More incredibly, the Saint Cloud Airport recorded 1.57 inches of rain between 2 and 3 AM with 1.09 inch in 23 minutes. Saint Cloud State University Co-op Report This rain partially relieved a 100 day dry spell that had produced rainfall deficits of 20%-30% (up to 4 inches) since mid-June.īelow is a table of the official National Weather Service and cooperative reports: StationĬarlos Co-op Report (5 mi NNE of Alexandria) The reason was a very slow moving cold front, since the upper-air storm pushing this system had stalled in southern Manitoba, and extremely humid air (dew points in the 70's) feeding northward, despite a lot of clouds over Minnesota. Please note that a previous report of 51.88 inches on Cedar Bayou near Highlands, Texas has been taken off the books by NWS Houston due to this gauge and several others being flooded or being impacted by high winds, which hinder the capability of gauges capturing the true rainfall amounts.Central Minnesota Heavy Rain on August 25-26Ī late night and early morning heavy rainfall event dumped 2-8 inches of rain on central Minnesota. 7.95 inches at Pensacola Regional Airport, Florida.

17.28 inches near Lake Charles, Louisiana.31.26 inches at Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport.43.38 inches at the NWS forecast office in Houston (League City).49.20 inches on Mary's Creek at Winding Road.52.87 inches on Clear Creek at Interstate 45 near League City, Texas.54.00 inches near Bunker Hill Village, Texas.Pending final confirmation, this rainfall total would be the heaviest from any tropical cyclone in the U.S. in records dating to 1950, topping the 48-inch storm total in Medina, Texas, from Tropical Storm Amelia in 1978, according to research by NOAA/WPC meteorologist David Roth. Both of these topped the previous tropical cyclone rainfall record. Incredibly, a second site, Groves, Texas, also topped the record book by receiving more than 60 inches during that same time period. The top rainfall total is 60.58 inches in Nederland, Texas from Aug. The areal coverage of locations picking up at least 20 inches of rain was greater than the state of West Virginia, while the 40-inch-plus zone was larger than Delaware. Numerous flash flood emergencies were issued for the Houston and Beaumont, Texas, metropolitan areas, and for Bastrop County and nearby communities. 26-30 kept a fire hose of moisture pointed into southeast Texas and Louisiana for days, resulting in catastrophic flooding.

Catastrophic, Record Flooding in Southeast Texas The only other Category 4 landfall of record near the Texas Coastal Bend was the infamous Indianola hurricane of August 1886, which devastated the town of Indianola just 11 years after another Category 3 hurricane, eventually turning the former bustling port into a ghost town. To see a complete radar loop of Harvey from landfall until the end of its lifespan, Brian McNoldy at the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School, has put together an incredible seven-day radar loop that you can see here. Harvey was the strongest landfall in this area, known as the Texas Coastal Bend, since Hurricane Carla, in September 1961.

Harvey rain totals today