Flash Flood

I chuckled a little when the Flash Flood alert came across my email yesterday. The sky was clear and it seemed as dry as could be outside. We headed to the store and when we returned through the pouring rain, we saw this around the culvert in the yard. The red lines show the typical size of the creek bed. The blue circles show the size and placement of the pipes. The green line is an attempt to show how deep the water was right beside the pipes. Those 3′ pipes weren’t handling all the water coming down the hill. Within about 15 minutes of the rain slowing, the water had drained 1/2 way.

No joke, eh?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Durham North Carolina, Weather

4 Comments to Flash Flood

That’s nuts! I asked my friend with the creek in her yard over at American Village, and she said they saw very little rain that day… Of course, yesterday, she had severe storm warnings just in her neighborhood, and nothing here… It’s crazy how extreme the weather can be in one specific place and not affect an area five minutes away…