NAC535.080. “Probable maximum flood” defined.  


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  • “Probable maximum flood” means a hypothetical flood whose magnitude is:

         1. The largest that could be expected from the most severe combination of critical meteorologic and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably possible for the region in which a dam is located; and

         2. Such that there is virtually no chance of its being exceeded.

     (Added to NAC by St. Engineer by R124-02, eff. 5-30-2003)