Streamflow can rise quickly during an even modest storm.
![Bar/line chart showing streamflow and rainfall for Dec 24, 2002 at Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Georgia.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/wss-sw-stormflow-peachtree-creek-dailyflow.gif?itok=OuBDbwXo)
Detailed Description
On Dec. 24, 2002, about two inches of rainfall fell in the Peachtree Creek watershed. This provides a good example to describe streamflow characteristics during a storm since the rain fell for only a few hours on that day and Peachtree Creek was at base-flow conditions before the rain started.
The chart below shows rainfall, in inches, during each 15-minute increment on Dec. 24th and the continuous measure of streamflow, in cubic feet per second (ft3/s).
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