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SCS Storm Types

Thread starter RWF7437
Start date Nov 18, 2003

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Nov 18, 2003

RWF7437

Civil/Environmental

As you probably know, the SCS, now NRCS, developed four storm types ( hyetographs ) for 24 hour storms in the US in the 1970s. These are documeneted briefly in TR-55.

Does anyone know where to find the detailed documentation for these storm types ? If it is a public document (likely) is it still in print ?

I'm very much interested in the methodology used by SCS and the reasoning behind the adoption of each storm type for various regions of the US.