***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

2.5 inches last night in Grimes (NW side of town)

With this rain and the last one, we got a little water in our basement. Not a ton, but enough to make the concrete floor wet along one wall. Not sure if these are anomalies or we need to see if there's a bigger issue. :-/
 
2.5 inches last night in Grimes (NW side of town)

With this rain and the last one, we got a little water in our basement. Not a ton, but enough to make the concrete floor wet along one wall. Not sure if these are anomalies or we need to see if there's a bigger issue. :-/
Could just be an anomaly-but one that could repeat. Given the ground saturation maybe your foundation drainage was pushed to the limit. We have lived in our present home for 30 years and had a small amount of water on the (unfinished) basement floor 2 or 3 times. all a result of water gurgling up where our geothermal lines exit the basement floor. and all when the ground was saturated and subsequent rains taxed the foundations drainage capabilities I don't have a sump pump system nor do I have gutters on the house. Rare, but it happens. My situation could be easily rectified if I put a diamond wheel in my 4" disc grinder and cut a shallow channel to the nearest floor drain three feet away, but I just haven't had the time :) :):)
 
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Needed that rain, could do without the wind.. Crazy how fast things went from crispy to lush overnight.

Hopefully get some more rain Thur/Friday, which would keep the yard mostly green through July with no irrigation. At this point, I'll probably just keep the system off this year