Rain totals?

[KDM]

Got .10 here at the fort. Just enough to make your boots bigger with each step. Makes me feel taller too until one boots worth falls off, then I walk with a gimp or look like I have a 12 pack in me. Love that.......NOT!

 

[Retired-Guy]

Just over 1/2 inch in NW Bismarck.

 

[Skeeter]

Not much rain but places got destroyed by the wind. Buildings gone trees gone, it was devastating for some people

 

[Kurtr]

Just got a nice 1.25 badly needed around mobridge. Wish it could do this about every other day for the whole month of july

 

[sdwxman]

Just got a nice 1.25 badly needed around mobridge. Wish it could do this about every other day for the whole month of july

Severe Storms headed for Aberdeen now. No hail in Mobridge I assume?

 

[Kurtr]

Severe Storms headed for Aberdeen now. No hail in Mobridge I assume?

Nope just a good soaker not much wind either. It looks likes its building as it moves east

Found a new app on my phone called weather front the radar seems way better than weather channel. It has a bunch of stuff on it i dont understand yet

 

[sdwxman]

Nope just a good soaker not much wind either. It looks likes its building as it moves east

Found a new app on my phone called weather front the radar seems way better than weather channel. It has a bunch of stuff on it i dont understand yet

Try EverythingWx. Its really good. Lots of info. Forecast straight from the NWS and tons of other stuff on it.

 

[Kurtr]

Try EverythingWx. Its really good. Lots of info. Forecast straight from the NWS and tons of other stuff on it.

Nice i will check it out

 

[Traxion]

Try EverythingWx. Its really good. Lots of info. Forecast straight from the NWS and tons of other stuff on it.

Thanks, that has all the NWS stuff I like to read!

 

[Kurtr]

Got another inch this evening a little hail but not enough to damage anything around my house

 

[NDbowman]

Just got a nice 1.25 badly needed around mobridge. Wish it could do this about every other day for the whole month of july

We were dry here to, then it started raining end of June, got an inch which seemed perfect, next day got 2 more inches, then another half inch later that night, next day another .75. Now crops are flooded, ditches are full, corrals are full of mud and water. Didn't have mosquitos until now.
Id rather it be wet than dry but its crazy how fast it can change.

 

[Kurtr]

We were dry here to, then it started raining end of June, got an inch which seemed perfect, next day got 2 more inches, then another half inch later that night, next day another .75. Now crops are flooded, ditches are full, corrals are full of mud and water. Didn't have mosquitos until now.
Id rather it be wet than dry but its crazy how fast it can change.

Ya about 3 inches total in less than 12 hours and not a puddle left. This weekend with wind and temps over 100 won’t even be able to tell it rained.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Came home last night and the wife said one of the trees was struck by lightning. The tree is about 3
feet from the propane tank and about 25' from the house. I am kind of surprised and very thankful the lightning went into the ground instead of arcking to the propane tank next to it. Now I am wondering how structurally damaged the tree is and if I should just cut it down. The tree has to be somewhere around 30 to 40 feet tall and am worried if the next wind storm might bring it down on the house. It's a big shade tree and I hate to lose it but I am dreading more the work that it is going to take to cut it down.

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[LBrandt]

Around 3/4 maybe a little more, plant leaves might have gotten in the way with the wind. LB

 

[johnr]

Came home last night and the wife said one of the trees was struck by lightning. The tree is about 3
feet from the propane tank and about 25' from the house. I am kind of surprised and very thankful the lightning went into the ground instead of arcking to the propane tank next to it. Now I am wondering how structurally damaged the tree is and if I should just cut it down. The tree has to be somewhere around 30 to 40 feet tall and am worried if the next wind storm might bring it down on the house. It's a big shade tree and I hate to lose it but I am dreading more the work that it is going to take to cut it down.

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Take it down, its better than having it waste your house or what have you. Good odds it is going to die anyway

 

[Allen]

I agree with JuanR, if it's damaged and within reach of the home, the risks outweigh the benefits.

Trees that get hit by lightning undergo immediate and intense boiling of the water within them which can cause them to explode, or as in this case split. Think of them as being similar to a pressure cooker that explodes. Maybe 12-15 years ago I saw a tree up between Wilton and New John's get hit by lightning. It literally detonated that tree (large cottonwood) to the point there were 6 inch diameter branches that flew for almost 100 yards.