Foothills locations have really started drying out the past few weeks. 10 day rainfall looks pretty meager too (although the GFS and Euro don't agree). Could be a dry fall unless we get tropical systems. We shall see.
I have noticed the past 5 or 10 years the days when we are in a high severe risk have almost always been duds. Today's storms did produce 1.06 rain but very little wind, no hail, and hardly any lightning.