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The Big Wet of 2013


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What a difference a mile makes.  Just a mile east of us (Winston, GA) by air, they had two episodes of torrential rain in under an hour.  I was driving home through the second of them, driving very slowly because of the reduced visibility, and dealing with water on the road as the roadside ditches overflowed.

 

Home had barely a misting.  By the time something interesting arrived, it'd gone from torrential to just regular plain old 5 minutes of rain and that was that.  Not all that interesting, more like inconvenient.

 

I'll take the inconvenience over a flooded basement or gouged-out driveway any day.

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Looks like Wilkescross is about to take a dump, er get dumped on! Maybe metal can quit crying

Lol I wasn't crying. We picked up 1.07 earlier with that wicked lightning storm that knocked out power.

Another storm is dumping on us right now which again shut the power off. It wasn't off as long as earlier. We are over 2 inches for the day now.

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We had a Rock slide this evening in Haywood. http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_i40-rock-slide-12882.shtml

A rock slide on I-40 at mile marker 7 is blocking one Westbound lane near Harmon Den. The slide happened around 7:45 p.m. Monday. After assessing the slide site, NCDOT engineers have determined there is about 50 truckloads of debris to be removed. Crews will start clearing debris tonight. The lane of I-40 West that is currently closed is expected to reopen by noon tomorrow, pending additional assessment of the slide site by geotechnical engineers tomorrow morning. Motorists traveling in the area are advised to use caution, to adhere to all instructions given by law enforcement personnel on scene, and to expect potential delays. I-40 in Haywood County has a long history of rock slides. The most recent big one shut down the entire interstate for seven months starting in October of 2009. It was in this same area and had a big impact on tourism in the mountains. The clean-up cost $18 milllion.
 
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Big Wet Totals FMBY:

 

Date Precip
06/30/2013 T
07/01/2013 1.00
07/02/2013 0.94
07/03/2013 0.61
07/04/2013 0.42
07/05/2013 0.09
07/06/2013 T
07/07/2013 T
07/08/2013 0.51
07/09/2013 0.41
07/10/2013 0.06
07/11/2013 1.52
07/12/2013 0.38
07/13/2013 0.01
07/14/2013 0.24
07/15/2013 0.06
07/16/2013 0.00
07/17/2013 T
07/18/2013 0.00
07/19/2013 0.00
07/20/2013 0.00
07/21/2013 0.01
07/22/2013 0.01
07/23/2013 0.00
07/24/2013 0.00
07/25/2013 0.44
07/26/2013 0.00
07/27/2013 0.00
07/28/2013 0.66
07/29/2013 0.03
07/30/2013 0.00
07/31/2013 T
08/01/2013 0.58
08/02/2013 0.97
08/03/2013 0.00
08/04/2013 0.09
08/05/2013 0.00
08/06/2013 0.34
08/07/2013 0.09
08/08/2013 T
08/09/2013 0.00
08/10/2013 0.01
08/11/2013 0.19
08/12/2013 0.68
08/13/2013 0.58
08/14/2013 0.01
08/15/2013 0.00
08/16/2013 0.00
08/17/2013 0.00
08/18/2013 0.55
08/19/2013 0.38
08/20/2013 0.41
08/21/2013 0.09
08/22/2013 0.42
Totals : 12.79
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Robert says The Big Wet is about to come to an end. Extended dry weather after this week.

Nature always balances itself out. Hopefully this surplus in moisture the past 60 days was makeup from all the on/off drought we endured over the past 10 years and we don't end up snapping back in the total opposite direction.

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Great image from Brad P detailing the year-to-date precipitation rankings for portions of the SE.  Hickory is at #1 wettest year since 1939 (year-to-date).  Basically all mountain and foothill locations in NC are also.

 

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 I agree with the #1 wettest ranking for KATL YTD through 8/21 since 1939 at 51.04". Going back to when records began in 1879, 2013 YTD through 8/21 is in 3rd place. In 1st is the 52.57" of 1920. I couldn't find any tropical storms or hurricanes that contributed. In 2nd is the 51.25" of 1912, which was helped by a June dumping from a TS (3") and 0.5" from a TS in July.

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