FLOOD00419

• County: Jefferson
• County: Park
• Community: Buffalo Creek
• Title: The Buffalo Creek Flash Flood of July 12, 1996 Draft - A Reconstruction of Rainfall and Meteorology
• Date: 7/12/1996
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: Henz Meteorological Services
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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LIST OF FIGURES

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FIGURE 1 Location of the town of Buffalo Creek 2
FIGURE 2 Map of Buffalo Creek Watershed 3
FIGURE 3 Surface observations for 805PM (0205Z), July 12, 1996 7
FIGURE 4 SkewT, LogP diagram of 600PM Denver sounding 8
FIGURE 5 Example of radar and rainfall maps 10
FIGURE 6 Severe storm log of NWS for July 12, 1996 11
FIGURE 7 Track of 5 level or greater echo area for
Buffalo Creek storm from 715PM to 900PM 15
FIGURE 8 Storm 3 total rainfall from 739PM to 913PM, the
Buffalo Creek Flash Flood 16
FIGURE 9 Storm total rainfall in Buffalo Creek basin
on July 12, 1996 17
FIGURE 10 Storm total rainfall for July 12, 1996 storm 19
FIGURE 11 Storm total rainfall for August 7, 1996 storm 20
FIGURE 12 Storm total rainfall for August 8,1996 storm 21
FIGURE 13 Storm total rainfall for August 23, 1996 storm 22
FIGURE 14 Storm total rainfall for September 14, 1996 storm 23

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