NATIONAL STORM SUMMARY
JULY 2019
1-6: Early-week showers pelted New England and the upper Midwest. The last day of June featured a daily record total of 1.50 inches in Bangor, ME. On July 1, record-setting Midwestern totals reached 2.90 inches in Sioux City, IA, and 1.80 inches in
Watertown, SD. At mid-week, additional heavy rain fell in both the northeastern and north-central U.S. Concord, NH, received a daily-record sum of 1.17 inches on July 3. In South Dakota, it was the wettest Independence Day on record in locations such
as Rapid City (1.92 inches) and Sisseton (1.87 inches). Buffalo, WY, also netted a record-setting rainfall total (1.22 inches) for July 4. Late in the week, locally heavy showers dotted the central and eastern U.S. In the latter region, daily record
amounts reached 2.88 inches (on July 5) in Charleston, SC; 2.80 inches (on July 4) in Fayetteville, NC; and 2.27 inches (on July 6) in Philadelphia, PA. Late-week showers also developed in the southern Rockies and environs, where Albuquerque, NM, netted
a daily-record total of 0.69 inch on July 6.

7-13: Hurricane Barry made landfall in southern Louisiana on July 13, delivering locally heavy showers and a modest storm surge. Once inland, Barry drifted northward and was quickly downgraded to a tropical storm and—by July 14—a tropical depression.
Outside of Barry’s sphere of influence, locally heavy showers dotted the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic States, sparking local flooding. Locally heavy rain also soaked portions of the northern and central Plains, with some of the highest totals
reported in south-central Nebraska and from eastern Montana into North Dakota. Locally heavy showers occurred early in the week across the middle and southern Atlantic States. Daily-record totals for July 8 reached 3.44 inches in Washington, DC, and 2.
79 inches in Scranton, PA. Most (3.30 inches) of Washington’s rain fell in less than an hour, sparking flash flooding. Heavy showers also dotted the mid-South, where Pine Bluff, AR, received a record-setting sum (3.46 inches) for July 8. The
following day, heavy rain swept across the northern Plains. In the Dakotas, daily-record amounts for July 9 totaled 3.12 inches in Williston, ND, and 1.29 inches in Watertown, SD. Showers also affected the Pacific Northwest on the 9th, when daily-
record totals in Oregon totaled 0.85 inch in North Bend and 0.29 inch in Salem. Locally heavy showers also peppered Florida and the mid-South; daily-record amounts for July 9 included 3.66 inches in Tampa, FL, and 2.37 inches in Monroe, LA. Farther
north, another round of heavy rain swept across the Mid-Atlantic region on July 11, when daily-record amounts reached 2.75 inches in Allentown, PA, and 2.55 inches in Atlantic City, NJ. Elsewhere, minimal Hurricane Barry moved inland across Marsh Island,
LA, around mid-day on July 13, briefly bearing maximum sustained winds near 75 mph in a small area near the center. For most inland areas, the heaviest rain fell after the storm moved ashore; record setting rainfall totals for Sunday, July 14 included
4.21 inches in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX; 4.08 inches in Hattiesburg, MS; and 3.67 inches in Monticello, AR. More details on Barry’s remnants will appear next week.

14-20: The remnants of Hurricane Barry drifted northward into the Ohio Valley, delivering widespread rainfall and sparked some flash flooding. Some of the heaviest rain, locally 4 to 8 inches or more, fell in portions of the Mississippi Delta States.
Several cold fronts crossed the North, generating showers and locally severe thunderstorms from the northern Plains into the Northeast. Some of the highest totals, as much as 2 to 4 inches or more, fell from the Dakotas into Michigan, locally
accompanied by high winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes. On July 13, wind gusts in Louisiana associated with Hurricane Barry were clocked at 62 mph at Port Fourchon and 61 mph in New Iberia. The following day, record-setting rainfall totals for
July 14 included 4.21 inches in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX; 4.08 inches in Hattiesburg, MS; and 3.67 inches in Monticello, AR. Local downpours across the mid-South persisted through July 16, when daily-record amounts reached 4.09 inches in Pine Bluff, AR,
and 2.28 inches in Memphis, TN. From July 14-16, Pine Bluff received 7.02 inches. Other July 14-16 totals included 5.35 inches in Greenwood, MS, and 5.12 inches in Memphis. Storm totals topped 10 inches in parts of Arkansas and Louisiana. A state
24hour rainfall record was established in Arkansas, where 16.17 inches fell at Dierks, in Howard County, on July 15-16. Arkansas’ previous record of 14.06 inches had been established on December 3, 1982, at a weather station near Big Fork, in Polk
County. An Arkansas state record was also broken for rainfall received during a tropical event; the 16.59-inch sum in Dierks eclipsed the previous standard of 13.91 inches set in Portland, Ashley County, during Tropical Storm Allison from June 28 –
July 2, 1989. Farther north, frequent thunderstorms swept across the northern Plains and the upper Great Lakes region. On July 17, Sioux Falls, SD, measured a daily-record rainfall total of 2.49 inches. In Wisconsin, daily-records totals exceeded 2
inches in La Crosse (2.05 inches on July 18) and Milwaukee (2.01 inches on July 20). Locally heavy showers also dotted the East, where daily record totals included 2.74 inches (on July 18) in Bridgeport, CT, and 2.67 inches (on July 19) in Tallahassee,
FL. The Pacific Northwest received some precipitation, especially around midweek, when Quillayute, WA, logged a daily-record total (0.96 inch on July 17).

21-27: The week began with some heavy rain lingering across the eastern Plains. In Nebraska, record-setting rainfall totals for July 21 reached 3.26 inches in Lincoln and 1.87 inches in Grand Island. Meanwhile, heavy showers also dotted the East, where
daily-record totals topped the 2-inch mark in locations such as Roanoke, VA (2.76 inches on July 21); Allentown, PA (2.50 inches on July 22); and Bridgeport, CT (2.28 inches on July 22). On July 22, heavy rain also soaked parts of the mid-South and
lower Midwest, with daily-record amounts totaling 3.32 inches in Knoxville, TN, and 3.30 inches in St. Louis, MO. By July 23, a final burst of heavy rain in the East led to daily-record totals in Elizabeth City, NC (2.94 inches); Norfolk, VA (2.39
inches); Apalachicola, FL (2.12 inches); and New York’s JFK Airport (2.07 inches). Lakeland, FL, received measurable rain each day during the week, totaling 6.11 inches. Late in the week, an increase in Southwestern shower activity led to a record-
setting total for July 26 in Clayton, NM, where 1.10 inches fell. In contrast, month-to-date rainfall through July 27 in central Illinois totaled just 0.46 inch (10 percent of normal) in Lincoln and 0.23 inch (7 percent) in Springfield.

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