Status update, for anybody that cares (if you don't, there's an unsubscribe function up there in Thread Tools...)
Sunday afternoon, Jul 2, there was a 5-minute shower at my house. I had not gotten an email alert.
Last night (overnight Mon/Tue Jul 30/Aug 1) there was some rain, but all done by morning. I did not get an alert.
I just got an alert today though "PM Showers Tomorrow". Looking at tomorrow's forecast, I'm seeing max 5% chance of rain (and 15% right now). We'll see if there's actually any rain, I doubt it, even though it has been oddly humid lately.
Today's alert is the 2nd one I have ever gotten, the other was back on May 5.