With the ground now dried out from Tropical Storm Arthur's June deluge, what remains, with some erosion and lots of mosquitoes, is a record-breaking rainfall tally.

This hurricane season's first named storm brought a record daily rainfall for June 18 to Mobile at 4.49 inches, breaking the previous record for this date of 2.34 set in 2004, according to National Weather Service-Mobile meteorologist Stephen Miller.

Miller said the storm was a 1-in-30-year rainfall event for parts of central Mobile and north Baldwin counties.

At the agency's partner collection sites, Bay Minette got 5.38 inches of rain on June 19. Between June 15-21, Miller said one report in the area came in at 10.68, another at 12.01 and another at 12.18 inches.

He said Spanish Fort reported 10.11 inches; Loxley marked 9.45 inches; Fairhope reported 8.38 inches; and Daphne between 8.11 and 8.4 inches of rain.

The largest brunt of the storm was dumped in Stone County, Mississippi, which saw upwards of 15 inches, most of which fell in a three-six-hour period. On average, Miller said, that level of extreme rainfall occurs in that area every 200 years.

Along with reports of minor power outages in the area, Fairhope Public Utilities reported sanitary sewer overflows at two manholes on Thursday, June 18, due to heavy rainfall over a short period. One occurred at the intersection of Portico Street and Fairhope Avenue, while the other occurred at the intersection of Dogwood Avenue and Valley Street.

In Daphne, the public works department cleaned drainage areas before the storm hit. The city did "very well," according to Mayor Robin LeJeune, who said a tree fell in Whispering Pines early in the day but was quickly cleared by city workers.

In Spanish Fort, however, some residents raised concerns over the lack of noise from the city's tornado sirens.

As the storm made its way through the area on the night of Thursday, June 18, some residents noticed that the city's tornado alert system installed across Spanish Fort did not go off.

According to NWS, Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency notified the agency that a brief EF-0 tornado touched down on Hwy. 225, west of Bay Minette, Thursday evening between Kilcrease Road and Green Jordan Road between 7:21-7:22 p.m. It carried peak winds of 85 mph, the maximum for an EF-0, took a .27-mile path and spun 75 yards wide. There were no reported injuries.

In a statement on social media posted Friday, June 19, Spanish Fort Mayor Brad Bass said that several years ago, city leaders opted to retire the previous outdoor warning siren system due to aging technology and evolving modern emergency communication practices, saying "technology has significantly changed the way emergency alerts are delivered to the public today."

Bass emphasized the outdoor warning sirens were originally designed to alert people who are outdoors, not in indoor spaces such as in homes, schools or businesses. He urged residents not to rely on just one alerting method.

"Today, modern construction, air conditioning systems, television and everyday background noise often make sirens difficult, if not impossible, to hear indoors," Bass said. "Emergency management professionals across the country now strongly recommend a layered approach to weather alerting, meaning every household should have multiple ways to receive warnings."

Bass said Spanish Fort and other communities have evaluated the cost, effectiveness and reliability of outdoor warning sirens, noting the systems require significant infrastructure and can be expensive to install and maintain. However, he said he and city council are continuing to evaluate what would best serve residents.

During the storm, river flooding was a main threat to the Baldwin and coastal Alabama area. Three rivers were under Flood Warning.

Styx River crested on Saturday, June 20, at 17.82 feet near Elsanor, which was considered major flood stage. Flood stage is 12 feet, according to NWS data. Miller said an upstream monitor near Loxley recorded 22.87 feet late Friday, and one near Seminole marked 13.37 feet.

Stockton resident Susan Burger said water spread across the back portion of her property during the storm, reaching about 20 feet into level ground. Because her home sits on a hill, the flooding did not cause major damage, though it did leave behind erosion.

"My grandson waded with boots into the water. It came almost to his knees," Burger said. "This is one of the few times water has ever flooded us. We had no loss, just erosion."

Another Stockton resident, Laureen Harms, who owns property on the Tensaw River downstream from where several creeks meet the river, said she worries about what increased runoff could mean for her family's way of life.

"I do have a fear of runoff and how it would impact my part of the river," Harms said. "My family utilizes this river for fishing, crabbing and frogging, which we love to consume."

She said preserving the health of the river is important because many residents depend on the river both for recreation and as a source of food.

Fish River reached moderate flood stage at 14.04 feet on Friday near Silverhill, and Perdido River crested at 18.05 feet near Barrineau Park.