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<br /> <br />COIl.f'S Of ENGINffRS <br /> <br />U. S. ARMY <br /> <br />TfIr; CLI_~:\T" <br /> <br />REGIONAL STORM RAINFAll <br />EXPERIENCE-MAY 1935 <br /> <br />The CU'M'te o~ 'tile )en'-",r ,-eginn is s"ml.~rid. fl.'.'eroge ~r",'~~l <br /> <br />DENVER RAINFALL <br />CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />NEAR KIOWA, <br />COLORADO <br /> <br />REPUBLICAN <br />RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />preeipit"t~on ~t Jenver is 13.8 inches. However, ~~~~"l preci?it~tion <br /> <br />h~s v~ried from 22.96 inrtes to 6.27 i"r~"eB. :!omRlly, 3eve~ty perce"t <br /> <br />of the 'n~uql prec"~lt~tin~ nec~rs d~"ing the spring ~od $~_me". <br /> <br />~ <br />< <br />0 <br />Z " <br />Z o' <br />< wO <br />w 00 0 <br />0 .x "- <br />< O. 'Z <br />. UN o- <br />w w 0' <br />~ 'Z h <br />.~ .U <br /> Ow NZ <br /> ., Z~ <br /> -Z <br /> ~w 'U <br /> .0 "" " <br /> w< " . <br /> " 0 <br /> < xo . <br /> Uz 0 0 <br /> 'Z 0 . <br /> < x ~ <br /> ~ Z <br /> Z " <br />" <br />w " " w <br />. w W . <br />U x x U <br />Z U U , <br /> Z Z <br />~ ~ <br />N " 00 . 0 <br />- ~ N N N <br /> <br />" <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br />. <br />o <br />o <br />. <br />. <br />N <br /> <br />STon~s <br /> <br />,. <br />I <br /> <br />" <br />. <br />o <br />o <br />x <br />. <br />N <br /> <br />Z <br /> <br />,loo~-producing r~noff mqy result from the generRl r"ins over lnrge <br /> <br />nre8s, typicRl o~ th~ s~ring se~~on, 0,. from the thunderstO~5 of the <br /> <br />S'Jmmer months Nhieh <br /> <br />, <br />yield high-intenslty, short.d~rqtion r~lnf~ll. <br /> <br />Z <br /> <br />HISTORIC MAXlfV~S <br /> <br />The ~~ximum 24-hour rsinfAll re~or~ed ~t Denver ~~s 6.)3 inches in <br /> <br />~~y lc70. The ~~xim'~ 2~-ho~r sno~f~ll recorded ~t Denver w~s 23 inches <br /> <br />in April 1885. <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />STORM CENTER......)' '\ <br />AVERAGE FOR 10 SQ. MILES <br />EQUIVALENT TO SANO & TOLL GATE ORAINAGE AREA-l?l SQ. MILES <br />EQUIVALENT TO PLUM CREEK ORAINAGE AREA-324 SQ. MILES <br /> <br />" <br />w <br />. <br />U <br />Z <br /> <br />" <br />w <br />. <br />U <br />Z <br /> <br />STQk\' RA!:'WALL POTE'/TtAl, <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />Tn" storms of _,,~y lii-,S .nd Y~y 1935 illu.st,.ate the mOre extreme <br /> <br />"',J.ll~"ll ..h:I'Lhb ~hid, eqn occur in t:~e Denver are". Tnt.' storm of M~y <br /> <br />1933 i6 oae of th" ""r""t.,st stonns of ,."cord in the vnit~<.i St"t"s. !t <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />occ~rr"d Over the Kiow~ Cr""k ~nd R~pub~ic~n River b~sins, coveri~ ~n <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />are~ of 5,000 SqUAre miles ~ith ~ver~ge r~inf~ll depths of 4 inches io <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO <br />DENVER METROPOlITAN REGION <br />flOOD PLAIN INFORMATION STUDY <br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER <br />STORM RAINFAll <br />U. S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, OMAHA <br />CORPS OF ENGINEERS OMAHA, NEBRASKA <br />OCTOBER 1963 <br /> <br />24 hours. One stn,.~ center occurred ten miles so~th of Kio~R. Color~do, <br /> <br />~ fe~ miles e1st of the Cherry Creek ~~tershed. At this cente,., 24 <br /> <br />inches of rain feil Nithtn ~ four_hour p~T!od. Th~ ~v~r~g~ r~lnf11J for <br /> <br />~ ten sqllllre mil" nre~ ~t its cetlter ~"s 20.(; itlches in six hours. <br /> <br />Although this storm occ~r~ed o~tside the Denver 1ren, there 1s no kn~n <br /> <br />meteorological f~ctor which would p,."vent its occ~rrcnce in tte Denver <br /> <br />rnetrop(llit~n region. "1gure 3 1l1~str~t"s Den\Cer's previous 1'~lnf~ll <br /> <br />experience in relation to r~inr~ll experienced d~ring the MBY 1935 storm. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />FIGUREJ <br />