![]() A few tenths of an inch of precipitation fell elsewhere, at best. Maine, lower New England, eastern New York, much of New Jersey, and a few patches across the mid-Atlantic Region and West Virginia recorded moderate to heavy amounts with isolated totals exceeding 3 inches. ![]() Rainfall totals of 3.5 to locally 8.0 inches of rain pelted much of eastern Pennsylvania and the west half of New England, with numerous reports of flash flooding. The recent dryness in much of the Northeast Region was abruptly ended by heavy to excessive rainfall last week. West of the Rockies, seasonably dry conditions prevailed. Hot weather from the desert Southwest through the southern Plains and across Florida exacerbated drought conditions there. In contrast, other parts of Texas, the middle and upper Mississippi Valley, the lower Great Lakes, and the central and northern Dakotas received only several tenths of an inch of precipitation at best, resulting in several areas of deepening drought. Lesser but still heavy amounts exceeding 3 inches fell on portions of the central Plains, Texas Gulf Coast, lower Mississippi Valley, interior Southeast, Carolina Coastline, and upper Great Lakes Region, allowing drought to ease in some of these areas. Many of these areas recorded over 6 inches of rain, with totals approaching 9 inches in a few isolated spots. The heaviest amounts fell in a broken pattern from lower New York through Vermont, and in a swath from central Oklahoma through the fringes of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Heavy to excessive rainfall significantly improved or removed drought from parts of the Northeast and south-central Great Plains.
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