http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml
NOAA says that people ask for graphical rather than the text reporting at a 9:1 ratio. So, they answered that request with a rather easy to use system allowing multiple storms to be tracked.
The only thing about rain after a deep drought is that the rain will often times come too fast for the ground to soak it up -- resulting in a totally different problem now that you've gotten the rain.
Hopefully it'll pass with little to no damage....