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Old 25-02-2012, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by jjjnettie View Post
169mm of rainfall has been recorded at Cooroy in the 1 hour to 10:30pm.
127mm of rainfall has been recorded at Mount Tinbeerwah in the 1 hour to 10:30pm

That's nearly 7 inches of rain in just one hour for Cooroy.
for cooroy you now have a 1:100 flood event

Location : 26.425S 152.925E
Rainfall total : 169 mm
Duration : 60 minutes
Rainfall intensity: 169 mm/h

Average Recurrence Interval(ARI) of greater than or equal to 100 years.

Average Exceedance Probability(AEP) estimate of less than 1%.
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