Record-breaking downpours soak Abilene like never before

[TexasTowelie]

Nellie Doneva/Reporter-News An SUV stands abandoned, with its windshield wipers still on, at Button Willow Avenue on Tuesday.

ABILENE, Texas - Record-breaking rain drenched Abilene Tuesday, beginning in the early morning hours and continuing throughout the day.

With rain still falling at midnight, the National Weather Service reported 8.25 inches of rain had fallen in Abilene on Tuesday, making it the wettest day Abilene has on record.

That beats the previous record of 6.54 on May 11, 1928, according to the National Weather Service. Records date back to October 1885.

The deluge caused street flooding in various areas throughout the city and resulted in a high number of water rescues in the morning hours. All available Abilene Fire Department units were dispatched early Tuesday, with 34 water rescues reported between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

Read more: http://www.reporternews.com/news/local-news/recordbreaking-downpours-soak-abilene-like-never-before_12308013

[msongs]

2. lived there once. glad the drought is over (remember the drought they were all

complaining about last year?)

[TexasTowelie]

3. The reservoirs in the Abilene area are in better shape,

but it is the area around San Angelo that could use a major rainfall.

[Sophiegirl]

4. San Angelo

is my hometown. I visited there last summer and the lakes were practically dried up. Talk about Dustbowl USA.

[TexasTowelie]

5. You might be interested in this link:

http://apps.texastribune.org/reservoirs/

It's an interactive map so click on the reservoirs you are interested in and it will give the current lake level. I also read in the news that there was about three inches of rain in San Angelo yesterday.

[Sophiegirl]

7. Thanks!

I'll check it out.

[hobbit709]

6. Amazing how many idiots drive right by that Flood Gauge pole without thinking.

I call low water crossings IQ tests.