Notes from all over…
…4.5 inches of rain reportedly fell in just 45 minutes in the Rumford section of East Providence, Rhode Island on Wednesday afternoon. The torrential rain caused flash flooding. 1.52 inches of rain fell in just 15 minutes at the Providence Airport.
…The heavy rains from Hurricane Dolly missed the most drought stricken areas of Texas. According to the National Weather Service, two to five inches of rain fell in the area south of a line from Laredo to Corpus Christi. 5.47 inches of rain fell in Corpus Christi, nearly as much as they usually get in the first six months of the year. It seems like the Texas coastal city would get much more rain than that on average. Five to twelve inches of rain fell during the storm in Cameron County, which caused problems in flood prone areas. But Cameron and other far South Texas counties had experienced nice rainfall amounts in early July when a feed of tropical moisture became established across the area. The worst drought stricken areas of Texas extend along I-20 from east of San Antonio to near Houston. San Antonio is still one foot behind for this year.
…Emergency management officials are breathing a sigh of relief after Rio Grande levees held through Dolly’s 25+ inch heavy rains. They saw a bad case of déjà vu all over again harking back to 1967’s Beulah. Beulah caused over $1 billion in losses in 1967 figures when levees were breached.
…Early damage estimates from Dolly indicate that the insured losses will run around $300 million. You generally double this amount to get the totals…so around $600 million in losses from Dolly.
