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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Summary and Conclusions It was an extremely interesting experience to conduct a storm analysis a full year after the event. Overall, I felt that I was successful in assembling very good information suitable - for improving upon the original rainfall analysis for the storm, However, very few of the observations were so confident as to earn an "A" rating. While it was possible to make reasonably confident estimates of the storm rainfall pattern, uncertainty still exists regarding exactly where, when and how much rain fell. There were still a few residents of the area that could have been surveyed, but there was not enough time in this study for further field work. Also, the farther away from the storm center, the poorer were the memories of the storm. The results of the rainfall analysis and review are contained in Table 1. This survey strongly suggests that locally very heavy rains fell farther south and west of the storm center than was indicated in the preliminary analysis. At the same time, this survey failed to uncover information to better define rainfall patterns just east of the storm center in western Logan county. Considerably uncertainty remains as to the limits of the heaviest rains in excess of six to eight inches in Logan County. Observations and interviews from residents of that area provided only marginal verification of actual rainfall patterns. Table 1, List of locations and rainfall amounts for the storm of July 29-30, 1997. Location T R See 9 56 3 9 57 14NW 9 57 16SE 10 56 20SW 10 56 29SE 10 56 28 11 56 35 9 56 8SE 9 56 27 Storm Rainfall (inches ) original verified Confidence Reason for change 15.1 12-14 est. 13,5 13.75 14 12 B B B 12 9 est, C 11 9.5 B 6 6+ 6 6+ 15 4 or 4.5 4.5 C C D B 23 Possible gage splash Cheeked his notes Subtracted previous day's rain Subtracted previous rain and corrected for shape of bucket Subtracted previous day'srain Gauge overflowed Gauge overflowed No observation found Observer's memory July 28 }blinf::a11 1.3 DNA 1.5 1.5 1.5 DNA DNA NA NA