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<br />Table 2. Summary of historical storm rainfalls - ~ray. Colorado <br />Rainfall <br />ilnches) <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />_ d <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />JulyZl,1932 <br />M.ty30,1935 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />>j;,,;i;:::. <br />..,.,...~.<;'" <br /> <br />Julyll,1941 <br />Sep.22,1941 <br />Sep.l&2,1942 <br />Apr. 27,1947 <br />May14,1951 <br />Sep.7,19Sl <br />Aug. 11,1956 <br />Mayl,1958 <br />June 30 - July 1, 1962 <br />June17&18.1965 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />'~"" <br />...~,-'" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-,.:-- -- <br />.'- <br />- <br /> <br />-.".. <br /> <br />..' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Fig. 3. May 1958 flood. View downstream of U.S. Highway <br />385 bridge. Shopping center Is now located in <br />area to left of picture. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />3.50 <br />1.15 <br /> <br />1.60 <br />2.68 <br />4.33 <br />6.60 <br />3.56 <br />1.25 <br />1.55 <br />3.10 <br />4,88 <br />1.47 <br /> <br />July 28 & 29, 1966 3.61 <br /> <br />Remarks <br /> <br />R~infalls lip to 9 1nches in <br />2 hours recorded in bas1n to <br />the south. <br />Yuma staUon recorded <br />1.58 Inches. <br />Four to S inch centers in adja- <br />cent basins. <br />3.34 inches recorded at YlIma. <br />Oamage to crops and buildings <br />downstream of Wray reported. <br /> <br />6 inch centers reported to the <br />west and sOllth. <br /> <br />Extreme rainfall amounts of up to <br />14 inches recorded in basins <br />to the west. <br /> <br />The maximum rainfall of record for ~ray, the storm of April 27, <br />1947. is documented in the following excerpt from the KMonthly <br />Weather Review~ published by the Weather 8ureau: <br /> <br />"One of worst storms -in many years. 6.60 inches <br />of rain recorded. Many persons forced to leave <br />home and flee from high water which poured off <br />surrounding hills and ran through town. 6.8 <br />inches of hail, as measured on the level, was <br />c~rried by floodwaters and built into banks 5-6 <br />feet deep against obstructions. Holes pounded <br />in roofs; cellars flooded a few inches up to B <br />or more feet. Somehornesfloodedwithseveral <br />feet of water, hail, and debris. Almost no home <br />in Wray escaped entirely from damage. Automo- <br />biles parked at curbs were floated up a bloc~, <br />carried over curbs. and slammed aga1nst trees. <br />llghtserv1cewasnotaffected." <br /> <br /> <br />Fig. 4. <br /> <br />May 1956 flood above Wray. <br />stock at rlght of plctllre. <br /> <br />Note strandea live- <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br />