Rainfall/Watershed Relationships for Southwestern Thunderstorms

ABSTRACT DEPTH-AREA relationships for thunderstorm rainfall were developed from 20 years of record from dense raingage networks in Arizona and New Mexico, using the National Weather Service method described in NOAA Atlas 2. The relationships are compared with similar previously published ones. Relationships also were developed to indicate the distribution of storm rain-fall over a watershed. This information could be valuable to agencies, groups, and individuals involved in water resources design and evaluation for climatologically similar areas.