Locally Heavy Rainfall for the Carolinas; Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Concerns for Intermountain West

Heavy rainfall from scattered thunderstorms is expected across the Southwest, Intermountain West, and Plains. Isolated dry thunderstorms may initiate additional fires across the west. The coastal Carolinas may experience flash floods in the coming days due to repeated thunderstorms. Additionally, a wave of intense summer heat will hit the Southern Plains and central Gulf Coast States this week. Read More >

Map of 24 hour rainfall Ending at 7 AM October 1, 2019 24-hour rainfall ending at 7 AM, October 2, 2019

Table of precipitation across southeastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa, and extreme
northeastern Nebraska. Observations that are bolded red indicate that the observation was taken during the afternoon
of October 1 and does not include rainfall that after 6 PM October 1, 2019.

Location		24-h Precipitation October 1	24-h Precipitation October 2	48-h Precipitation
Sanborn	IA	1.49	2.51	4.00
Akron	IA	1.75	1.91	3.66
Vermillion 2 SE	SD	1.16	2.50	3.66
Sioux Center 2.6 N	IA	1.84	1.74	3.58
Sioux Center 0.4 N	IA	1.45	2.12	3.57
Orange City	IA	1.04	2.16	3.20
Sheldon	IA	1.37	1.56	2.93
Vermillion 1.4 SE	SD	1.06	1.86	2.92
Elk Point 5.6 NNE	SD	1.48	1.29	2.77
Primghar	IA	0.03	2.61	2.64
Spirit Lake	IA	0.75	1.86	2.61
Kingsley 0.5 S	IA	1.02	1.57	2.59
Lake Park 0.2 N	IA	0.67	1.91	2.58
Orange City 0.3 ENE	IA	0.84	1.68	2.52
Cleghorn 4.4 N	IA	1.80	0.71	2.51
Concord	NE	0.00	2.45	2.45
Lake Park 3 SSE	IA	0.72	1.68	2.40
Vermillion 0.6 SE	SD	1.01	1.30	2.31
Jefferson 2.1 WNW	SD	1.11	1.07	2.18
Sibley	IA	0.63	1.54	2.17
Alta 0.3 SE	IA	0.73	1.37	2.10
Lakefield 7.8 N	MN	0.57	1.35	1.92
Holstein	IA	0.91	0.89	1.80
Lakefield 2 NE	MN	0.33	1.47	1.80
Sioux City Airport	IA	0.04	1.59	1.63
Rock Rapids	IA	0.43	1.19	1.62
Worthington 2 NNE	MN	0.38	1.18	1.56
Lester 0.2 E	IA	0.50	1.04	1.54
Parker 6.8 WSW	SD	1.07	0.45	1.52
Cherokee	IA	1.09	0.40	1.49
Spencer Airport	IA	T	1.42	1.42
Windom	MN	0.32	1.04	1.36
Yankton 2 E	SD	0.48	0.88	1.36
Rock Rapids 5.6 W	IA	0.25	1.11	1.36
Tyndall	SD	0.99	0.33	1.32
Storm Lake 3.1 S	IA	0.78	0.53	1.31
Hurley 0.2 S	SD	0.52	0.78	1.30
Menno	SD	0.00	1.29	1.29
Sioux Falls 3.4 ESE	SD	0.42	0.77	1.19
Sioux Falls 4.0 SE	SD	0.36	0.78	1.14
Lennox 3.3 NE	SD	0.42	0.65	1.07
Sioux Falls 5.0 SE ARPT	SD	0.33	0.74	1.07
Hartford 6.4 S	SD	0.78	0.29	1.07
Herrick 4.5 NW	SD	0.37	0.68	1.05
Sioux Falls 4.5 SSW	SD	0.32	0.73	1.05
Canton	SD	0.27	0.77	1.04
Sioux Falls 1.9 SSW	SD	0.39	0.63	1.02
Bonesteel 0.1 S	SD	0.25	0.75	1.00
Sioux Falls 3.4 WSW	SD	0.33	0.67	1.00
Burke 10.5 SSE	SD	0.56	0.43	0.99
Sioux Falls 2.6 ESE	SD	0.30	0.69	0.99
Wagner 0.8 NW	SD	0.60	0.38	0.98
Sioux Falls 3.3 E	SD	0.30	0.66	0.96
Sioux Falls NWS	SD	0.40	0.55	0.95
Gregory 8.7 N	SD	0.45	0.48	0.93
Tea 1.1 NNW	SD	0.39	0.54	0.93
Herrick 8.2 SSW	SD	0.42	0.50	0.92
Sioux Falls Airport	SD	0.05	0.86	0.91
Sioux Falls 3.9 SW	SD	0.35	0.55	0.90
Garretson 4.2 SSE	SD	0.29	0.54	0.83
Garretson 1.7 WSW	SD	0.30	0.51	0.81
Marshall 0.6 S	MN	0.19	0.62	0.81
Burke 2.4 NE	SD	0.21	0.59	0.80
Gregory 4.3 E	SD	0.27	0.51	0.78
Gregory 10.4 S	SD	0.18	0.60	0.78
Edgerton 0.5 W	MN	0.26	0.52	0.78
Brookings 0.3 SW	SD	0.50	0.25	0.75
Edgerton 0.2 WSW	MN	0.22	0.53	0.75
Burke 4.2 SW	SD	0.18	0.56	0.74
Dell Rapids 0.9 WNW	SD	0.17	0.54	0.71
Garretson 0.5 SW	SD	0.25	0.45	0.70
Hartford 2.7 NNE	SD	0.34	0.35	0.69
Dallas 8.8 S	SD	0.24	0.43	0.67
Ghent 2.8 ENE	MN	0.23	0.43	0.66
Dante 3.1 S	SD	0.43	0.22	0.65
Arthur 3.7 SSW	IA	0.15	0.50	0.65
Comfrey 1.6 SW	MN	0.14	0.50	0.64
White Lake	SD	0.41	0.17	0.58
Colton 3.8 S	SD	0.12	0.44	0.56
Marshall	MN	0.18	0.34	0.52
Aurora 7.5 N	SD	0.31	0.21	0.52
Alexandria	SD	0.20	0.30	0.50
Alexandria 6.4 N	SD	0.25	0.25	0.50
Renner 4.1 NW	SD	0.34	0.16	0.50
Marion 4.8 NNW	SD	0.25	0.25	0.50
Pipestone	MN	0.19	0.25	0.44
White 1.7 SSW	SD	0.20	0.23	0.43
Stickney 3.8 SW	SD	0.18	0.25	0.43
Plankinton 3.8 W	SD	0.20	0.20	0.40
Oldham 0.9 E	SD	0.16	0.23	0.39
Dimock 10.2 W	SD	0.15	0.23	0.38
Brookings 0.2 SSW	SD	0.13	0.19	0.32
Brookings 5.3 N	SD	0.11	0.21	0.32
Pukwana 1.9 S	SD	0.16	0.16	0.32
Madison 5.0 SE	SD	0.21	0.11	0.32
Brookings 0.5 E	SD	0.12	0.19	0.31
Mitchell 6.2 S	SD	0.24	0.06	0.30
CHESTER 2N	SD	0.10	0.18	0.28
Brookings 1.0 S	SD	0.12	0.13	0.25
Forestburg 0.1 NE	SD	0.22	0.01	0.23
Bruce 0.2 SSW	SD	0.08	0.15	0.23
Mitchell 3.4 SSE	SD	0.11	0.11	0.22
Montrose 5.8 NW	SD	0.07	0.14	0.21
Madison 0.2 NW	SD	0.08	0.12	0.20
Astoria 2.2 SSE	SD	0.19	0.00	0.19
Chamberlain 7.5 SSW	SD	0.12	0.07	0.19
Emery 10.8 S	SD	0.08	0.10	0.18
Bruce 5.3 W	SD	0.08	0.07	0.15
Bridgewater	SD	0.00	0.15	0.15
Lake Andes 2.4 N	SD	0.06	0.08	0.14
De Smet 0.2 SSE	SD	0.13	0.01	0.14
Lake Preston 10.5 NNE	SD	0.10	0.04	0.14
Mitchell 7.3 S	SD	0.11	0.02	0.13
Iroquois	SD	T	0.09	0.09
Huron 1.1 NNE	SD	0.03	0.05	0.08
Chamberlain 7.5 NNE	SD	0.06	0.02	0.08
Howard	SD	0.07	T	0.07
Chamberlain 0.3 W	SD	0.05	0.02	0.07
Huron 6.8 NNE	SD	0.06	0.01	0.07
Huron 1.3 S	SD	0.06	T	0.06
Huron Airport	SD	T	0.04	0.04
Mitchell Airport	SD	T	T	T