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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome serious rain is heading for the US South this week
Watch for flooding
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Some serious rain is heading for the US South this week (Original Post)
malaise
6 hrs ago
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We got four or five alerts starting well after midnight. There were two house fires from lightening. ...
marble falls
6 hrs ago
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ananda
(35,705 posts)1. We got middle of the night weather alerts here in Austin...
for a little thunder followed by mild rain...
not even close to flash flooding.
malaise
(299,102 posts)2. Later in the week they say
bluesbassman
(20,390 posts)3. We got them here in Dripping Springs too.
We ended up with about an inch and a half of rain in about six hours. A few roads were closed this morning due to flooding. Personally, we have a gravel walking path in the greenbelt behind our house and its pretty much washed out. Rain came down hard in bursts.
ALBliberal
(3,424 posts)4. Just visited nephew there nice area
marble falls
(73,229 posts)5. We got four or five alerts starting well after midnight. There were two house fires from lightening. ...
... The low water crossings were closed and running pretty fast. I vould hear the creek out back running till this morning. We've received more news of a lot more rain and thunderstorms coming.
ananda
(35,705 posts)6. Glad you're OK.
It's just been light rain this morning.
marble falls
(73,229 posts)7. We still got lite rain but dark clouds are moving in.