Thursday night (2 Sept) we had a gusty powerful thunderstorm blow through Norman and bring > 1 inch of rain and strong 50 mph winds... temp dropped from 97 F at 6:45 to 66 an hour later. This followed on > 0.3 inch the previous day. Today Saturday early morning I went to the SW Gate. All along the fence north of the gate the Clematis was in peak white bloom producing a light sweet fragrance.
Up the Main SW Trail the Woods were fairly dry up to the Sympetrum dragonfly perch. No dragonflies there before the direct morning light. Just beyond to the east the earth along the trail was damp, heavy muddy..but no standing water along the trail. It was obvious where the flow of water had moved up from the dam along the Main SW Trail to the dragonfly perch. Rafts of sticks and leaves were pressed together indicating the direction of the flow.
I walked to the dam and then north along the blue white trail to Tall Stump and north along Hackberry Alley. East on the Trans OWP Trail the Woods did not show signs of flood wash over. At the Elm Bridge, water filled the wash but did not extend downstream from the bridge.
A few large branches had fallen across the trails.
The number of spider webs I encountered was greatly reduced. I wonder if this is just the temporary result of the rain.
One white-tailed deer. Mature full sized green walnuts are beginning to fall. A few large green persimmons had fallen.
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