WEATHER SITUATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODS DURING 1972

Floods during 1972 resulted from a variety of meteorological causes, and some were only partially the result of extreme weather events. One flood that was not caused by a major weather event occurred on Buffalo Creek in West Virginia in February; and, although precipitation of moderate to heavy amounts occurred over a fairly large area, the major flooding resulted primarily from dam failure. Of the other major flood events, one resulted from snowmelt during extremely warm periods, four resulted from more or less isolated thunderstorm convective shower activity, three were the result of widespread precipitation associated with active frontal systems, one was the result of precipitation from a tropical storm, and a final one was the result of strong winds around the Great Lakes with possibly some supplemental flooding caused by the associated rain. Several flood events are discussed.

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• Authors:
  • Miller, John F
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 5-11
• Monograph Title: Highways and the catastrophic floods of 1972
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 479
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dams; Failure; Floods; Meteorology; Rain; Rainfall; Snowmelt; Storms; Thunderstorms; Weather; Wind
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Old TRIS Terms: Dam failures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159564
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309022657
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM