8-15-2016 rain - 08/16/16 05:41 PM
We set a record earlier this month for no rain. Absolutely no rain for the first 11 or 12 days of the month, which broke a 125 year old record. Then comes yesterday, I had hoped that we would get rain here, the rain that came on Friday only was a drop in the bucket where North and South of me had close to 2 1/2" of rain.
I asked for it and I got it. I really, really wish I would have taken a picture of the pond/pier on Sunday, when the pond was about 60" low from full pool earlier this year.
We had light rain start at 11am yesterday, then heavier rain started around 5 pm. When the rain stopped at 11pm, I had 8 1/2" of rain come down. Sometime after midnight and before 6am I had another 5/8" rain. That is double the total the average August rainfall amount in 12 hours of rain.
The pond didn't have any runoff from the neighbors going into it at midnight, but this morning the 10" culvert was full and flowing pretty fast. As of noon today the pond had another 10" to go before overflowing itself. BIG change in 24 hours!!!
I asked for it and I got it. I really, really wish I would have taken a picture of the pond/pier on Sunday, when the pond was about 60" low from full pool earlier this year.
We had light rain start at 11am yesterday, then heavier rain started around 5 pm. When the rain stopped at 11pm, I had 8 1/2" of rain come down. Sometime after midnight and before 6am I had another 5/8" rain. That is double the total the average August rainfall amount in 12 hours of rain.
The pond didn't have any runoff from the neighbors going into it at midnight, but this morning the 10" culvert was full and flowing pretty fast. As of noon today the pond had another 10" to go before overflowing itself. BIG change in 24 hours!!!