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<br />TAClE lII-1 <br />~~\JOR STOR~S Of RECORD* <br /> <br />Date Total Rainfall (in.) <br />July 11, ln4 1.00 <br />r~ay 27, 1926 1.07 <br />OctQDer \, 1933 1.19 <br />Septe"lber 25, 1935 1.05 <br />Sept~,,,bp.r 3, 193H !.23 <br />Septer.iber " 1938 1.19 <br />Septell.ber 23. 1941 1.02 <br />Cctouer 20, 1963 1.70 <br />'\clvu~t I, 1%4 1.03 <br />Auuust n, 1964 1.15 <br />Octobl'r 18, 1')';<; 1.32 <br />Jun~ 21, 1967 1.06 <br />S~pte",ber ", 1910 1.50 <br /> <br />LTD. <br />!Rlro~~ ~1J'@)!Rl[(j] ~~ro~oo ~~ <br />[(j]@)~1J'!Rl@)~~ ro!Rl[EfAJ~ <br /> <br />HYDRO-TRIAD, <br /> <br />(Duration) <br /> rm <br /> IiR <br />(10.5 hr.) <br /> IIR <br /> IiR <br />( lSll,jn.) <br /> '" <br />r 17 hr.) <br />r 4hr.) <br />( 3,5 hr.) <br /> rm <br />( 15 ",in.) <br />( 12 hr.) <br /> <br />Do~to~ Montrose wa~ <br />virtually turn~d into a <br />river Tuesday at 3:30 <br />p.~. when a heavy rain <br />andh"Ustormstruck <br />without ~arning...water <br />~as running down th~ <br />streets, overflowing <br />curbs and rushing down <br />the lo~er part of Hatn <br />Stre~t. <br />South Townsend Avenue <br />looked like the Uncompah_ <br />grc River for a time as <br />runoff water rushed down <br />the full length of the <br />street and then rushed <br />vest down Main Street... <br />C3tchbaainB at the east <br />side of the intersection <br />of Main snd UncompahRre <br />wer" cloRged with trash, <br />causing a lake to form <br />across the entire street <br />after the storm. <br /> <br />The Un~ompshgre Valley <br />Water Users Asso~iat1on <br />reported precipitation as <br />1.06inchu. Thbappeared <br />to be the heavi"Bt amount <br />of moisture in One day in <br />June for over 46 years... <br />The storm seemed to come <br />1n from the west or south- <br />west snd head eaBt and <br />circle around to the north. <br />The Lout5enhi.er Canal <br />vhich runa in back of Flat <br />Top had broken, and water <br />carried about a foot of silt <br />over oo~ 12 acre plot of <br />augar beets and ruined the <br />whOle field. <br /> <br />Area Hard Hit by <br />Too Much Rain <br /> <br />* Rd i nfd 11 datd frolll UVWU/, recQrds. ~ec(lrdill~ stat ion lQc~t.ed at <br />6tli dnd Pdr< Avenue i ~ ~lollt rose, (01 or"JQ. <br /> <br />NR: Nut R~c<JI'd~d <br /> <br />FIGUREm I <br /> <br />JUO.ZI,'967 <br /> <br />Greenhouse Hit Hard <br />By Run-Off Waters <br />Durlnq Hail Storm <br />About eIght inches of <br />~3ter ~aa running through <br />the main offi~e of the <br />greenhOUBe... <br />About three hours after <br />the Btorm hit, 6:30 p.m., <br />there ~aa atill ahout four <br />inches of runoff water <br />going down the curb in <br />front of the greenhouse. <br />"Two conditions _dc it <br />bad where we are looated. <br />All the ~urface ~&ter from <br />upper South T~&~nd Ave. <br />naturally runs 10 this <br />direction. <br />"Another ,,-onditon prevents <br />the runoff aurface water <br />from trav~ling ita normal <br />course i8 the fa"-t that much <br />l8nd on th~ aouth of th~ <br />road at th~ r1ver bridge, <br />outsid~ the cIty limit~. h~s <br />h..pn Hll..d in. A.nd thi~ <br />"",keathewaterbackup." <br /> <br />A~9"""3.'964 <br /> <br />Whtl~ the reBt of th.. Storm <br />southw"'H suffers in the ologged <br />grip of ~ drought that "lake~" <br />h3B "-OBt milliona of town. <br />dolldr~, th" M""tLu"" "[~~ Offici"l rainfall for <br />1s trying to dry out from Wedn~sd3Y measured at the <br />one of the wettest SeaBOnB Unco~pahgr~ Valley Water <br />in year9. U.era Asaocidtion vdd 1.15 <br />Torrent. of rain W"dne~_ incheo__. n~8r record fdll. <br />day that added more moisture <br />to alr~ady rain-aoak.d areas <br />hadfa""ersopecul...t1ng <br />loosu. <br /> <br />APRIL,I979 <br /> <br />B....._ubec....e <br />credting D.veral <br />thro"l!hout the <br /> <br />SoU'OI' <br />Mo~_Doil <br /> <br />~'.I> <br /> <br />tOlOUOO aUf. C9.Sf_VllfO. IOUC <br />tm'Offlfl.05[ <br />~~OS[ COU.TT, tOlO~.CO <br />SUMMARY <br />NEWS ARTICLES <br />