Storms deliver multi-inch rainfall totals across a wide area
A swath of beneficial rainfall from overnight storms.
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Overnight storms delivered a critical swath of beneficial rainfall to much of central and southern Minnesota overnight into Wednesday morning.
You can see on the map above a long swath of 1 to 3-inch rainfall totals, with embedded 3 and 4-inch pockets running from near Alexandria into the greater Twin Cities area.
The large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) dropped multi-inch rainfall as it moved along and south of I-94 overnight. Radars lit up with the classic arcing bow echo signature as the storms rolled through.
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You can see rainfall totals from around Minnesota here.
Here is a list of the top rainfall totals.
The widespread heavy rainfall is good news for many parched farm fields, rivers, lakes, and lawns around Minnesota. And it comes at an important time for crops.
Since the rain fell after the Tuesday morning cutoff, it will not be reflected in this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor update for Minnesota that will be issued Thursday morning. But 2 to 4 inches of rain will ease drought in some areas.
