As a severe thunderstorm and strong winds pounded Los Angeles Thursday, a group of photojournalists getting footage of the rains found themselves scrambling for safety as a deluge of water and mud rushed down an Altadena Street.
MOREAnd it's going to be our turn tomorrow:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Weather Alert is in effect on Saturday through early Sunday morning in Middle Tennessee as WKRN Meteorologists are tracking a significant rain and flood threat along with possible severe storms. Due to the 1-3 inches of rain already received earlier this week, the ground is very saturated and streams are higher than normal. It will not take much rain to cause flooding concerns.
Heavy rain remains the PRIMARY threat and already a Flood Watch has been issued for nearly all counties in Middle Tennessee and all Southern Kentucky counties from 12 a.m. Saturday through 12 p.m. Sunday at the latest. We are anticipating anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain. That could lead to flash flooding as well as creeks, rivers, and streams getting close to their flood stages.
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I don't worry about flooding here with all the small rolling hills in my area and the fact I'm nowhere near any creeks or rivers. The biggest concern for me is the fact that runoff tends to travel right down my fucking road, so it's like driving in a shallow creek if the rain's heavy enough. That wouldn't bother me at all most times, I'd just stay home, but we've got a birthday party in Portland for Lisa's aunt that we have to go to. I'm not looking forward to driving 40 miles each way in a heavy rain.
We had 5.5" at my house here in NW Alabama with more on it's way. It was 25 this morning. It is supposed to be near 70 F tomorrow and rain through Sunday and into next week with the possibility of snow. The saying in Alabama is, "if you don't like the weather today, don't worry. It will probably change tomorrow".
ReplyDeleteWe've had about 4 inches at my house these past few days, but it's been just a steady rain with no downpours unless it happened in the middle of the night when I wasn't awake to notice. This morning when I went to feed the chickens, it was right at 20 degrees and sunny. Like you, we're dropping back down to below freezing next week. Next Thursday's forecast shows a high of 20 and a low of 6 degrees.
DeleteDamn guys, I was running around in shorts and tee-shirt since the snow melted a couple weeks ago until yesterday..
DeleteStay warm and dry
JD
I would not want to be driving TN 52 in a heavy rain.
ReplyDelete35 of the 40 miles I have to drive is on TN 52.
DeleteWe have a cool front that will probably bring rain later today or tonight... It's about 15 degrees cooler today than it was Wednesday and hazy..
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your trip and be safe in your travels
JD
It's raining
ReplyDeleteIt's pouring
The old man is snoring.
He bumped his head
When he went to bed
And he couldn't get up in the morning
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Rain, rain go away.
Come again some other day
Old man Kenny wants to play
So, rain, rain go away.
Just to add insult to injury, after the fires that wiped out their homes, El Nino brings the rain to finish the job of wiping the CA hills adjacent to LA clean.
ReplyDeleteGod has not been smiling on SOCAL this year.
Nemo
God uses suffering to teach lessons. What are the odds that CA learns anything?
DeleteMy house is on a saddle in a bowl of hills. It is high enough that I don't get flooded, although I do have a couple of wet-weather creeks that flow behind the house and across the front yard when it's really coming down. The problem is, to get off my saddle and to the highway, I have to cross a creek bottom. Twice in the past decade that bottom has been under eight feet of water. I've been flooded in for over a week in the past.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I used to truck strawberries out of Portland TN back in the 1970s and 80s. Dad contracted with Doug somebody or other (can't remember his last name) out east of town to load straight out of the field. I'd get up about 3:00 a.m. to drive up and get there just as the pickers were hitting the field. Loaded up the first 80 to 100 crates picked on to a 3/4 Chevy with a set of tall cattle racks, tarp the front and the top of the stack and haul ass back to Alabama to get them into the cooler at the store. Man, I did not know how good I had it back then....
ReplyDeletePortland still has an annual Strawberry Festival but I don't recall ever seeing a single strawberry field in the area. But then again, I rarely get on back roads in that area.
DeleteSame thing with my hometown. We were big into strawberries, with about 80 acres in cultivation when I was a boy, and we weren't the only people growing them in the county. New breeds were developed that tasted like strawberry-flavored cardboard, but that would hold and ship nationwide. Strawberry production moved to Florida, the Rio Grande Valley, and California, where longer growing seasons combined with berries that could withstand shipping and storage meant more profit. What had been a regional, seasonal market with really good berries turned into a national, year-round market with lousy berries. I don't even buy the things they call strawberries today.
DeleteDrive carefully and I hope you don't get in too much of a downpour. Damn, the louds just opened and we are getting a deluge right now!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure we're going. Lisa's in a lot of pain today.
DeleteI woke up about 4am to a nice thunderstorm and it's coming down pretty good right now.
The water just overran the bridge over the wet weather creek that gets us out of the property. If this lets up at all, I will do what I an to clear the log jam. Woo hoo!
DeleteBe careful. I just slipped off the porch steps and landed in 4 inches of water. Now my back is tore up. Fucking wonderful.
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