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A lot of interesting discussion in this thread from many angles of the events in Houston. I heard an interesting talk on the traits of a successful engineer given by a past ASCE president. He made a very compelling analogy explaining return period and understanding risk. It goes something like this... ...

As other posters have noted, perhaps traditional historical data may not provide the insight needed to accurately predict frequency of rainfall events. Return period predictions are typically take a "static" approach and do not account for systematic changes. I want to point your attention to a recent ...

Prof. Meadows - DOP, To get back to the original post in this discussion, if you choose to stick to the CN approach, clearly there is a need to adjust CN as soil conditions change during the duration of this event. This will have a major impact on predicted runoff and, in turn, stream flow. I ...