Joseph Bartlo wrote:

I recall it was approximately an inch & a half during 40 minutes to an hour.
The daily amount was 3.53 inches - almost all during morning.

Here are the relevant MPO observations from that day :

KMPO 170456Z AUTO 11006KT 1/4SM FG VV001 06/06 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP123
T00560056 400561050 $
KMPO 170556Z AUTO 10007KT 1/4SM FG VV001 06/06 A2981 RMK AO2 RAB07E55
SLP109 P0006 60017 T00610061 10061 20028 58031 $
KMPO 171156Z AUTO 20008KT 4SM VCTS RA BR SCT011 BKN021 OVC036 12/12 A2956
RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-S TSB27E45B47 SLP017 P0029 60135 7//// T01220122
10122 20061 56038 $

KMPO 171356Z AUTO 21016G22KT 1 3/4SM +RA BR FEW006 BKN010 OVC018 12/12
A2948 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/4V3 LTG DSNT E SLP989 P0042 T01220122 $
KMPO 171456Z AUTO 25008KT 1 1/4SM +TSRA BR SCT003 BKN006 OVC010 12/12 A2943
RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS TSB33 SLP971 P0066 60137 T01170117 56043 $
KMPO 171556Z AUTO 23013G20KT 7SM -RA SCT013 BKN021 OVC029 12/12 A2937 RMK
AO2 LTG DSNT NE TSE43 SLP950 P0058 T01220122 $

KMPO 171756Z AUTO 20013KT 10SM OVC045 11/09 A2931 RMK AO2 RAB10E31 SLP929
P0000 60197 T01060094 10128 20106 56039 $
KMPO 172356Z AUTO 29014G28KT 260V330 1SM -SN BR BKN009 OVC016 M01/M01 A2928
RMK AO2 PK WND 29030/2341 SLP924 P0000 60000 T10111011 10111 21011
53004 $
KMPO 180256Z AUTO 27023G32KT 4SM -SN BR BKN021 OVC033 M06/M08 A2944 RMK AO2
PK WND 28035/0205 UPB06E20SNE06B20 SLP983 P0000 60000 T10561078 51051
$

They reported 3.38 inches of precipitation, which was .15 less than me.
The snow their gauge would not report was probably no more than .02 inches.
Note they had 1.24 inches during the hours ending at 15 & 16 Z. Most was
from the thundershower which MPO reported as beginning at 1433 Z and ending
at 1543 Z. The heaviest rain was during a brief period in the middle of
that, centered right around the 15 Z observation evidently (which is 10 AM
EST). We probably had a bit more than them during the thunderstorm, but
not much. So I think we had a rate of about 1.5 inches an hour - which
lasted for 40 minutes or so for about an inch of precipitation. Yet it
was probably briefly a 2 or maybe 3 inch an hour rate.


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