FLOOD11044

• County: Arapahoe
• County: Douglas
• Stream Name: Cherry Creek Reservoir
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Probable Maximum Precipitation Study for Cherry Creek Reservoir - Technical Review - Final Report
• Date: 8/1/2003
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: Applied Weather Associates, LLC
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Figure 3.13 Transpositioned, Rotated and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for 22
the Storm of June 17-18, 1965 - Holly Center, Storm Rotated
30 Degrees Around Basin Centroid - 200 Degree Storm Axis
Figure 3.14 Transpositioned, Rotated and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for 23
the Storm of June 17-18, 1965 - Holly Center, Storm Rotated
60 Degrees Around Basin Centroid - 230 Degree Storm Axis
Figure 3.15 Transpositioned, Rotated and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for
the Storm of June 16, 1935 - Plum Creek Center, Storm Rotated 24
30 Degrees Around Basin Centroid - 200 Degree Storm Axis
Figure 3.16 Transpositioned, Rotated and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for
the Storm of June 16, 1935 - Plum Creek Center, Storm Rotated 25
60 Degrees Around Basin Centroid - 230 Degree Storm Axis
Figure 3.17 Figure 3.3 from HMR 55A, Range of inflow wind directions for 30
PMP type storm. Inflow wind directions for storms
producing large precipitation amounts have been added from
NOAA Atlas 2
Figure 3.18 Three-dimensional view for various inflow vectors for the
Cherry Creek basin 32
Figure 3.19 Multi-directional profile lines for the Cherry Creek Basin 34
Figure 3.20 North (N) terrain profile 35
Figure 3.21 Northeast (NE) terrain profile 36
Figure 3.22 East (E) terrain profile 37
Figure 3.23 Southeast (SE) terrain profile 38
Figure 3.24 South-southeast (SSE) terrain profile 39
Figure 3.25 South (S) terrain profile 40
Figure 3.26 Terrain elevation map of the Palmer Divide and other significant
moisture barriers 41
Figure 3.27 Terrain profile of the eastern boundary of the Cherry Creek
drainage basin including the Cherry Creek stream profile 42
Figure 3.29 Terrain profile of the western boundary of the Cherry Creek
drainage basin including the Cherry Creek stream profile 43
Figure 4.1 Number of Maj or Storms Per Month 48
Figure 4.2 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of June 2-6, 1921 51
Figure 4.3 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of June 2-6, 1921 Centered in the Cherry Creek Basin 52
Figure 4.4 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of May 30-31,
1935 "A" Centers 54
Figure 4.5 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
Of May 30-31, 1935, "A" Centers Centered on the
Cherry Creek Basin 55
Figure 4.6 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of June 30-31,
1935 - "E" Centers 58
Figure 4.7 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
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