It's raining!!! [Archive] - The Highland Lakes of Texas

nosefornews

09-10-2009, 04:18 PM

Some areas had 4 inches and it's supposed to rain more tomorrow. Also heard that La Nina (or El Nino) I'm not sure which one, is heating up in the Pacific and we should begin to see a return to our normal rain patterns soon....Farmers Almanac says late October and November should be unsettled...

Ya gotta love living in Central-South Texas....

kennedylaw

09-10-2009, 04:52 PM

I always tell everyone that our weather is best described as a series of droughts separated by floods.

In June 2007 we were all wishing it would stop raining. It did. Unfortunately, it stopped for over 2 years.

Primadonna

09-10-2009, 05:05 PM

I got caught out today without an umbrella. Glad to see the rain and it looks like it will be here for a few days. I just don't like driving in it.

Editor

09-10-2009, 07:14 PM

What's an umbrella? My memory is slowly being refreshed as to what this wet stuff falling from the sky is but I still can't remember that umbrella word.

Reapp

09-10-2009, 07:25 PM

:ibtil:

Reapp

09-10-2009, 07:26 PM

:hail:

Belle

09-12-2009, 07:19 AM

Chris, It is still raining ! :D

"Praise God from whom all blessings come..."

Hacksaw

09-12-2009, 08:23 AM

Can anyone tell me is it a web site I can go to too see how much rain have fell around here?

Webmaster

09-12-2009, 08:41 AM

Still raining! The Spicewood VFD might want to change their event from a destruction derby to a mud bog.

nosefornews

09-12-2009, 08:48 AM

National Weather service http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KBMQ.html

KINGCHIP

09-12-2009, 08:55 AM

Hacksaw, glad to see you made the move with us. I can tell you that the rain guage at DQ showed 3 1/4" since it started. I dumped it but will keep checking.

Hacksaw

09-12-2009, 06:38 PM

You bet I always monitor this site. Home for now, but soon to be going back. My son and his friends Loves yours food. Oh me too. Keep up the good Eats. Later Gator

Peacock

09-13-2009, 11:45 AM

Go to www.cocorahs.org (http://www.cocorahs.org) and check out the Maps section. You can go to Texas and Burnet County and see precise readings for sites throughout the county for data that is entered by individuals with standardized and precise rain gauges. It is interesting to see how much rainfall can vary from one location to the next, even within a few miles.
If you are interested in monitoring rainfal, CoCoRaHS is looking for more volunteers to sign up their locations. The web site explains all. Currently Burnet County has about 23 locations and more are needed.

mayflowers

09-13-2009, 05:22 PM

We've gotten 2.25 inches so far since Friday.
I'm thinking I'll be able to stop collecting dishwater for my plants.

kennedylaw

09-14-2009, 09:41 AM

Can anyone tell me is it a web site I can go to too see how much rain have fell around here?

The LCRA has data from all of their rain gauges posted at:

http://www.lcra.org/water/conditions/rainfall.html

However, they only go back 24 hours.

KINGCHIP

09-14-2009, 10:18 AM

Add another 1/2" since the friday reading, for a total at DQ of 3 3/4".

Webmaster

09-22-2009, 07:03 AM

Wow it is seriously raining now!

ladybutton

09-22-2009, 08:58 AM

Hallelujah :)

Hacksaw

09-22-2009, 11:03 AM

Hey KINGCHIP how much has it rain there, and yes I'm Offshore. Just wondering how much rain did they get up near BabyHead mountain north of LLANO about 9 miles?

KINGCHIP

09-22-2009, 01:32 PM

Got another 2" this morning. We're supposed to be in the pattern for about 4-5 more days.

Hacksaw

09-23-2009, 04:13 PM

Sounds Great KINGCHIP, I see that yall are getting more rain today, Woo Hoo.

KINGCHIP

09-23-2009, 04:51 PM

I'll see if I can find an accumulative precipitation map that shows what you may have in your country. We're supposed to stay in this pattern until Saturday, I believe.

lmam88

10-22-2009, 07:18 PM

A lady my husband use to work with (she quit recently to go full time at a part time job she had been moonlighting at) drowned on her way to work this morning. Very sad...
"Stop, turn around and don't drown". I am a S. Texas girl where there was no water and after being around these parts for all these years I have acquired a deep respect for the water after seeing what it can do when it's on a war path!
Be safe folks...

KINGCHIP

10-23-2009, 04:55 AM

Where ya from Imam? My roots run deep in South Texas? Some day I'll get back. We ranch near Laredo.

Primadonna

10-23-2009, 09:02 AM

That is tragic, Imam, my heart goes out to the family. Where did it happen? Driving in rain is so dangerous, especially in flash floods.

I saw a truck do a 360 in light rain one day on 1431. So glad there was no oncoming traffic. The truck had only made a left hand turn onto 1431 off of 1980 and I guess he went into the turn too fast and lost control. He regained control quickly.

lmam88

10-24-2009, 03:58 PM

KINGCHIP

10-24-2009, 09:07 PM

Kingchip, ever heard of Carrizo Springs? I was born and raised there until my Sophomore of H.S. Use to be an oil field town and was a lot bigger then what it is now. My dad was an Electrician and had his own business for over 50yrs.
Primadonna, "Kara" (she didn't like to be called Karen) drowned out in Deer Springs on 29 west of Burnet. It just makes us sick, she was a wonderful lady!
Love and Peace,
lmam88

My grandmothers maiden name was Dickens. Her family was one of the founding settlers of Carrizo. We ranch out of Encinal. I ran the Austin Chalk oilfield all around the Carrizo area all the way up to Tyler.

That drowning is so tragic. Godspeed to her family.

lmam88

10-25-2009, 04:54 PM

I guess it is a small world after all! I went to school with a Dickens. I have a lot of friends whose parents worked at Tesoro (sp?). I don't remember too many of the other oil companies down there. The only reason I remember that one is because of the big explosion and people being killed (friends dad).
Dads company was called Ayers Electric..ever hear of it? He had quite a rep. hahaha!
Yes, it is a sad tragedy and Kara will be missed for sure!

KINGCHIP

10-26-2009, 06:20 AM

I do remember the name Ayers Electric. I probably ran into them on a location once or twice. I was consulting H2S back then.

pawpawbob

10-26-2009, 06:59 AM

Here's the website I use to show the current (and past) rainfall totals in the LCRA drainage area. It contains all of there rain gauges, plus stream flow, and lake levels.
It also allows you to view a two week past history of any gauge. The beauty of it is that it is shown in graphic format, and you only have to mouse over a site to get its location, then click to get details. I usually view the expanded lake area view selected from the default map area pull down. I have one of there gauges on our ranch, so use it frequently to check my rainfall. If you find Kingsland 7WNW, you've found our place near the intersection of CR 307 & SH 71.
http://hydromet.lcra.org