I moved my Tempest once again to a much more stable location. The neighbors removed a big pine tree, which opened the spot up for me. It's solid now. The "jury rigged" clothesline prop was a bit shaky, and I thought if we got a good enough windy thunderstorm that it might come down. It's not going anywhere here, but is still above the fence, and a bit farther away from the house.
The only explanation I have is that I'm a jinx. My wife told me they used to get good storms all the time. Then I moved here and since then, not so much.
Actually, I do remember 2006. We got that 16 inches in 4 days. It prompted nearly half the town to be evacuated because they thought the Tuscarora Dam was going to fail as the water from the lake was flowing over the top because they couldn't initially get the flood gates open.
On a regional level, I think the flooding rains were over hyped a bit. Locally, I'm sure some places saw torrential downpours and some street level flooding, but otherwise, in my travels from Allentown to Tamaqua, it was not much of anything.
That map perfectly depicts what I've been saying for about a month now. While it does show 1.5 to 2 inches in eastern Schuylkill, the heaviest rain, if the map were to verify, would be the usual north of I-80/south of I-78 scenario.