No need to water this week.3-5 inches of rain last night OY!

Serious rain last night, the Lake Travis basin only 1-2" of rain, but Central Austin took the brunt of it.

Storms clouds had been taunting us all day  with brief burst around 1pm and 5:30pm, but no accumulations, just trace amounts.

At 8:45pm, the kids are in bed and asleep and the "thunderstorms", have finally hit central texas.

Here are some of the recent numbers from my favorite tracking sites.
http://hydromet.lcra.org/full.aspx

These are rain totals in the first substantial hour since the ran started around 7:45pm tonight


Lake Austin at Cortana Shores 1.5 inches
Lake Austin at Quinlan Park 1.7 inches
Bull Creek at Loop 360, Austin 1.25 inches

Remember, these are 1 hour rainfall totals and it is just starting to rain harder around 8:45 pm

Storm is taking a break, the totals as of 10 pm

Lake Austin at Cortana Shores 3.44 inches ( 3" in 2 hours )
Lake Austin at Quinlan Park 2.57 inches ( 2.5" in 2 hours )
Bull Creek at Loop 360, Austin 3.47 ( 3.2" in 2 hours ) 
Lake Austin at Bunny Run Farm 3.71 inches ( 3" in 2 hours ) 


Wave # 2 just started at 10:10 pm 

Overall totals this morning

Lake Austin at Cortana Shores 4.44 inches ( 3" in 2 hours )
Lake Austin at Quinlan Park 3.21 inches ( 2.5" in 2 hours )
Bull Creek at Loop 360, Austin 4.45 inchs ( 3.2" in 2 hours ) 
LCRA Redbud Center 3.95 inches
Mansfield Dam 1 ENE 3.46 inches

And the winner in central Austin area is

Lake Austin at Bunny Run Farm 4.82 inches ( 3" in 2 hours )