Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Applied Aviation Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
1982
Abstract/Description
A climatology of heavy precipitation events for the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia is developed from 10 years (1968-1977) of Hourly Precipitation Data. Hourly precipitation events are categorized by severity, ranging from 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) in one hour or less (Type 1) to 4 or more inches (greater than 10.2 cm) in eight hours or less (Type 4). Hourly distributions of heavy precipitation events indicate that intense rainfalls of short duration occur most frequently during the afternoon and evening hours; whereas Type 4 events, which pose the most serious threat of flash flooding occur most often during the night and early morning hours in the central and eastern United States.
Publication Title
National Weather Digest
Publisher
National Weather Association
Scholarly Commons Citation
Crysler, K. A., Maddox, R. A., Hoxit, L. R., & Muller, B. M. (1982). Diurnal Distribution of Very Heavy Precipitation Over the Central and Eastern United States. National Weather Digest, 7(1). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/265
Additional Information
Dr. Muller was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.