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What happens if heavy rain falls on heavy snow?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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This can create a significant flooding concern. Initially the rain will be absorbed and saturate the snow pack completely, but after that it will all runoff in addition to melting snow as it falls. So in other words, you may end up adding both the amount of rain that fell with the snow water equivalent of the snow pack to the hydrologic system, which could overwhelm it...

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