Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-08-15 | Page 12 | 'Cloudburst' is Explained

CLOUDBURST IS EXPLAINED Causes and Information regard regard- regarding retard Inc Ing the th cloudbursts which swept sept parts of oC Utah Monda Monday night caus- caus causIng causing liH caus-liH Ing disastrous floods Is then glen gl en In Inthe inthe Inthe the weekly report of the th United States weather Heather bureau Issued yes yes- yesterday yesterday yes yesterday The Th report states The rapid downpour do of rain which might only wash ash the face tace of oC the earth and be generally beno- beno beno tIdal to growing crops in the saI- saI val valley ley becomes a devastating cloud burst burnt when hen It occurs In a canyon 1 whose hose tides sides collect tho the water quicklY for tor sudden discharge along alonga alonea a limited channel Next ext In Im- Im Importance Importance Im Importance to the steepness and shortness of oC tho the watershed slopes Is the general character of the sur- sur surface surface ur-tac ur face a a barren or glazed closely closely surface otters offers a II minimum of re- re re resistance to the th flow of water Great masses of boulders and e e areas of ot soils carried out of oC o the canyons can ons are aTe unmistakable eviden eIden e evidences Iden- Iden ces of oC heavy flooding in the pact Such natural waterways should be avoided where here practicable In mak- mak making nc mak Ing structural Improvements improvement of all allkind kinds kind for tor what has haa occurred In Inthe inthe the past may Inay occur again arain any time In greater or less severity Where ere Improvements must be placed In such arroyos a II free Cree passage should b allowed for Cor theater the ater water at t all times Only when the tho floIs flow flo Is ob- ob obstructed ob obstructed here her and nd there by fences buildings and other Improvements finally plunging forward freighted heavily with debris Is the de asta devastation devastation tion lion greatest 00 I