Irene has moved out of the Mid-Atlantic states and into New England and she will likely be remembered most for producing flooding rains.
3 to 5 inches of rain fell along the Interstate 95 corridor between Baltimore, Washington and Fredericksburg. Further east, record amounts of rain have fallen:
30 Day Rainfall Totals Across the National Capital Region:
Parts of the Mid-Atlantic from the eastern suburbs of Washington and Baltimore to Philadelphia and New York will likely break their all time rainfall records for August. *** Nearly 20 inches of rain has fallen from roughly Church Hill, MD (east of Baltimore MD) across the Delaware Bay into southern New Jersey (Salem, Alloway, and Woodstown NJ).
DC Storms 