This is the storm total map from the San Antonio doppler radar. The measurements on the left are in inches. You folks are getting slammed. Send some up this way, we could use it.
Posted on 07/02/2002 7:40:34 AM PDT by newsperson999
Record rainfall in SAN ANTONIO TX with over 10 inches at the airport breaking the all time month record for July in ONE DAY! doppler says 15-20 inches have fallen just north of SAN ANTONIO..roads closed, water rescues in progress. Rainfall rates of 3-5 inches per hour have been fallening in the area just north SAN ANTONIO. New radar shots the last few minutes show Moderate-Heavy rain moving/developing back towards SAN ANTONIO from the northwest.
Folks the system has stalled and I believe may be forming a tropical depression over land...How can this be? Well so much rain has fallen in the area and there is so much standing 78-80 degree water around its almost like being over an ocean. This has happened before with hurricane Danny which moved inland for days, weakened to nothing, dumped 14 inches of rain ahead of its path over NC..and was a strong tropical storm with 65 MPH winds as it moved off the coast!
In fact new radar shots showing almost "feeder" bands forming near the gulf.. Looks like the circulation is just NE SAN ANTONIO by 20 miles or so...Both visible and infared Satellite also very impressive
They definitely need it more than we do.
A CLUSTER OF STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF UVALDE COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 4 INCHES PER HOUR. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF ALL RIVERS IN AND AROUND UVALDE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS INCLUDES THE SABINAL FROM ABOVE VANDERPOOL TO BELOW SABINAL, THE FRIO FROM ABOVE LEAKEY TO BELOW KNIPPA, THE NUECES FROM ABOVE BARKSDALE TO NEAR LA PRYOR, AND THE LEONA FROM ABOVE UVALDE TO BATESVILLE.
ELSEWHERE, A STATIONARY AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTY TO ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND GEORGETOWN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
ALSO, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF GOLIAD TO BASTROP LINE WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH.
AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS AND MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES. SOME RAINFALL RATES COULD APPROACH 5 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE
That's "make sure your sub-pump works" rain. I remember a storm last year in the Chicago area...it only lasted about 45 min, but dropped 4.5 inches of rain. The sub-pump was working overtime when I got home from work.
Laugh! We don't kmow what a sub-pump is here in Texas.
Glad I found this thread so I can let my Freeper friends know what's happening for NoNewTaxes and me.
Hubby and I are "vacationing" here at a timeshare called Bandera Homestead (between Pipe Creek and Bandera). The private road into this complex is the only entrance and exit. When we arrived here on Saturday afternoon (after spending some time with Freepers in Austin) the portion of that road that crossed over a dry wash was just that - dry. By Sunday morning that crossing was under water and we were told not to leave. Luckily we had stopped for a few food supplies on our way out of Austin and will make do.
TODAY that creek continues to swell and flow into the Medina River. Our condo is up on a bluff overlooking the point where the creek flows into the river. We are far enough back from the river and up high so we are NOT in any danger. We are merely stranded here until the waters recede and the road can be repaired. Yesterday we could walk down there and see how the parts of the road on either side had washed away, but there was still a portion of road in the middle - looks like that is still there now but lots and lots of water and debris are flowing over it.
We've been told that the dam on Medina Lake has been closed which means the river will continue to swell.
Can't believe we left a dry tinder box in Arizona for this. So much for our trip to San Antonio. We are praying for the residents there who are in far worse shape than we are.
We have been watching local TV coverage and its very scary to see the stranded motorists on the highways, so we feel fortunate that we are somewhere dry. Absolutely amazing footage of the waters pouring over some of the highways. We don't have access to the cable news channels, but I figure some of them are covering this as well.
WWW.KMOL.COM has alot of good info on the situation all around the area.
P.S. to Gracey - thanks for inviting me to your Austin meeting. Wanted to let you know where I was. Thunderstorms are still booming around here but so far we've had no interruption in phone service or electricity.
P.S.S. to ALL - anyone know a chopper pilot that could get us a case of wine or two?!?!? ;o)
Indeed, no basements to put one in. In general anyway.
This is the storm total map from the San Antonio doppler radar. The measurements on the left are in inches. You folks are getting slammed. Send some up this way, we could use it.
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