Extremely wet start to July over portions of southeast IL and western KY

After a dry June, it has been a very wet start to July across the Quad-State region. Amounts of 4 to 8 inches have been common, with a rather broad corridor of 10 to 15 inches from far southeast IL into portions of western KY. Due to the limited reporting stations in southeast IL, the graphic doesn't pick up on the heavy rainfall totals that occurred over portions of Johnson, Pope, Massac, and Hardin Counties. Some locations in these counties also saw upwards of 8-10+ inches. The density of the observation sites is greater over western KY, largely due to the Kentucky Mesonet.