Austin got 3-ish inches of much-needed rain this morning (mostly between 2:30 and 7 a.m.). The airport (south of town) got 5.7 in. A weak tornado (rare for January) touched down at about 3 a.m. damaged some buildings about 6-7 miles to the southeast of here but did not hurt anybody. It also passed about a block to the east of Pioneer Farms (see a previous post). Noteworthy lightning visible from Katie's and my bus stops this morning, and my tough old Bradley University umbrella inverted. Walnut Creek was still high late this afternoon, but it must have been higher - most of the green grass in the creek picture is flattened. There was more rain to the east than west, so the big reservoirs to the west like Lake Travis (see a previous post) did not get as much refilling rain, and the fire-damaged areas to the east such as Bastrop State Park (see a previous post) got a lot of erosion damage.
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