Did we get some rain!!!

[Stephanie]

I noticed on the US radar map at around 4:00 pm that the rain/storms were arriving in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. There was red in the picture over my area. As I got closer to home at about 6:30, I started to notice puddles in the normal areas that get them after a rain. However, these were much LARGER than normal and the rain had ended some time before then.

When I got home, I noticed that I had leaves, mulch and twigs that were washed down into my front lawn from my backyard. It all came from UNDER my fence. The fence gate on that side of the house I couldn't open because it was blocked by more debris on the other side. My development gradually slopes down to a small stream that runs behind my neighbors across the street. Well, I know that the one side of my yard is how the over flow of rain water must've ran before the land was developed. There's a definate trail from the back of my yard where leaves and debris was pushed to one side or the other and then funnelled its way down that one part of my yard to the front. My whole property slopes up from the street to the back. Needless to say, I had some cleaning up to do after dinner!

[USAwx1]

I noticed on the US radar map at around 4:00 pm that the rain/storms were arriving in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. There was red in the picture over my area. As I got closer to home at about 6:30, I started to notice puddles in the normal areas that get them after a rain. However, these were much LARGER than normal and the rain had ended some time before then.

When I got home, I noticed that I had leaves, mulch and twigs that were washed down into my front lawn from my backyard. It all came from UNDER my fence. The fence gate on that side of the house I couldn't open because it was blocked by more debris on the other side. My development gradually slopes down to a small stream that runs behind my neighbors across the street. Well, I know that the one side of my yard is how the over flow of rain water must've ran before the land was developed. There's a definate trail from the back of my yard where leaves and debris was pushed to one side or the other and then funnelled its way down that one part of my yard to the front. My whole property slopes up from the street to the back. Needless to say, I had some cleaning up to do after dinner!

Today Just compounded an already bad situation over the region--which has NOT had a chance to recover from what already fell the first half of the weekend.

Check out PNSPHI w/ rainfall totals from SAT:

000
NOUS41 KPHI 241308
PNSPHI
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-
DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-
MDZ007>008-242200-


COUNTY RAINFALL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NJ
905 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004

THE FOLLOWING RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL FOR
THE RAIN EVENT ON JULY 23, 2004.

CITY STORM RAINFALL ENDING 7AM JULY 24
OBSERVER AUTOMATIC


PENNSYLVANIA

MONROE COUNTY
BLAKESLEE 0.59
CAMEL BACK 0.71
KRESGEVILLE 0.55
LEAVITT FALLS 0.52
MT POCONO 0.30
MT POCONO AP 0.28
STODDARTSVILLE 1.22


CARBON COUNTY
BELTZVILLE LAKE 0.19
EAST PENN 0.28
F E WALTER DAM 0.79
HAUTO 0.44
LEHIGHTON 0.23 0.19
MECKESVILLE 0.28
PACKER TOWNSHIP 2.64
TOWAMENSING 0.20


LEHIGH COUNTY
LEHIGH VALLEY AP 0.64


BERKS COUNTY
BECHTELSVILLE
BERNE 1.86
BERNEVILLE 1.82
BETHEL 0.64
BLUE MARSH LAKE 1.54
HAMBURG 2.15 2.10
READING RVR 1.45
READING AP 1.03


LEBENON COUNTY
MYERSTOWN 1.28


BUCKS COUNTY
DOYLESTOWN 1.24 1.42
FRICKS 1.30
NESHAMINY FALLS 1.25 1.10
PERKASIE 0.23
SOUTHAMPTON 1.25
SPRINGTOWN 2.43


MONTGOMERY COUNTY
GREEN LANE
NORRISTOWN 1.23 1.11
POTTSTOWN AP 0.29
POTTSTOWN 0.35
WILLOW GROVE NAS 1.65


CHESTER COUNTY
GLENMOORE 0.21 0.20
HONEY BROOK 0.41 0.27
VALLEY FORGE NP 1.15


DELAWARE COUNTY
CHADDS FORD 0.25
SPRINGFIELD 0.70


PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
FAIRMONT DAM 0.78
NORTH PHILADELPHIA AP 0.85
PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT 0.41


NEW JERSEY


SUSSEX COUNTY
ANDOVER AP 0.67
NEWTON 1.16
SUSSEX 0.39
SUSSEX AP 0.64


WARREN COUNTY
BELVIDERE 0.23
COLUMBIA 0.30
PHILLIPSBURG/EASTON 0.60


MORRIS COUNTY
BASKING RIDGE IFLOWS 0.24
BERKSHIRE VALLEY 0.39
BOONTON 3.80
IRONIA 0.71
LONG VALLEY 1.30
MORRISTOWN IFLOWS 0.24


HUNTERDON COUNTY
CLINTON 0.40
FLEMINGTON 2.08
REIGELSVILLE 1.49
STOCKTON 1.61
WERTSVILLE 1.57


SOMERSET COUNTY
BLACKWELLS MILLS 2.60
BOUND BROOK 1.80
FAR HILLS IFLOWS 0.24
NORTH PLAINFIELD 1.50
POTTERSVILLE 2.58
SKILLMAN IFLOWS 0.28
SOMERVILLE 4.23
SOMERVILLE AP 5.91


MIDDLESEX COUNTY
MIDDLESEX IFLOWS 0.29
NEW BRUNSWICK 1.46


MERCER COUNTY
HIGHTSTOWN
TRENTON 1.90
TRENTON AP 1.83
WASHINGTON'S CROSSING 2.15 2.15
WINDSOR 0.80


MONMOUTH COUNTY
MARLBORO 0.47
SANDY HOOK 1.09
KEANSBURG 0.84


BURLINGTON COUNTY
MOUNT HOLLY NWS 1.42
MOUNT HOLLY LARC 0.40
MT HOLLY AP 0.91
MOUNT LAUREL 0.69
WRIGHTSTOWN 0.23


GLOUCESTER COUNTY
WEST DEPTFORD 0.20


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE
COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS WHO TOOK TIME TO SUPPLY
THE ABOVE RAINFALL REPORTS.

$$

GORSE

[Stephanie]

It has been an amazing month around here, that's for sure!

[weatherfan]

A line of very heavey rainers just west of Baltmore and dc movieing ever so slowley northeast word.This line looks pretty nastey on radar so watch out for heavey rains and lots of clound to ground lighting over the next 30 to 45 mins.

[USAwx1]

I think there was a warning out not too long ago for Middlesex Co. NJ

[Stephanie]

Thanks weatherfan!

Here's the 24 hour storm totals radar. I'm in the dark green section to the north of Atlantic City which is between 2 -3 inches. That seems about right!

http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS ... kdix.shtml

[USAwx1]

Stripe of 5-6" totals over SRN Berks County.

[Stephanie]

Stripe of 5-6" totals over SRN Berks County.

I see that.

[USAwx1]

We'll have to see if this pattern continues into the fall. if it does, that COULD imply a snowier than normal winter over the MA and NE (which seems to be the program anyway per our preliminary analogs--see links in sig for details) should be interesting to see how it plays out, but I'm leaning on the side of cold and snow.

[weatherfan]

Just as you thought the worst was over.Another line of heavey rains has form in the same locations where they had 3 inchs of rains from the earlyer line of storms in the Baltmore and Dc.Unfornatley this looks to contune all night as the back ege shows no sign of any real east word movement as it all a southwest to northeast movement.

[Stephanie]

I drove through a heavy line of rain this morning on the way to work and it's pouring right now in AC.

[WXBUFFJIM]

Baltimore had 4.45" of rain yesterday with a storm total of 5.09". 29.63" for the year so far. I saw a rainbow for 70 minutes yesterday as a line of showers and storms were situated just to the east of us for over an hour while the sun was out to our west. Usually a rainbow would be a nice way to end the day. But sometimes that is not the case as was the case last night as more heavy showers and storms trained over the same area for quite sometime last night. We still have lots of puddles after last nights rain.

Jim

[Stephanie]

I saw on the news last night all of the flooding in Baltimore Jim.

The front is almost off the Jersey coastline - HURRAY!!!