WEATHER NOTE: Unusually Heavy 24-Hour Rainfall at Workman Creek 1, Arizona
- 1 March 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review
- Vol. 100 (3) , 206-207
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1972)100<0206:uhrawc>2.3.co;2
Abstract
On Sept. 5, 1970, 10.99 in. of rain fell in 1 observational day at the National Weather Service cooperative station known as Workman Creek 1, Ariz. A 30-yr series of observations is analyzed to estimate the return period of this unusually large rainfall amount. It is concluded that the return period for this event is well in excess of 500 yr.Keywords
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