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What's up with these fronts??

#1 Postby Ixolib » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:32 am

Seems these spring-time fronts are wicked this year. They're killin' me!!

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#2 Postby beenthru6 » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:05 pm

Oh my, that is bad! I hope you all get a break soon. I don't think your yard can take anymore water.
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#3 Postby Ixolib » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:44 pm

beenthru6 wrote:Oh my, that is bad! I hope you all get a break soon. I don't think your yard can take anymore water.


I hear dat!! And we DON'T usually flood in normal spring-time storms. The last time this happened was when TS Allison hit the upper Texas coast in June '01 and sent all its rain our way for hours on end. The storm that caused the flooding this time was only about 3 hours worth!!
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#4 Postby gboudx » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:04 am

I see you live in Biloxi. I grew up in the New Orleans area so I can only speak to that area. Spring rains have produced some of the most notable flood events in New Orleans over the years. It doesn't happen with every downpour, but it's certainly not unusual in New Orleans. The pumping stations can only handle so much runoff, and when the ground is already saturated, all the rain becomes runoff, then the flooding problems start.

I hope you didn't get any water damage.
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#5 Postby MGC » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:33 pm

Spring time is when frontal systems start to lose the driving force that moves them south. Typically, in late April or early May, fronts stall across or move ever so slowly. The accompaning squal line will stall out resulting in the "training effect" of convection developing over the same area, resulting in significant rainfall quanties.....MGC
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#6 Postby Ixolib » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:07 pm

gboudx wrote:I see you live in Biloxi. I grew up in the New Orleans area so I can only speak to that area. Spring rains have produced some of the most notable flood events in New Orleans over the years. It doesn't happen with every downpour, but it's certainly not unusual in New Orleans. The pumping stations can only handle so much runoff, and when the ground is already saturated, all the rain becomes runoff, then the flooding problems start.

I hope you didn't get any water damage.


Yeah, I remember hearing about the "median" or "neutral ground" that everyone knows very well when the rains come...
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