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Goodbye to dry

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This, compared with this from last December, shows how our south central part of Texas (and the  rest of the state) has come out of a big drought in the past six months. In the last two hours, we added another inch or so of rain as some big storms swept through from the northwest. Lowered the temperature about 20 degrees, into the upper 60s. Some urban and small stream flooding, and enough lightning to leave about 7,000 people without power. We weren’t affected. Mr. B. got a little excited by a few close lightning strikes, however. Lot of hail reported. Probably see the damage from that tomorrow.

Big storms

LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose says they could be a comin’ before sundown and into the dark:

"Large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes will all be possible late today. In addition to the severe storms, moderate to heavy rain is forecast which will increase the potential for flash flooding."

The rancho’s hatches are all battened.

UPDATE  Bob updates his forecast, noting a tornado watch until 11 p.m. and a flash flood watch overnight for these slow-moving storms coming northeast out of Mexico. Average rainfall anticipated 2 to 3 inches with isolated totals near 4 inches. The lakes they will rise again. Radar’s not very impressive at 7:44 p.m. Hope it stays that way.