The Weather is Crazy

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:13 pm

Jefe wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 4:47 pm No saw it on FB hahaha. I wonder how far he made it

I heard he went to the Campbell bridge and bailed.

That looks like the Hacienda del Sol area. That’s the condos that used to be apts right by the river.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:20 pm

Is that obvious fun? Or just fun for some people?

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:07 am

any of you see this yesterday?

https://www.kold.com/2021/07/02/possibl ... dway-kolb/

also, barely a few drops of rain where I'm at yesterday

rain just went around us.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:25 am

PieceOfMeat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:07 am any of you see this yesterday?

https://www.kold.com/2021/07/02/possibl ... dway-kolb/

also, barely a few drops of rain where I'm at yesterday rain just went around us.

The Rob in that story is my neighbor. Apparently having a land spout tornado is like having a shark encounter with a whale shark.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:43 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:25 am
PieceOfMeat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:07 am any of you see this yesterday?

https://www.kold.com/2021/07/02/possibl ... dway-kolb/

also, barely a few drops of rain where I'm at yesterday rain just went around us.
The Rob in that story is my neighbor. Apparently having a land spout tornado is like having a shark encounter with a whale shark.

Ehhh, they can still be dangerous. I once saw a Dust Devil blow out all the windows and fuck up a McDonalds in Tacumcari, NM, and those don’t even get spawned by thunderstorms.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:45 pm

Phoenix getting nailed with Monsoon rains tonight. They have been going on for the last couple of hours.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:35 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:42 pm

Going to be downright nipply tonight.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:48 pm

Ugh. Monsoon ended here after a week. Back up to 105-110 and dry.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:42 pm

Depending on what weather app you use Im seeing a 30-70% chance of rain starting tonight thru July 17(Weatherbug). Dew Point is still 60°

RainLog already shows the Foothills with 2.5-3" of rain in the last 2 weeks. Thats exactly what they got from May - Aug 2020. This monsoon season is off to a great start

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:58 pm

I only have maybe a third to half inch of rain at Ina and Thornydale so far.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:35 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:49 pm

Meanwhile here we had the windows open all day. Feels like early October.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:35 pm

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:02 pm

Whole metro area is getting hit right now. Huge

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:07 pm

One of the bigger storms I've seen. Didn't get completely hammered at my house but had off and on heavy rain for like and hour and a half and had some wind gusts at least 50 mph and I've never seen as much lightning as that. For an hour straight there was multiple flashes every second.

Post by **UAdevil** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:55 pm

Almost an inch of rain in an hour this evening.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:54 am

Calm, sunny Tucson world this morning, where everything looks refreshed and alive.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:00 am

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:54 am Calm, sunny Tucson world this morning, where everything looks refreshed and alive.

But stay inside!

TUCSON (KVOA) - The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality is set to issue a High Pollution Advisory for ground-level ozone air pollution for the Tucson area.

Any individual that is sensitive to air pollution may experience shortness of breath, coughing, throat irritation, wheezing and breathing discomfort. Ozone levels may be elevated this weekend.

Any individual that may be sensitive to air pollutions should limit your level of exertion outside between noon and 6 p.m. During this time frame, elevated levels of ozone pollution are more likely.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:22 am

That's odd. Usually the pollution is much better after a storm.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:20 pm

That was a violent storm Saturday. Roofs blown off, trees uprooted, streets flooded all over mid town plus the haboob sand blasting. I was at the Sugar Skulls game when it hit but getting home was interesting. Turned off Ft Lowell and came up on a 3' deep rapid stream. A friend recently moved into a 2 story home in Marana. Had to wake the kids up and bring them downstairs as the house was shaking and the windows were buckling.

If the forecast is correct we should pass last years rain total by Sunday. Weds/Thursday may not even hit 90°

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:48 pm

I saw one uprooted palo verde on Treat Ave. this morning. Hadn't heard about the roofs. I'm in a neighborhood of flat packed roofs instead of tiles or shingles, so that seems unlikely here.

CopaCat · Post by **CopaCat** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:25 pm

Saturday was wild up this way too(Maricopa). 26 trees uprooted just in the Frys Parking Lot here. Had 3 Trees fall into customers yards from HOA territory(hated the hell out of those trees so it will be a good thing long term). Supposedly had over 80mph winds in some spots.

Looks like Tucson is about to get smashed again tonight.

Honestly after double checking radar please be safe tonight Tucsonians. Looks like some very strong cells are going to converge over Tucson/Marana.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:51 pm

East side getting hammered again it seems.

Post by **UAdevil** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:55 pm

45 solid minutes of the hardest rain I've seen here in 4-5 years (1st Ave/Mabel area)

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:37 am

Did I sleep through something? I'm in Highland Vista (5th St/Craycroft). No awareness of anything.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:58 am

Longhorned wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:37 am Did I sleep through something? I'm in Highland Vista (5th St/Craycroft). No awareness of anything.

Yeah probably got a half inch of rain last night, I live up at Glenn and Craycroft and it poured for like 40 minutes

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:04 am

My wife said she was awake next to me and that the storm was something to behold.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:42 am

We got nailed at I-10 and Cortaro around 9:30 to 11:00, dog was freaking out.

Saw some of the solar covered parking spots at Texas Roadhouse were collapsed this morning when I drove by.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:36 am

All the soil from everyone's yards got power-washed into the streets, turning them into dirt roads. The ground is still wet and the washes are still full of water but not flowing.

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:57 am

The foothills seems to have missed the wrath of last two big storms.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:44 pm

Airport officially has more rain in the last 3 weeks than all of last year

Got an inch of rain in midtown last night. Grant/Campbell and Speedway/Greasewood got 1.5". No sign of the mattress guy on the Rillito

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:08 pm

1-2" in most places this morning. Magee and Shannon:

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:26 pm

It's still all black from the fire last year

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:02 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 4:50 am

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:54 am

That's 6 inches in freedom units

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:56 am

Some of the videos from Germany are hard to believe. So much water.

A friends house got flooded in Sam Hughes earlier this week. They live off Olsen south of 6th and had water come in all 4 exterior doors. Wood flooring is a total loss and since its not in a flood zone they didn't buy flood insurance. There's a water line stain on the exterior of the house 5" high and the top 1" was above the threshold. We went to Hi Corbett to get sand bags.

Here's our rainfall since June 30. Check out west of downtown, over 5" in less than 3 weeks.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:15 pm

Jefe wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:56 am Some of the videos from Germany are hard to believe. So much water.

A friends house got flooded in Sam Hughes earlier this week. They live off Olsen south of 6th and had water come in all 4 exterior doors. Wood flooring is a total loss and since its not in a flood zone they didn't buy flood insurance. There's a water line stain on the exterior of the house 5" high and the top 1" was above the threshold. We went to Hi Corbett to get sand bags.

Here's our rainfall since June 30. Check out west of downtown, over 5" in less than 3 weeks.

Some of the flood insurance stuff is ridiculous. I owned a townhome for 15 years around Campbell and Fort Lowell that was NEVER in any danger of flooding even with the heaviest rains. Yet we had to pay $30,000 PLUS in flood insurance premiums over those 15 years on a $95,000 mortgage.

Post by **UAdevil** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:21 pm

My folks live out of the floodplain, on a hill. Have to pay through the nose for flood insurance. A buddy of mine lives in Continental Ranch (Cortaro/Silverbell) about 100 feet from the Santa Cruz. Doesn't have to pay flood insurance because the river channel has concrete banks...

In serious floods, the concreted channels actually make flooding worse, not better. It might be next month, or 50 years from now, bit his home will be in the channel at some point.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:46 pm

Another 0.5-1.5" in most parts of town. Rita Ranch got over 2" of rain since Friday. Camino de la Tierra flooded this morning:

Check out Tanque Verde Falls:

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:01 pm

Between yesterday and today I've driven over the Pantano wash, the Rillito and the Santa Cruz and they're all still flowing like rivers. Actually have had flowing water in Tucson for nigh on a week

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:42 pm

I read some meteorologist being really pessimistic that this all still less than normal not to count on there being enough in August and September. I felt like sending him a notice advising him of his future disappointing meal the next time his car inevitably breaks down in Gila Bend.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:16 pm

Well a lot of town only needs 1-2 more inches of rain in the next two months to get to normal monsoon levels. Some parts still need like 5 inches. But honestly just another 4-5 good storms in the next 6 weeks or so will be good enough to stop the bleeding from the drought in the short term.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:58 pm

What is going to make a difference in the drought is very wet and snowy winters across the mountains

Post by **UAdevil** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:57 pm

Getting hit good again tonight.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:05 pm

Tonight was the biggest storm I've experienced in over 25 years.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:18 pm

We got nailed tonight .. tons of hail and lost power for a bit during suns game

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:25 pm

That storm came out of nowhere. Around 8 nothing was happening and I wasn't anticipating any storms tonight but then by 8:20 it was pouring at my house with 50 mph wind and penny sized hail and the power going out.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:58 pm

Yeah our power was out for about 30 seconds.

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