Heavy Rainstorm in Sligo Creek
Early morning, August 12, 2010

Photo and text by Carole Galati

All the pictures and videos were taken mid morning of Thursday, August 12, the day the skies turned black. I live on Melbourne Ave. which was a tributary into Sligo Creek in the early thirties. On August 12 it reverted from street back to tributary. As an avid gardener on Melbourne Ave. since 1971, a Master Garden and member of the Takoma Horticultural Club, I have always been devoted and concerned about "my section" of Sligo Creek, near Three Oaks Drive (between Wayne Ave and Colesville Rd.)

Album of photos

24MB Video - Panning upstream from the new bridge
near the International Middle School athletic field

26MB Video - Panning downstream from Three Oaks Drive to the new bridge
near the International Middle School athletic field

Following is an extract from the USGS table showing the waterflow in Sligo Creek during the morning of August 12
Date / Time Gage height,
feet		Discharge,
ft3/s
08/12/2010 05:30 EST0.701.2
08/12/2010 05:45 EST0.701.2
08/12/2010 06:00 EST0.701.2
08/12/2010 06:15 EST0.701.2
08/12/2010 06:30 EST0.933.6
08/12/2010 06:45 EST3.98712
08/12/2010 07:00 EST6.201,970
08/12/2010 07:15 EST6.512,200
08/12/2010 07:30 EST6.702,350
08/12/2010 07:45 EST6.462,160
08/12/2010 08:00 EST6.071,880
08/12/2010 08:15 EST6.292,040
08/12/2010 08:30 EST6.071,880
08/12/2010 08:45 EST5.291,380
08/12/2010 09:00 EST3.67588
08/12/2010 09:15 EST3.03360
08/12/2010 09:30 EST2.75277
08/12/2010 09:45 EST2.57230
08/12/2010 10:00 EST2.41192
08/12/2010 10:15 EST2.27157
08/12/2010 10:30 EST2.17134
08/12/2010 10:45 EST2.09117
08/12/2010 11:00 EST2.03105
08/12/2010 11:15 EST1.9795