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<br />IlZld entered Granada. One breach was ,uong the north side of U.S. <br /> <br />Highve;y 50 and another breach vaS near the north side of the rail- <br /> <br />road. ihe vater caused. e~derable fllougb.ing of the levee near the <br /> <br />railroad and undermined the levee at ths.t point. '!he vater noved <br /> <br />over the fields west of U.S. Higllve;y 385 and across the Granada <br /> <br />Ditch. East of Higllwe;y 385 the Granac1a Ditch brace throU€l1 the <br /> <br />north bank and nowed across the vaU.'Y to the Arkansss River. <br /> <br />(3) The levee breach s,1; the railroad caused SOIll<~ <br /> <br />flooding over U.S. Higllwe;y 385 atld tl~ a few homes in the Ilorth <br /> <br />part of Granada. 'Ihere was no ~ge to the highvllO' and there vas <br /> <br />onl;y minor damage in the urban a.....ea north of the railroad. '!he <br /> <br />breach at U.S. Higllwe;y 50, however, (~aused flooding south of thE! <br /> <br />rai1.road and about 20 homes were dsmaged.. '!he railroad bridge \I'SS <br /> <br />vashed out with only rails and t~es hangi.ng over Wolf Creek. U.S. <br /> <br />Highwe;y 50 bridge over Wolf Creel', 1 milE! west of Granada, WB.<l <br /> <br />overtopped to the bottom of the euarclrlail and was signincantly <br /> <br />damaged. <br /> <br />d. Me;y 13-14, 1958. <br /> <br />(1) Rain began fe.lling b.:tween 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. on <br />13 Me;y and ended about 10 :00 p.m. on the same de;y, It BlIlOUllted to <br />2.85 inches at Granada and extended up the Wolf Creek drainage area <br /> <br />for a distance of 15 to 20 miles in wnounts up to 3 inches. ~he <br /> <br />estimated peak now on Wolf Creek was l7,000 c. f.s. about 1 mile <br /> <br />south of U.S. Highwe;y 50. <br /> <br />App. 3 <br />4 <br />