Rain Climate Precip Table 2

Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S.; Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains and the Carolinas

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected to expand further east each day from the southern High Plains to the Tennessee and Lower Ohio Valleys to the Carolinas through Saturday. An area of low pressure in association with tropical moisture will produce periods of heavy rainfall for coastal portions of North Carolina today. Read More >

Table 2. Maximum Expected Rainfall for the Memphis CWA (in inches). RETURN PERIOD RAIN 1 YR 2 YR 5 YR 10 YR 25 YR 50 YR 100 YR DURATION 3 Hour 1.80-2.20 2.25-2.50 2.75-3.25 3.00-3.50 3.50-4.00 4.00-4.50 4.25-5.00 6 Hour 2.25-2.50 2.75-3.00 3.30-3.75 3.75-4.25 4.25-5.00 4.75-5.50 5.00-6.00 12 Hour 2.75-3.00 3.25-3.75 3.75-4.50 4.30-5.25 4.75-6.00 5.50-6.50 6.00-7.50 24 Hour 3.10-3.50 3.50-4.25 4.50-5.30 5.00-6.00 5.75-7.00 6.50-7.75 7.00-8.50 Source: 'Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States', Technical Paper #40, Weather Bureau, May 1961.