Flood Advisory; Flash Flood Watch. Elsa Fri 7/9

bub said:

Yesterday afternoon I went to the PSEG power outage map just to see what was going on in the area and within seconds our power went out (for five minutes).

 Yeah ... Yesterday early evening I was driving Milburn Avenue toward Maplewood. Everything was on in Millburn until Wyoming, where the traffic light was out. At Vauxhall, the light was out until I was pretty much under it and it turned green for me. All good after that.


vdfam said:

 Yeah ... Yesterday early evening I was driving Milburn Avenue toward Maplewood. Everything was on in Millburn until Wyoming, where the traffic light was out. At Vauxhall, the light was out until I was pretty much under it and it turned green for me. All good after that.

 Yup. That's right about when our generator popped on. I live close to the Millburn/Wyoming intersection. Power was only out for maybe 5 minutes or so.

On another note, I guess it rained like hell all night. I emptied the rain gauge over my deck garden before going to bed and this morning it read almost 4 inches. The rain barrel was filled and all the overflow capacity was filled, too. 

It is a fun little DIY project I have to see how I can maximize its ability to capture some roof runoff. I believe that rainwater is better than that from the hose for the garden so it keeps me occupied. Now that I know how to make one I have to keep myself in check so I don't go putting them at every possible point around the house and garage. As for saving on my water bills, I doubt I save much but who knows? With well over 100 gallons used per day, I don't think 80-85 gallons of rainwater will make a difference. Definitely won't cover the cost of my tinkering for quite a while.


Elsa sum-up post

We really hit the jackpot with this one. As of 8:00 this morning we had 2.35" of rain here in eastern Maplewood. The map posted below will show that that the heaviest rain through 9:30 this morning (a combination of yesterday's thunderstorms and Elsa overnight) fell in a roughly east-west line from Sparta and Hopatcong through the city and along both Long Island and Coastal Connecticut. LI and CT are still experiencing some rain at this hour (11:00am). My rain measurement is below the green arrow on the map. Chatham and Madison win the local prize with over 3" each.

Winds were not significant from a tropical storm standpoint here in MAPSO, although there were some gusts, especially in the stronger thunderstorm cells in the system preceding Elsa.Might get a bit gusty this afternoon when the wind swings around from southeast to east as a cold front moves through. The front may also bring a small thunderstorm.


It seemed that the thunderstorms yesterday afternoon had more wind and may have more rain than Elsa.  


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