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Lehigh Valley rainfall totals topped 5 inches in one area. How much did your town get?

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Stephanie Sigafoos
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LehighValleyNews.com
A rainbow forms after a downpour in Allentown on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — More than 5 inches of rain was reported to have fallen in parts of the Lehigh Valley on Sunday, according to official data from the National Weather Service.

The heaviest rain was recorded in Eastlawn Gardens in Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, where 5.10 inches fell.

Tatamy recorded 4.94 inches, Mount Bethel had 4.92 inches and one area in Martins Creek saw 4.85 inches.

Officially, the Lehigh Valley received 2.28 inches at Lehigh Valley International Airport.

Swaths of the Lehigh Valley were inundated by heavy rainfall on Sunday, leading to flash floods and prompting water rescues. Some areas received nearly 5 inches of rain, with a secondary front set to bring more on Monday.

Here are other amounts reported from around the area:

Northampton County

Easton 4.7 WNW – 4.18 inches
Martins Creek – 4.10 inches
Nazareth – 4.04 inches
1 SE East Bangor – 3.48 inches
Forks Township – 3.26 inches
Easton 4.2 W – 3.23 inches
Bethlehem 1.8 NWS 3.15 inches
Bethlehem 2.0 NW – 2.98 inches
Portland 2.7 NW – 2.92 inches
Easton 2.4 N – 2.43 inches
Easton – 2.39 inches
Bethlehem – 1.97 inches
Northampton – 1.27 inches
Bath 1.7 WNW – 1.18 inches

Lehigh County

Fogelsville – 4.28 inches
Breinigsville – 3.29 inches
Bethlehem 1.4 WSW – 3.24 inches
Whitehall – 3.05 inches
Bethlehem – 3.01 inches
Bethlehem 2.5 W – 2.78 inches
Fountain Hill 0.6 SSE – 2.70 inches
Schnecksville 2.7 SW – 2.60 inches
Weisenberg Twp – 2.56 inches
Trexler – 2.35 inches
Lehigh Valley Int’l Airport – 2.28 inches
New Tripoli – 2.24 inches
Whitehall – 1.97 inches
Slatington 2.3 SE – 1.27 inches
Slatington 6.0 WSW – 1.21 inches
New Tripoli – 1.05 inches
Slatington – 1.01 inches