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<br />(2) A .motel on the we8t side of Granada was inundated <br /> <br />with about 30 inches of'water in all the motel bui,ldings. About 20 <br /> <br />homes vere flooded with depths varying from 6 to 36 inches. About <br /> <br />90 persons vere evacuated and s.ome reJ:Qained out of' their homes for 5 <br /> <br />days. All of the flooded buildings 'Wl!re vest of U.S. Highway' 385. <br /> <br />The flood water floved east on U.S. Highway 50 through Granada but <br /> <br />it vas only curb deep and caused littJ.e damage. <br /> <br />(3) A large tree lodge,d against the railroad bridge <br /> <br />on Wolf Creek and -caused additional debris to collect and restrict <br /> <br />the waterway. The f1.oodflow breached the levee on both sides of U.S. <br /> <br />50 and AT&SF Railvay. The levee bre,aks at the highway were about 2 <br /> <br />feet deep and less than 20 feet long. The levee break on the south <br /> <br />side of the railroad, however, was about 65 feet long and all the way <br /> <br />down to natural ground. Water flowed over 1;he levee betveen the <br /> <br />railroad and U.S. 50 but did little damage except at the hi ghway and <br /> <br />railroad. <br /> <br />e. June 17, 1965. <br />(1) The f1.ood-produci.ng rains of 13..19 June were the <br /> <br />result of a strong' persistent veo.ther pattern that had existed over <br /> <br />the western United States for about 4 months. The general pattern <br /> <br />of the upper-level vindflow vas from the Gulf of Alaska, down the west <br /> <br />coast, across southern California, then t.hrOUgh Ar:i.zona and New Mexico, <br /> <br />and out over the high plains. This general system of upper-sJr <br /> <br />circulation was present throughout the storm period and was most <br /> <br />pronounced during 16-17 June with unseflSonab]y cool air at 20,000 <br /> <br />App, 3 <br />5 <br />