For the Ames NWS COOP site at the ISU Ag Farm southwest of town, the two day precipitation total from the deluge last week came in third largest on record for the site. The site reported a 24 hour total of 2.17" for the afternoon report on Friday and then 4.20" on Saturday. The heavy rainfall events took a break on Monday for Iowa with Tuesday expected to be mostly dry as well. Storms will return Wednesday and likely produce locally heavy rainfall totals again with ample moisture around and slow storm motions.