A Good Soaker: 24 Hour Rainfall Totals Over North Dakota

We received some much-needed rainfall over southwest and south-central North Dakota.

The rain began early Saturday evening in southwest North Dakota. We saw a good, steady rain in Bismarck Mandan late Saturday evening, and it continued into Sunday morning.

These showers were desperately needed as two major fires were reported east of Bismarck that began Saturday afternoon.

One was southwest of Moffit and roared to the southwest. Black Hawk helicopters were called in to douse the flames. This fire also closed Highway 1804 for a while Saturday afternoon and evening.

Another controlled burn by the Feds at the Davis WPA turned into a dangerous situation. The burn went out of control, and several rural fire departments battled the flames.

This left at least two volunteer firefighters seeking medical attention for burns. I'm not sure why they would even consider a "controlled burn" considering our dry conditions.

Generally speaking, we received about a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of much-needed precipitation over the area.

More good news: We have more rain and even some wet snow in the forecast for much of North Dakota, including the Capital Region, this afternoon and evening. It could even linger into Monday.

Here are your 24-hour radar estimated rainfall totals for North Dakota, according to weather.us.

Bismarck received .34 of rain. (National Weather Service in Bismarck)

Lake Tchida received .75 of rain. (National Weather Service in Bismarck) *Highest total in the state.

Flasher received .63 of rain.

Elgin received .68 of rain.

New Salem received .43 of rain.

Wilton received .44 of rain.

Hazen received  .37 of rain.

Beaulah received .38 of rain.

Tappen received .25 of rain.

Steele received .35 of rain.

Williston received .23 of rain.

Jamestown received .12 of rain.

Dickinson received .29 of rain.

Minot received .04 of rain.