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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I MDT, The 3.6 inch storm total was more rain than had been reported to the initial survey team by another local New Raymer resident. Since this was confirmed by two independent NWS gauges, this report should supersede the 2.5" report contained in the CWCB report. Confidence = A Charles Craig 47822 Hwy 71 N, Stoneham T 8N R 56 W Sec. 6 Charles actually had an 8-inch diameter high capacity rain gauge that he was given 25 years ago when he was a volunteer for the National Hail Research Experiment. He reported between 4 and 4.5" from the storm on the 29th. He could not recall the rainfall total from the previous evening. He recalled that the heaviest rains fell west and north of him just a few miles away. His comments included, "When it rained, it came down hard. There was lightning, but not all that intense, The rain seemed warm, and there was no hail." As did many others, he compared this storm to the 1965 storm. That time, the rains were heaviest to the SW, he recalled, and there was tons ofhail and much more lightning, The rainfall intensity, however, seemed similar, Confidence in observation = B Mark Pauling 69295 WCR 106, Stoneham T9N R57W Sec. 10 No gauges but he "guessed" 11" He recalled the rain starting sometime between 7:00 and 7:30 PM MDT on the 29th. Unfortunately, he had no gauges or other collectors. He never had seen such a rain before. It mostly fell straight down, as he recalled, and the clouds hung very close to the ground, It would rain very hard, then let up a bit, then lightning activity (very close) would increase again followed shortly by even heavier rain, As he remembered, the rain was letting up at their location by a little before midnight. Good information, but since no actual measurement taken, the confidence can only be assigned a "C." Colby VanCleave 50985 WCR 135, New Raymer T 9N R 57W Sec. 18, ext SE comer He lives right on Pawnee Creek, but was not home during the storm. He had been in Fort Collins all day helping clean out his mother's flooded basement. (By coincidence, she happens to live right across the street from my house in northwest Fort ColIins,) He did have a relatively high capacity rain gauge, and he recalled having already had a big rain on the 28th -- close to 3.5 inches, When he got home, he found his house flooded, and his rain gauge full to the top at 8.5 inches. He is reasonably sure that the gauge had been emptied, but he rushed off quickly early on the 29th (around 5 AM) when his mother called for help, so he couldn't be absolutely sure. He definitely experienced severe local flooding. Since it appeared that rainfall decreased rapidty west of his location, it appears likely that extremely heavy rains in excess of 8. 5 inches likely did fall at his location. Confidence = B I C 21