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“The top rainfall total from this multi-day heavy rain event last week was just shy of 27 inches just south-southeast of Monroe, Louisiana. The official airport reporting station in Monroe had picked up 20.66 inches of rain from March 8-11. Incredibly, in just four days, this set a record for the wettest month in Monroe, outpacing October 2009 when 20.56 inches was recorded. Including rainfall from earlier in the month and on Sunday, Monroe has seen 21.35 inches since March 1. In just six days, the cooperative station outside of Monroe (26.96 inches), picked up half the average annual precipitation of Monroe's Regional Airport (53.71 inches).” source: weather.com
Figure 2. Global Flood Explorer zoomed into the USA for March 2016
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