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<br /> <br />.." " <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Highway No. l!6 runs eastward from (tering, erossing the Geripg Main <br />Drain three miles east of the tovm, The Union PB.cifi.c Railroad lino fol- <br />lovrs the right bank of the north Platte River through the vall'eyj and a <br />spur, line serves the valley, eepecially in hauling sugar beets to the fac- <br />tory (see plate No, 2 for exact location). <br /> <br />19, Storm .of H.18 June 1947. The 17 June, 6:00 p,m. synoptic map <br />shm~ed a cold front moving across the North Platte River valley with the <br />frontjat the surface; oriented in an east-west direction near Scottsbluff, <br />nebraska. There was intonse thunderstorm activity along this front, with <br />a 6torm c",ntering over Gering Valley. A "bud:et survey" of tho storm area <br />indicated that approximately ten inches of rain fell in the storm center <br />at the head of Gering Valley between 6:00'p.m. on 17 Jurw (\nd 7:00 a.m. on <br />i8 June, with approximately eight inches falling during a three-hour period, <br />-ending at 9:00 p.m., 17 June (see isohyetal map, plate No.2). According <br />to oDservers the storm, preceded by thunder and an electrical display, ap- <br />proach~d from the east at about 5:30 p.m. The rainfall was light until <br />about 7:00 p.md when tho.wind shifted to' the northeast and the intensHy <br />of rainfall increased to "cloudburst" proportions; lasting until about 9:00 <br />p.m. Tho upper portion of Gering Valley had four inches or more of rain- <br />fall during the night of 17 June. The reports of rainfall in Mitohell <br />Valley, to the north; indicated that it was heavy in only a small area. '. <br />Very little infonnation was obtained south of the rnnge of hills in Pumpkin <br />Creek Valley; however, the high.water marks on Pumpkin Creek, along High- <br />way No~ 29, indicated only a small increase.in discharge had occurred as' <br />a result of this storm. Table No. ~ presents pertinent rainfall data ob- <br />tained from the "buck",t survey". <br /> <br />TABLE 2. Rainfall Depths in storm of 17-18 June 1947 <br />Gering Valley, Nebraska <br /> <br />No. Location <br /> <br />Inches <br /> <br />Type of <br />measurement <br /> <br />1 T21N, R5ffiV, S9, <br />Soottsbluff County, <br />Nebraska <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Oil drum <br /> <br />.~6- <br /> <br />Remarks <br /> <br />5" vms measured by Mr. <br />Oberlander at 8:00 p.m. <br />on the 17th after the <br />heaviest rainfall. On <br />the morning of the 18th <br />there was a total of 7u. <br />Mr. Oberlander comments <br />that rain started at <br />6:00 p.m. on the 17th <br />and waS unbelievably <br />heavy, but believes it <br />was worse on bluffs to <br />the south. Wind from <br />E at first, then from <br />mf. . <br />