Drenching rains across the region
But then you already knew that. The rains began at BWI after midnight. And by 10 a.m. the rain gauges there had clocked in more than 1.5 inches.
By 11 a.m., accumulations in parts of Baltimore were approaching 2 inches.
It was falling as hard as .44 inch an hour on my rain gauge in Cockeysville, although most of the time it was closer to a quarter-inch an hour in the early morning hours.
And the creeks are rising. White Marsh Run, in White Marsh, rose nearly 4 feet this morning, swelling from about 6 cubic feet per second to more than 2,000 cf/s. That set a new record for the date.
The Gwynns Falls was also setting records. It was flowing at more than 900 cf/s at Villa Nova, in Baltimore County, up from 25 cf/s before the rains came.
We'll get a break tomorrow, but there's a threat of rain in the forecast for Friday and through the weekend.
