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29 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Rule #1 of weather: there is always someone worse off than you.

Rule #2 is everyone thinks their area gets screwed the most.

Come to think of it, I guess those are pretty much one and the same haha. 

I’m convinced Harrisburg is a magnet of extremes. 32” snow, whatever rain Agnes put down, routine 60= mph winds not even in tropical storms, heat waves, etc. 

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14 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Mowed on Thursday, it doesn't even look like I mowed this morning. This grass (and the weeds) are growing at an unprecedented rate. I guess that's what over 7 inches of rain in a month  along with the high dewpoints recently will do.

But, but…. There is an ongoing epic drought throughout the region…lol.

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6 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

But, but…. There is an ongoing epic drought throughout the region…lol.

There are some that are unfortunate. They have not received this amount of rain. My garden is just a little to wet now. But some of us were blessed with these beneficial rains. I just hope we're not setting up for some kind of tropical hit later in the season with continued frequent rains until then. That's my worry. But mother nature will do what it wants to do. We have been through this before.

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There are some that are unfortunate. They have not received this amount of rain. My garden is just a little to wet now. But some of us were blessed with these beneficial rains. I just hope we're not setting up for some kind of tropical hit later in the season with continued frequent rains until then. That's my worry. But mother nature will do what it wants to do. We have been through this before.
In all honesty we are due for a good tropical wind storm. Isabel was the last of those. We are pushing 15-20years

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2 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

In all honesty we are due for a good tropical wind storm. Isabel was the last of those. We are pushing 15-20years

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Yes I'm afraid we are long over due for a tropical event. Lee comes to mind that was 2011 right after Labor day. And we were in a drought then too befor it happened. I remember what happened a few days pror to Lee.

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Yes I'm afraid we are long over due for a tropical event. Lee comes to mind that was 2011 right after Labor day. And we were in a drought then too befor it happened. I remember what happened a few days pror to Lee.
Lee was definitely not a wind event. I believe that event prior was a pre

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11 hours ago, canderson said:

I’m convinced Harrisburg is a magnet of extremes. 32” snow, whatever rain Agnes put down, routine 60= mph winds not even in tropical storms, heat waves, etc. 

I would say the entire Susquehanna Valley is. At least as far as rain is concerned. Not only Agnes, but other extreme rain events seem to target the Susquehanna. 

Imagine if some of those events bullseyed lesser river channels like the Lehigh, Delaware, or Schuylkill? The Susquehanna is a broad river that can handle extremes better than the narrower channels of the others I mentioned. 

While the Susquehanna floods were catastrophic, getting 15 to 20 plus inches over a widespread area of the other narrower channels would have probably been even more catastrophic.

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26 minutes ago, Voyager said:

I would say the entire Susquehanna Valley is. At least as far as rain is concerned. Not only Agnes, but other extreme rain events seem to target the Susquehanna. 

Imagine if some of those events bullseyed lesser river channels like the Lehigh, Delaware, or Schuylkill? The Susquehanna is a broad river that can handle extremes better than the narrower channels of the others I mentioned. 

While the Susquehanna floods were catastrophic, getting 15 to 20 plus inches over a widespread area of the other narrower channels would have probably been even more catastrophic.

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2 hours ago, Jns2183 said:

How's that battle going?

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So far so good.   It’s been a rather easy season to date with lack of real heat and getting rain when it’s needed.  Thanks for asking!!

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Flood Watch
National Weather Service State College PA
312 PM EDT Sat Jul 8 2023

PAZ028-036-037-041-042-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-090315-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FA.A.0003.230709T1600Z-230710T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Juniata-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming-
Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-
Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster-
Including the cities of Lewisburg, Trout Run, Mifflintown,
Williamsport, Lancaster, Gettysburg, Shamokin, Selinsgrove, Newport,
Berwick, York, Chambersburg, Hershey, Danville, Mansfield,
Harrisburg, Pottsville, Bloomsburg, Carlisle, Laporte, Sunbury,
Wellsboro, and Lebanon
312 PM EDT Sat Jul 8 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania, including the following
  areas, Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata,
  Lancaster, Lebanon, Montour, Northern Lycoming, Northumberland,
  Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder, Southern Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga,
  Union and York.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening.

* IMPACTS...Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding
  may occur first in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Very heavy rainfall is expected from thunderstorms on Sunday.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$

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Seems we would need about 5-7" of rain in a 12 hour period here to flood our closest creek which is at its lowest point since the Much Worse than this Drought of 2020.   It is 2 3/4 feet down from its high point of the last year in Jan.   Minor flood stage is 6.5 feet but serious flood stage is a whopping 7.5 feet up at 10 feet.  

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