Use caution with the USGS rapid deployment gauges that are listed. They use tipping buckets and are likely being affects by the wind, therein produce artificially higher rainfall amounts.
ILM has produced a mesonet for non-traditional sites. As power fails, the sites will stop reporting: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ILM&product=OSO&format=TXT&version=1&glossary=0
Took the wife back fishing at Pleasant Valley Fire Department. She hooked countless large panfish and a 2lb largemouth bass (her first!). I lost easily a 5lb + bass myself.