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with Kevin Myatt

And the rains came ...

1:15 p.m.

It looks like a good 1-2 inches of much needed rain was common across the area this morning, with some locally heavier amounts.

It came a bit harder and faster than would have been ideal, but we'll take what we can get. This rain was probably enough to make at least a sizeable dent in the long-term drought, though it wasn't a cure for it, and certainly should quell the fire danger for a while. We'll see some more showers and maybe a few more rumbles of thunder the rest of today.

Later this evening I'll post some official amounts as they are reported. In the meantime, feel free to email me or add a comment to this post reporting how much rain you received this morning, and noting any effects of the heavy rain you have observed.

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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States."

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