Heads Up! Big storm coming to Cali and SW

well all this doom and gloom im heading to san Diego from Louisiana for vacation. a tropical storm to me is like a good rain. ill get there tomorrow and stay till Friday.
 
Wonder where it goes when it turns right sooner or later????? We could use a good soaker too here in Illinois. Need the ground settled around all my new drain pipes.
 
Wonder where it goes when it turns right sooner or later????? We could use a good soaker too here in Illinois. Need the ground settled around all my new drain pipes.

We just got an entire day of torrential rain up in the north half of the state early this week. Grass looking way better now than last month thankfully.
 
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I'm sure there would be some people that wouldn't mind if it would park itself over Lake Mead and just hammer away at it for a while.

Personally, I'd love to have some good high-definition video of the Hoover Dam spillways working again since the last time that happened was 1983.
 
Maybe @Chris142 will have a full well! I bet the flowers in the desert will be amazing (on whatever doesn’t wash away)!
I was thinking the same thing.

Problem is that parched earth doesn’t absorb rainfall well, so much of it flows away, making floods more likely.

I’m glad areas are getting more rain…. I hope it does more good than harm, and helps them all out. And hopefully some heavy rain actually gets to places that actually need it!
 
Concern is growing that Hurricane Hilary will unleash a prolific amount of flooding rainfall on the southwestern US and parts of California as it makes a rare move over the region Sunday and into early next week, triggering the first ever tropical storm watch for California.

Hilary could dump more than a year’s worth of rain in parts of three states: California, Nevada and Arizona. Because of the threat, parts of California face a rare high risk for excessive rainfall. This Level 4 of 4 threat is the first to ever be issued for this part of Southern California.

Hilary was a powerful Category 4 hurricane churning about 400 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Friday morning with sustained winds of 145 mph with stronger gusts, the National Hurricane Center said.
Does that mean I might be able to search for flood vehicles at Arizona salvage auctions in the near future?

Hoping for no loss to lives or limbs.....
 
I'm sure there would be some people that wouldn't mind if it would park itself over Lake Mead and just hammer away at it for a while.

Personally, I'd love to have some good high-definition video of the Hoover Dam spillways working again since the last time that happened was 1983.

If it goes that far inland, it will peter out really quickly. I remember when the remnants of a tropical storm actually hit Arizona back in the late 90s. At work we had a consultant from Florida, and when I mentioned it he thought I was joking.

Weakening to a tropical storm, Nora crossed into the Desert Southwest of the United States.​
Sustained winds of tropical storm force were recorded at Yuma. Although weakening to a​
tropical depression as it moved across California and Arizona, the circulation aloft did not​
have time to spin down. Strong winds, nearing hurricane force, downed many trees across​
southwestern Utah, at an elevations of 10,000 feet and higher. Heavy rains along the​
Mogollon Rim closed in on 12 inches in the Harquahala mountains....with numerous locales​
reporting 3 to 4 inches...more than many of them normally see in a year. Some lighter rains​
fell across the central Rockies, with some moisture making it into the northern Plains. Below​
is the track of the cyclone, provided by TPC/NHC.​
 
Does that mean I might be able to search for flood vehicles at Arizona salvage auctions in the near future?

Hoping for no loss to lives or limbs.....
The Imperial Palace (now The Linq) parking lot/garage always flooded during downpours, as did many roads and neighborhoods. If this storm hits like it is projected to, there will be massive flash flooding despite the flood control work that has been done in the last 25 years.
I'd expect a lot of flooded vehicles in Vegas. Unfortunately there will be some Darwin's Law annual award competitors here. No matter how many times they are instructed not to, some people can't avoid driving into newly formed lakes and rivers.
 
The Imperial Palace (now The Linq) parking lot/garage always flooded during downpours, as did many roads and neighborhoods. If this storm hits like it is projected to, there will be massive flash flooding despite the flood control work that has been done in the last 25 years.
I'd expect a lot of flooded vehicles in Vegas. Unfortunately there will be some Darwin's Law annual award competitors here. No matter how many times they are instructed not to, some people can't avoid driving into newly formed lakes and rivers

You are so right, and directly behind the Imperial Palace was a real mess. I was always amazed how much water comes down the Western Mountains into the valley.
 
Wow, that is going right through Barstow and NTC (Ft Irwin). That ought to be something to see.

Rain in the desert - who would have thought that would happen.

On a side note: I'll bet those endangered tortoises load up on some water!
 
4" of rain here wouldn't be that bad. There would be localized flooding including some roads, but 4" would be around 10% of what we get in a year, so a little more than an average month's worth of rain.
In areas where 4" is a year's worth of rain, neither the natural drainage nor the built infrastructure will be able to handle it and widespread flooding will be the result. Combine that with coastal storm surge and high winds and I can see multi-day power outages in many areas, which will make things difficult for those who rely upon wells. Hope people in vulnerable areas have a good stock of canned food as well as bottled water and full gas tanks.
Stay safe in the Southwest.
 
I'm waiting on it to hook to the east and come into the Midwest as a blustery low feeding on hot humid gulf air. Suppose to be a 100F here next week they are threatening us with. We get Hurricane remnants here but they usually come up the Mississippi and hook east south of me along the Ohia river.
 
im heading to san Diego from Louisiana for vacation. a tropical storm to me is like a good rain. ill get there tomorrow and stay till Friday.
Tell us if air travel is effected.

1954 gave us the L.A. based scifi movie, "Them". It was about large ants living in the city's storm drain system . It'll be cool to see if any large ants are washed out into the open.
 
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