I'm not sure I've ever seen such a rapid disintegration of a tropical cyclone upon landfall. The hot and dry conditions from the recent Exceptional Drought in Texas contributed to an amazingly fast evaporation of the rain associated with Tropical Storm Don, meaning less than an inch of rain to even the wettest locales, and literally no rain to some areas directly under the storm's track.
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The hot and dry conditions from the recent Exceptional Drought in Texas contributed to an amazingly fast evaporation of the rain associated with Tropical Storm Don, meaning less than an inch of rain to even the wettest locales, and literally no rain to some areas directly under the storm's track.
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The Taunton, MA, National Weather Service Forecast Office issued a more complete version of yesterday's storm survey of damage associated with Tuesday evening's storms. See last paragraph for definition of a microburst.
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