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au covering the entire period during whichautomatic self-recording rain gages havebeen in service. Table I shows the cumula-tive amounts of rainfall in these excessivestorms. These rainfalls were then adjustedso as to show the precipitation as rates ofrainfall in inches per hour for each… … This curve represents the rates of maxi-mum intensity of rainfall which may be ex-pected, based on 15 years records of rainfalltaken with automatic gages. A curve of ordinary intensities, one whichshould be the basis of design, was then cal-culated and plotted, passing through and overstorms of…
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