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Site Location (City/Town) Raleigh

Watershed Basin Id. 101

Total Drainage Area 10

Subarea A (acres) 6
Subarea A Runoff Coefficient 0.45 Runoff Coefficient
Subarea B (acres) 4
Subarea B Runoff Coefficient 0.15
Subarea C (acres)
Subarea C Runoff Coefficient
Subarea D (acres)
Subarea D Runoff Coefficient
Weighted Runoff Coefficient 0.33

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Step 4.
2-year Rainfall Intensity, i (in/hr) 0
10-year Rainfall Intensity, i (in/hr) 7.08

Q2 Flow (cfs) 0
Q10 Flow (cfs) 23.4
Table 8.03b: Value of Runoff Coefficient (C) for Rational Formula

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Step 3. Time of Concentration

Overland flow Tc -- Kinematic Wave Theory

Length of overland flow 400.0 feet
Mannings "n" for surface 0.020 Manning's n
Average watershed slope 0.030 ft./ft.
Constant alpha 12.9
Constant m 1.67
Weighted Runoff Coefficient 0.33

Shallow Conc Flow Tc

Slope 0.03
Length of Conc Flow 0
V (unpaved) 2.8

Channel/Pipe Flow Tc
Slope 0.03
Length of Channel/Pipe Flow 0
R 0.8
n 0.04
V 5.6

Tc Overland (min) 5
Tc Shallow Conc (min) 0.0
Tc Channel/Pipe (min) 0.0
Tc Total (min) 5.0

1) Enter the rainfall intensity values for the corresponding times of duration in the
table below. Rainfall intensity can be found from the following NWS hyperlink:
http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/orb/nc_pfds.html

2) Select the rainfall Intensity that corresponds to the trial time of duration that
is equal to or less than the calculated time of concentration.

3) Copy the selected rainfall intensity into cell below.

2-year Rainfall Intensity, i (in/hr)
0-year Rainfall Intensity, i (in/hr) 7.08

Trail Time of Duration Rainfall Intensity Calculation of Time

tr (min) (IDF), i (in/hr) of Concentration,
 tc (min)
5 7.08 6.67
10 5.66 7.30
15 4.78 7.81
30 3.46 8.89
60 ( 1 hour) 2.25 10.56
120 ( 2 hours) 1.33 13.03
180 ( 3 hours) 0.95 14.91
360 ( 6 hours) 0.98 14.72
720 (12 hours) 0.34 22.49
1440 (24 hours) 0.21 27.27
Surface Manning's n

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