Yesterday's IEM Feature denoted the extreme precipitation totals in Louisiana this past weekend. While not to the accumulation extreme seen there, Iowa has seen its share of intense rainfall events this year. The featured chart denotes the largest ten hourly precipitation observations by the Cedar Rapids Airport weather station. These once hourly reports are currently made at :52 minutes after the hour for the previous 60 minute period. This year has two events on the top 10 for the site, including nearly 2 inches late last week. You can generate this chart for other sites in the country to compare.

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