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The storm that hit Chicago and northern Indiana went just north of my place yesterday afternoon so close that I could see the lighting and hear the thunder but only two drops here. Again last night the storms developed over me and only rained to the east of me. So I continue to haul water, really slowing down the progress on building the house.

It's not getting better.........

http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-fish-die-midwest-streams-heat-183228110.html

Y'all are making me feel real guilty. We got another 1-1/4 inch of rain last night. I wish I could send some your way.

Sat night the storm dropped 1 7/8" here in about 2 hours, Mom & Dad, 7 miles further East had 2 1/2".

I haven't heard from Cecil in a while, I hope the storms weren't too bad out his way. There was an F0/F1 tornado about 25 miles North of here.

Scott we got about 1/2 inch according to my neighbor in the last storms. That makes 4 inches in 4 weeks which isn't bad. Everything is nice and green now - especially my yard. No high winds or storm damage that I know of.

I feel for the people that still are having problems with lack of rain and high temps. Been there done and hopefully won't go back to that.

I think what's happening with the people that see the storms going north and south is they are probably falling apart due to a lack of moisture on the ground to contribute to convection. It's said droughts feed droughts and this is one way they do it.

We got 2 1/2 inches in about 18 hours. Many people in Indiana got rain in the 1 1/2 inch range but before that a tiny spot of rain, the only one I saw on radar in Indiana settled over our county and just set there and didn't move, and dropped 1 inch. So we were very lucky. So for now at least I don't have to replant my spiral leaf ell grass for the third time because of low water.

There has been a very distinct sense of the fall season in the atmosphere these past couple days. Kinda early for that. We have some really nice weather coming up for this week. Lows in the upper 50's and highs in the lower 70's.

I am afraid to open the electric bill from last month. A/C has been running 24/7. Turned it off Sunday. Nice cool breezes coming through with very low humidity. Last week was really nasty and hot.

Looks like Northern Indiana may get a little more rain. We're still waiting down here, holding at .66" total for the past 11 weeks.

Man thats dry. With last weeks rain we are setting just shy of 2 inches in a twelve week period. We have some storms in the area that are moving real slow and dumping huge amounts of rain but I have yet to see any. Thy are still est of me but everytime they start to get close they just fade away. Its exactly as Cecil said. The areas that are green and have received some rain are getting more, but the areas that are burned up and dry get nothing. You can see on radar how they fall apart as soon as they get to the worst areas. I hope at least one of these drenchers can make it to my place tonight and anyone else in need. The rain we got last week evaporated out of the pond in just four days.

Same here, Ozark. Practically every storm we've had in the last 2 months has swung north and south of me at the same time. Just to torture myself I like to bring up the 24 hour rainfall totals map so I can see this big strip of no rain that goes right over me, sandwiched between the north and south where it rained cats and dogs.

We did get .6" the other day followed by .8" a few days later and everything is starting to perk up a bit. If any of those lovely blobs on the radar screen right now hold together until they can get here, I'll be happy. Still haven't had enough to get any runoff into the pond....around 2' and dropping!

We must be pretty close to each other. Im have have the same self torture tendencies you have. Keep our fingers crossed for tonight but it does not look good for me. Hopefully youll get some.

Good to hear I'm not the only one reloading the radar image every five minutes. I'll cross my fingers for you guys also.

It's thundering here now, and a breeze has picked up. I've seen it all before, so trying not to get my hopes too high.

My wife calls it a disease, I just tell her its better than being in the front yard butt naked doing a rain dance....I got to the point that all my cars are in the drive with the windows down....Hope you get some tonight also....At least it is supposed to bring in some cooler weather. That should slow down evaporation a bit.

Lincoln just had two nice systems dump plenty of rain....JUST TO THE EAST of us! Amazing how many times I've watched systems develop just 10 miles to the East, or systems coming from the West seemingly split right before reaching us then reorganizing as soon as they pass us. Seems like a cruel joke...I'm sure JHAP and the GSF Federation is behind this.

LOL! We could be twins!

Wow. I think our ponds are big rain repellants. Apart from my pond being down 14", this sounds like what I was going to write. Rain gets within 1-2 miles, and fizzles or veers away. My wife tells me to "Stop" before I utter a word after looking at the radar.

Good news! A storm rolled through around 4 a.m. and dropped .9" on us! That's the most we've received at one time since early May. They're calling for a chance of additional rain today, and a greater chance this evening. Hopefully, the grass will green up enough that folks need to mow....equipment doesn't break down sitting in the shed.

I hope some more of you guys got some precip. also!

That's not my experience. When my equipment sits in the shed for too long, that is when it DOES break down. When I am pounding on it constantly, runs great. Of course you need that one day of use for the mouse nest and damage to be noticed, or the ethanol-eaten gas line leaks to be apparent.

Testify!
We haven't had a total of an inch since June 23rd.

Extremely astute observation LS...IF we ever get enough rain to induce the grass to grow again, the amount of ethanol induced mower problems due to sitting for this extended period should be substantial. While that's usually not considered a breakdown per se, I'll gladly take the work!

I'll probably hear a lot of: " But it was running fine when I parked it last."

I watched it too, it was soo close you could smell the rain the other night, it really was a cruel joke.

We have had .14" of rain since June 23rd at our place, the cracks in the ground are getting scary.

New map this morning.

getting rough out there fellows...

Been raining all day here. Not heavy, but consistent. The weather pattern seems to be changing more to fall like conditions. Way too early for that.

Maybe it is just me, but things seem to be shifted out of whack by a month or two.

Hope something happens for you all.

Early this year, the local weather guy said this year would be a repeat, or worse than last year. Guess he was right!

I hope not.....The last three weeks of August and the first two of Sept were the worst out of the whole year last year for us. I was hoping for a cool wet end of August this year.