ton of caterpillars this year.

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It's odd they broad-brushed east-central Iowa with a drought downgrade from severe to moderate.  A couple counties, through Cedar Rapids, missed out on much of the rain and have received less than an inch in July.  The drought here hasn't improved at all.  Typically, they do a good job showing small wet and dry holes on the map.

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Thought yesterday's thunderstorms would do something but seems like it pretty much just missed the entire Twin cities area.  Looks like we are in a severe drought here:

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Maybe it'll be like last year where we had a severe drought during the summer but made it all up in snow during the winter.

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The drought map does not make sense.  Over at least the last 30 days, much more rain has fallen in southern Iowa and southern Wisconsin than has fallen here in Cedar Rapids.  I've barely received an inch.  We've been missed by nearly everything, while Madison has been soaked several times.  However, the drought map shows Madison and southeast Iowa in extreme drought while we are only in moderate drought.  Even going back 60 or 90 days, we have not had any more rain than the extreme drought areas.

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On 7/27/2023 at 11:42 AM, hawkeye_wx said:

The drought map does not make sense.  Over at least the last 30 days, much more rain has fallen in southern Iowa and southern Wisconsin than has fallen here in Cedar Rapids.  I've barely received an inch.  We've been missed by nearly everything, while Madison has been soaked several times.  However, the drought map shows Madison and southeast Iowa in extreme drought while we are only in moderate drought.  Even going back 60 or 90 days, we have not had any more rain than the extreme drought areas.

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I'm not being a smartass, so bear with me. Join CoCoRaHS and report your daily precip.  I've done it since 2006, missing only four or five days.  The more reports an area gets, the better the mesoscale/microscale accuracy is in a given location for the Drought Monitor.

Here is an example of precip reports for June for Indiana with and without CoCoRaHS reports.

I understand that it takes more than you reporting to make a significant difference, but every little bit helps.  If all of the weenies here that closely monitor the weather would report, it would make a significant difference.

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5 hours ago, IWXwx said:

I'm not being a smartass, so bear with me. Join CoCoRaHS and report your daily precip.  I've done it since 2006, missing only four or five days.  The more reports an area gets, the better the mesoscale/microscale accuracy is in a given location for the Drought Monitor.

Here is an example of precip reports for June for Indiana with and without CoCoRaHS reports.

I understand that it takes more than you reporting to make a significant difference, but every little bit helps.  If all of the weenies here that closely monitor the weather would report, it would make a significant difference.

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That’s awesome I will start doing that as well now thank you!

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I hate drought, but there are two silver linings.  I think I've mentioned before that drought knocks Japanese beetle numbers down to very low levels.  There have been almost no beetles again this year.  The other silver lining is this year's earlier drought has led to my crab apple trees being almost totally free of apple scab.  I usually have trouble with bacterial leaf spot on my pepper plants, too, and I think the dryness of the foliage has helped keep the problem in check this year.

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7 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

I hate drought, but there are two silver linings.  I think I've mentioned before that drought knocks Japanese beetle numbers down to very low levels.  There have been almost no beetles again this year.  The other silver lining is this year's earlier drought has led to my crab apple trees being almost totally free of apple scab.  I usually have trouble with bacterial leaf spot on my pepper plants, too, and I think the dryness of the foliage has helped keep the problem in check this year.

Japanese beetles are the worst, can't think of any other pest that can ruin a garden so thoroughly.

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