Comparison of generalized estimates of probable maximum precipitation with greatest observed rainfalls

Riedel, John T.; Schreiner, L. C. (Louis Charles), 1941-

i

Comparison of generalized estimates of probable maximum precipitation with greatest observed rainfalls

1980
By Riedel, John T. ; Schreiner, L. C. (Louis Charles), 1941-
Series: NOAA technical report NWS 25

Select the Download button to view the document

Please click the download button to view the document.

Details

Personal Author:

Riedel, John T. ; Schreiner, L. C. (Louis Charles), 1941-
Corporate Authors:

United States. Office of Hydrology. ; United States. National Weather Service. ; Northeast Watershed Research Center (U.S.).
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service)
Description:

This study summarizes known storms of record over the United States east of the 105th meridian and west of the Continental Divide that have point or areal rainfall depths that are _> 50 percent of PMP. More than 240 storms met this criteria. The storms are identified and percentages of PMP are shown on maps. Some judgement on the relative magnitude of PMP in the two large regions is given by comparison of the ratios of PMP to 100-yr return period rainfall. Such ratios for 24 hours range from 4 to 6 east of the 105th meridian. For the western mountainous states, these ratios are as low as 2 in the more mountainous locations and as high as 6 in the desert and sheltered spots.
Keywords:

Rain And Rainfall Storms Rain And Rainfall
Series:

NOAA technical report NWS 25
Format:

PDF
Document Type:

Technical Report
Place as Subject:

United States
License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 Public Domain
Compliance:

Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:5974d14eec588561fd14c7a3b74dcbcc0bb2a1df366d06ba47314ee272c211e6
Download URL:

https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/52340/noaa_52340_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 22.01 MB ]

ON THIS PAGE

Details

The NOAA IR serves as an archival repository of NOAA-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by NOAA or funded partners. As a repository, the NOAA IR retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.