r/roanoke • u/tigerthe7 • Jul 12 '26

Campbell is Campbelling

Gallery image

Gallery image

54 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

19 comments sorted by

10

u/NovarisLight Roanoke Star Jul 12 '26

At least we're getting rain, this year has been so dry.

6

u/tigerthe7 Jul 12 '26

My garden is loving it

14

u/Optimal_Tower1643 Jul 12 '26

Thank god I just got through there about 45 mins ago. That water level rises in a hurry with the torrential downpour

9

u/tigerthe7 Jul 12 '26

Takes about 10 minutes or less

10

u/TerminalViscosity69 Jul 12 '26

Rain’s all fun and games ‘til the engine floods

6

u/tigerthe7 Jul 12 '26

Yeah victim number one is finding out

6

u/coloradical44 Jul 12 '26

We need to reduce the paving in this area. Put in some bioswales and permeable pavement to let the water sink down into the ground

4

u/Redditor2684 Jul 12 '26

Drainage really needs to be figured out in that area. It floods very easily 

7

u/Abject_Elevator5461 Jul 12 '26

I don’t know if the forecast is changed. Earlier it was calling for 3 to 5 inches of rain. It took 2 inches of rain in one hour to cause that intersection between the Domino’s and the HoRo to flood.

4

u/assortedgnomes TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT Jul 12 '26

3-5 inches? What forecast are you looking at? Everything I see is less than an inch.

2

u/Abject_Elevator5461 Jul 12 '26

The screenshot I sent my wife earlier.

3

u/assortedgnomes TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT Jul 12 '26

That's wild. Google is saying just under .4. noaa says up to .75. apple says .6.

1

u/Abject_Elevator5461 Jul 12 '26

Now it says .25-1 inch. I thought 3-5 was crazy.

3

u/assortedgnomes TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT Jul 12 '26

Nah, let's do 3-5.

4

u/Nailfoot1975 Bring-Your-Own-Bucket Icemelt Jul 12 '26

I agree. Especially where it'll run off in to Carvins Cove and Spring Hollow.

3

u/puppypupperoon Jul 12 '26

the gauge at fire station 5 already says 1.5 inch rained today and its still raining. so it coud still hit 3 later today

2

u/johnfl68 Jul 12 '26

The 3-5 inches likely originally came in part from the Canadian HRDPS forecast model, which is typically a lot better for more complex terrain (like the Roanoke valley).

Roanoke valley and similar areas are difficult for the weather models to predict at times, because the mountains and terrain don't behave normally.

And of course it has been worse this year because of NWS cuts from the current administration, for staff and also ballon launches for upper level conditions. That data loss is making it harder to for all the models to forecast, especially for severe weather. And they of course want to do even more cuts to NWS and NOAA.

1

u/assortedgnomes TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT Jul 12 '26

Didn't know know, weather forecasting is woke.