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Nice boomer just rolled thru here. About .3 in gauge and a 31 mph gust. 70.7/69.8

Nothing ATM, looks like 0.10-.015 in the gauge from earlier today. May hit 8 inches for the month with one more shower before Wednesday. Amazing considering was at 0.47 on the 13th.

Shattered the daily rainfall record, 2.32 inches fell in about 2 hours last night as storm basically parked overtop us! Old mark was 1.31 inches in 2022. Almost 6 inches now for month, after being bone dry in the middle. Any ditches or small tributaries that had anything left in them after the 24's gullywasher should be sparkling clean now. Currently dense fog and 62.4/61.6.

And it picked back up. Going with 0.90 (best I can get reading from the window with flashlight) in 18 minutes! Still raining moderately ATM.

Question- wouldn't Sheldon and Amy been a better pick with all the flags for the opening ceremony??

LOL, it has eased off, looks like .40 in about 7 or 8 minutes.

I will say the opening ceremony for the Olympics was interesting....

Well, I'll get to add to that number, pouring at the moment.

Where would 5.53" fall (mine)?

I went ahead and placed this in the gardening topic since it has headed that way. My (our) main problem growing ANY root plant is the slate and clay soil here. You only have to dig 3-10" in most of the yard to hit slate. So 95% of the garden is in raised beds or planting bags/buckets. Another reason why I struggle with grass, just not enough topsoil to make it thru dry spells. I have added 2-4 inches of dirt and compost over the years to most of the yard, (so, yes there were spots that the slate was practically on top the ground years ago) and I did managed to keep grass in 75-80% of the yard thru this dry stretch. Planted 3 lbs of seed and got 16 pounds of taters out of 7 bags, not great, not terrible. On a side note, this will be the best year ever for carrots!

Right

So, wife and I dug up/dumped the 'taters a while ago, they had laid over and died off about two weeks ago. We were concerned with all the rain (close to 2" in last 4 days) that they may start to rot due to the wet ground/dirt inside the bags. NOPE. Top 1 1/2 to 2 inches were wet, dry as a bone rest of the way thru the bags (20 gal) to the bottom. So just HOW dry was it before the previous 4 days?

1.28 for past 24 hours, most since 5/18 when 1.30 fell. Takes me to 3.68 for the month. Joined the 'haves' for the battle between have/have not for rain this summer. I'll do what I can to divert the rest of the month to other areas, especially thru Shenandoah Valley area! Oh, never mind, it just started raining again....

A bit south, but still in VA- Tornado Warning VAC083-240000- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0014.240723T2332Z-240724T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 732 PM EDT Tue Jul 23 2024 The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southwestern Halifax County in south central Virginia... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 732 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Semora, or near Turbeville, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * Locations impacted include... South Boston... Turbeville... Cluster Springs... and Alton.

Moving this here, didn't realize I'd posted in the drought topic. Posted 55 minutes ago Gullywasher!! 1.01 in last 35 minutes. About 1.20 on day now, still raining, but heaviest looks to have moved east.

Sledgehammers work better, just saying.... And thanks for 'sticking' Styx into my head!

Had another thundershower about 2 hours ago, around .2 in gauge and it is thundering again. After going 10 days with practically nothing, last 7 have given 1.79" plus whatever ends up being today's total for day 8.

0.63 here at 7 am gauge dump, 0.38 previous, so an inch in two, I'll take.

More rain. Right at .6" on the day and rain still falling.

Looking around at river/creek flows in my area, MOST (not all) have managed to get near 25% to median of flow, way up from around the 10% mark of last week. I've had close to 3/4 inch in last 12 hours, and around 1.25-1.50" in last week. That is a start, it will take a LOT more to get them running/flowing like they should be at this point in the year, or we will fall right back down towards that 10% number.

Trying to sling that blob of rain that moved thru here up towards @Jrlg1181's way....

Sun has come out here, close to 1/2 inch in gauge since 7 am. Maybe more later?

POURING here right now. Been a light rain since about 8 am, 0.05", last 10 minutes about 0.40"! Starting to let up. Wouldn't want to under something like that for an hour or two. Sheesh, feast or famine.

That be dry! Ouch.

Wow! That is quite a difference in a not so far distance. I picked up 0.38" in a thundershower that started around 2 am here. Around 1.1-1.2" for the past week.