7-day rainfall total: 4.57 inches. 90 day rainfall: 25.70 inches (average annual rainfall 43 inches). This past Wednesday severe flash flooding with 0.80 inches rain here in 15 minutes and 2.00 in less than one hour. Major standing water, mud, flooded yards, fields. Farmers are giving up on first round of planting in some areas. And still, soil moisture indices are not showing it wet here! Really? Trust me, it is!
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