Reference: Harvey Marks the Most Extreme Rain Event in U.S. History

From The Washington Post/Capital Weather Gang:

The rain from Harvey is in a class of its own. The storm has unloaded over 50 inches of rain east of Houston, the greatest amount ever recorded in the Lower 48 states from a single storm. And it’s still raining.
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas state climatologist, said a rain gauge near Mont Belvieu at Cedar Bayou, about 40 miles east of Houston, had registered 51.9 inches of rain through late Tuesday afternoon. This total exceeds the previous record of 48 inches set during tropical cyclone Amelia in Medina, Texas in 1978.

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Direct to Preliminary Storm Total Rainfall (by Location; via National Centers For Environmental Predictions) 

Update to the rainfall record: 51.88″ has been reported at Cedar Bayou and FM-1942 as of 3:40 PM CDT today #houwx #glswx #bcswx #txwx pic.twitter.com/LJZsLJSqVm

— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) August 29, 2017

 See Also: Harvey Drops Devastating Rain on Texas (Satellite Image) (via NASA)

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