Overnight Rainfall Amounts ending Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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 >

24 Hour Rainfall Overnight Through 10 AM CDT July 28, 2010

The map above shows where the rain was heaviest, and where some locations did not receive much rain at all the evening of July 27th through the morning of July 28th. Notice that much of the area between Salem South Dakota and Harrisburg South Dakota recieved more than an inch and half of rainfall. Some locations from central Sioux Falls through northern Lincoln county measured more than two inches. It was also rather wet toward the northwest up to around Carthage, and toward the east to around Sanborn Iowa, where amounts were mostly between a half and nine tenths of an inch.