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<br />(2) A motel on the west side of Granada V&8 inundated <br /> <br />feet. By 14 June the:l.ncre&Singllurfacepress~1I over the central <br /> <br />with about 30 inchee of vater in &ll the OlOtdbuiUingll. Abollt 20 <br />homes were flooded with depths varying trom 6 to 36 inches. About <br /> <br />plains, coupled with & lov_preS'''lre area centered over Chihuahus., <br /> <br />Meldco, indllced an innO>l of moist Gulf air into north<'!astern New <br /> <br />90 persons "ere evs.cuat<'!d and aome remained Ollt of their ho",.... for 5 <br /> <br />Meldco&lld<'!asternColorll.do, d"",,"ing it IIp age.1nst the Iloe);;r Mounte.1ns <br /> <br />dsyB. All of the flood<'!d blllldingll w<'!re west of U.S. Highv/ly 385, <br /> <br />beneath the cold air alort. '!his combination of surface and upper <br /> <br />'!he flood water tlow<'!d east on U.S. Hi/YlW/Iy 50 through Granada but <br /> <br />airconditionsresllltedin<'!xtreznelyunstabl<'!atlOOstilericconditiollll <br /> <br />itwaaonl,ycurbd<'!epandcallsedlittleds.mage. <br /> <br />and reinforced bY' lnechanic&1 llrting and convergence prodllC<'!dph<'!l1o- <br /> <br />(3) A large tree lodged sgaillllt the rail1'oad bridge <br /> <br />lnens.lrsill8 and tremendous floods. <br /> <br />On lIolt Cr..ek and callsed addition&1 debris tocollect&lldrestrict <br /> <br />(2) Heavy rains occurred over the Ilpper Fountsin <br /> <br />the waterYay-. The !'loodflO>l bre&ched the levee on both s1des of U.S. <br /> <br />Creek and contiguous arees <br /> <br />, <br />and over the ri01t bank tributariss ot the <br /> <br />50 and AT&SF Rallw"1f. '!he levee breaks at the highway- were about 2 <br /> <br />Arkansas River in Colora40 east ot Rocky Ford. In southe""tern <br /> <br />feet deepe.ndlesa than 20 teet long. '!h<'!lev'!!ehreakon thesollth <br /> <br />Colorado therewll8 anl8-1neb 8tO:rm celt<'!r over 80uth<'!m Pro\t<'!rs <br /> <br />sid.. of the railrosd, h""ever, was abollt 65 teet long and all th<'! way- <br /> <br />GountY', and II l6-inch cent<'!r over eastern Provers County', A supple_ <br /> <br />down to natural ground. 'dater nawed oV"!!r the leve" b"tyeel1 the <br /> <br />!l1eTltsl rainfall report insouthernPrOll'ers CO\IQty', 28milee SSEot <br /> <br />e. June17,.l2i2.. <br /> <br />Lamar, indicated 15.5 inches ot precipitation 1'rolIl midnight until <br />2:00 p.m. on 16 J"un<'!. Holly ~Tted "" 24-hour total ot ll.o8 inches <br />bj" 6:00 a,m. On the 17th. '!he gaee at Granada ~corded 5.38 inCh"'" on <br /> <br />raUrol!.d Md U.S. 50 but did little d&J!l!lge except at th~ highway and <br /> <br />l"e.ilroad. <br /> <br />(.:.) The !'loool-produclngrsillG ofB-19 JuneW"erethe <br /> <br />the 17th with a m.&ld.mum inte""ity ot 1 inch in "'" hour. <br />(3) D....pite complete control ot the Arkanus River at <br /> <br />result ofastrong-p"l"SisteontW"eatherpattemthathad..xist..dover <br /> <br />the "estern United States for about 4..onths. 'Ihegener!l1pattern <br /> <br />John Martin D&lIl, treml.'ndOUll inflow from tr1butarlee bew<'!en the dam <br /> <br />of the lipper-level windfl"'" WM frOlC th.. Gulf of Alaska, down th.. "est <br /> <br />and the Colorado-KllIlall8 atat.. line produced unprecedented flOVll in <br /> <br />coast, acrOllS aollthern Callforni&, then thro\lll1l Arizona and Ne;r Mexico, <br /> <br />the Arkanaas River. lIolt Creek prodllced a peak now ot 35,300 e.f.s. <br /> <br />and out o~r th<'!high plaill8. '!his general system of upper_sir <br /> <br />Juat above State !ligbw"", llT, llbOut 9 snd one-halt mil.... southwest <br />ot Granada. '!his tloodflov breached th<'! levee west ot Gr8ll&da and <br /> <br />circulationw&apl'eaentthrOUgholltthestormperiodandws.soost <br />pronounced during 16_17 June with unseasonably cool sir at 20,000 <br /> <br />!1oodedthetownwithdepths upto6 teet. <br /> <br />App.3 <br />5 <br /> <br />....3 <br />6 <br />