INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — As rain showers slowly exit the region, a widespread multi-day rainfall event has come to an end, with past 72-hour totals as of 2 PM Sunday, August 2, 2026 revealing two clear “miss” zones where Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Evansville and Owensboro saw notably less rain than the surrounding Midwest and Ohio Valley. For those who missed out on meaningful rainfall, forecasters say the active pattern will continue through the second week of August.
Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Circled as Northern Miss Zone
The first circled “miss” zone covers a pocket stretching from near Kalamazoo north toward Grand Rapids, where 72-hour totals came in noticeably lower, generally under 0.9 inches, while surrounding areas including Lansing, Fort Wayne and Toledo recorded considerably heavier totals in the 2 to 4.5 inch range and higher.
This gap stands out sharply on the rainfall map, with a stretch of green and blue shading, indicating lighter totals, surrounded almost entirely by yellow, orange and red zones representing much heavier rainfall over the same three-day period.
Evansville and Owensboro Form Southern Miss Zone
A second circled “miss” zone stretches from south of Bloomington, Indiana down through Evansville and Owensboro, Kentucky, where totals similarly lagged behind the surrounding region. Meanwhile, areas just to the north, including Indianapolis, Muncie and Kokomo, recorded some of the heaviest totals on the entire map, with pockets exceeding 5.75 inches over the same 72-hour period.
The sharp contrast between these miss zones and the heavier totals surrounding them illustrates how localized this multi-day rain event turned out to be, even within a broadly active pattern across the Midwest.
Active Pattern Continues Into Second Week of August
While this particular widespread rain event has wrapped up as of Sunday afternoon, forecasters say the broader active weather pattern will continue through the second week of August, offering additional chances for the Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Evansville and Owensboro areas to make up lost ground on rainfall totals…