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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Dewain Shapley 70589 WCR 112, Stoneham T ION R 56 W Sec 25 SE ?? (near corner of Highway 71 and WCR 112) His gauge overflowed so no firm estimate available, He recalls a lot of thunder and lightning, but no hail. He described lightning as "sheet lightning, n It was still raining at . his location when he went to bed around midnight. He guessed the rain was over between 1:00 and 2:00 AM on the 30th. Les and Virginia O'Hare 60480 WCR 135, New Raymer T 11N R57W See32NW I spoke with Virginia, She recalls never having seen so much rain. On the evening of the 28th, she recalled about an inch ofrain. Then on the 29th she remembers the heaviest rains falling after dark with lots of lightning, especially south and southeast of them. Their cone-shaped gauge had 6" when they measured it the next morning. That is about all that it holds, but it was not full to the top, so she thought that was their total. Confidence = B Steve O'Hare 63743 WCR 131, New Raymer T llN R 58 W See 13 Only 3.5" fell at Les and Virginia's son's house approx 4 miles northwest of them. Confidence = B Jim and Deb Walker 56432 WCR 135, New Raymer T8N R57W Sec 18 Their ranch is located directly west of the Kuglers in an area for which apparently no rain reports were obtained by the original survey teams, However, based on flooding on the South Pawnee Creek near and downstream from their ranch, there definitely appeared to have been very heavy rains. Deb and daughter were not at home that night, and Jim was there alone. He provided fairly detailed information. He recorded 3 inches of rain the previous evening (28th) which was enough to get the creek flowing. He was confident he had emptied the gauge. He remembers the rain began on the 29th around 9:30 PM while he was on the phone with his wife and daughter who were in Toronto, Canada for a special basketball competition, The rain was heavy from the very beginning and did not let up. There was absolutely no hail and almost no wind that he could remember, The , lightning was frequent and with loud thunder. It was still raining hard at 1 :30 AM (he couldn't get to sleep because of the sound -- and concern for flooding). He went out to their rain gauge at that time and found it full to the top with 6 inches. He emptied it, and then checked it again in the morning and found another 3 inches. As lightning illuminated the valley, he could see the Creek running at least one-quarter mile wide. His personal estimate from the rain gauge and local flood damage was that at least 10 inches of rain had fallen at his place. He also guessed that the rain was heaviest just south 19