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

of May 30-31, 1935, "E" Centers Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 59
Figure 4.8 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of May 30-31,
1935 - "D" Centers 61
Figure 4.9 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of May 30-31, 1935, Hale Center Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 62
Figure 4.10 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of June 16, 1965 65
Figure 4.11 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of June 16, 1965, Plum Creek Centers Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 66
Figure 4.12 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of June 17, 1965 69
Figure 4.13 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of June 17, 1965, Falcon Center Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 70
Figure 4.14 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of June 17-18,
1965 - Holly Center 73
Figure 4.13 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of June 16-18, 1965, Holly Center Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 74
Figure 4.16 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of July 3, 1981 77
Figure 4.17 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of July 3, 1981, Frijole Creek Center Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 78
Figure 4.18 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of
July 27-29, 1997 81
Figure 4.19 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of July 27-28, 1997, Fort Collins Center Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 82
Figure 4.20 Total Storm Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm Event of
July 29-30, 1997 84
Figure 4.21 Transpositioned and Basin-Clipped Isohyetal Pattern for the Storm
of July 27-28, 1997, Pawnee Creek Center Centered in the
Cherry Creek Basin 85
Figure 5.1 Chronology of May 30-31, 1935 Flood Event Hourly Rainfalls for
Individual Rain Cells Producing 10" Total Rain or More 88
Figure 5.2 Locations of Zone A through Zone D for the May 30-31,
1935 storm. 90
Figure 5.3 Temporal rainfall distribution of the Fort Collins, CO storm of
July 27/28, 1997 92
Figure 5.4 Comparison ofNWS Site Specific PMP(NWSSSS) to
Eastern Colorado Extreme Precipitation Events 94
Figure 5.5 Cloud layer winds (blue) and sub-cloud layer winds (red)
compared to the isohyetal pattern for the June 16 - 17, 1965
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