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The plots below show the 24-hour accumulated rainfall (06z-06z) from HDOBS for teh the week running up to the peak of the flood. Several days were really wet in northern-central France but the worst day was 30 May with many station above 40 mm and some over 60 mm in the Seine catchment.
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The plots below show the EFI adn and SOT for precipitation valid 29 May to 31 May (72 hours). At least from 26 May a strong signal was present and from the 24 and 25 May the areas of high EFI values were shifted somewhat east.
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