That's a lot of water for your area. I remember tropical storm Bob
(later a Hurricane) when it passed over my house in Florida in July 1985
(I had just moved in). It dropped 12.5 inches at my house in 12 hours.
It dropped 20.5 inches at Everglades City further south. The next day
(at my house at least) you could hardly tell we'd had that kind of
rainfall. Living on sand piled on porous limestone helps take the water
away.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/8/2014 4:23 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
By now many of you have heard about the massive flooding that has
taken place here in Phoenix this morning. We set a new record for
the most amount of rain in a single day, 3.29", which easily
surpasses the earlier record of 2.91" set in 1939. My rain gage
registeed 3.50", almost twice the amount that I have ever measured
for a single storm in over 35 years.
The rain started around 0200 and did not stop until 1015, then the
news helicopters were able to take off and cruise the area. Some of
the video of inundated intersections and freeways is amazing. A
nearby grocery store had it's roof collapse.
When I went to the coffee shop this morning, I had to abandon the
residential streets due to very deep water and instead go down the
middle of a main thoroughfare.
They are still evacuating children one at a time from a daycare
centre in Chandler, which received 5.63" of rain. It may take a
couple of days before all the standing water there drains off.
They have opened up all of the gates at Lake Pleasant to release
water. That will flood the Agua Fria flood plain and might result in
further damage.
Crews are busily towing away abandoned cars that were immersed in 3
feet or more on the freeways, while other crews are clearing away the
mud and debris. They are hoping to have the freeways open in time
for the evening rush hour.
In the meantime, we have another disturbance in the early stages of
forming a tropical cyclone off the Mexican coast. One forecaster
here is already pointing out that it may arrive here, which is very
likely since it is presently tracking to the northwest.
Another tropical cyclone is in the process of forming in the eastern
Atlantic.
Chris
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