Rain Pushes Creek Out of Bank

The NOAA Radio had sounded the FLASH FLOOD Warning alarm last night and it had rained most of the night and was still drizzling this morning when daylight arrived. I could see the creek had been out of the banks from our front window. It was obvious due to the small amount of debris left at the high water mark. The debris was mostly leaves and small limbs, but there were a few larger limbs at the edge of the hay fields. Linda and I took a ride in the Mule to the near side of the creek to see how far the water had rose and to get a closer look.
   
The water was just barely back inside the banks and still running quite fast. The branch coming past the hay shed had been flowing bigger than a few days ago. I have taken my rain gauge inside to keep the cold weather from freezing the rain water and breaking the glass tube, so I can't say how much rain we had received.