Presentation Summary
- Case studies of extreme floods in Texas during October 1994 and June 1997 are used to illustrate the capabilities for analysis of flood hydrology using GIS and remote sensing observations of precipitation.
- The October 16-17, 1994 storms in southeastern Texas resulted in record flooding in Spring Creek and Kickapoo Creek. The Spring Creek and Kickapoo Creek storms exhibited striking contrasts in storm structure and motion. The Kickapoo Creek storm produced a flood peak at 148 sq. km. drainage area that was above the envelope curve of flood peaks for the Texas Coastal Plain.
- The June 22, 1997 storm near the Balcones Escparpment produced a flood peak of virtually identical unit discharge in Seco Creek, a 117 sq. km. catchment in the Edwards Plateau physiographic province.