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Table 4.  Database of precipitation associated with landslides that occurred during the 2002-2003 wet season in Seattle and vicinity.
(see Table 1 for landslide location, time of occcurrence, and descriptive information)

Landslide
No.
Inferred date/time
of occurrence
Source of precipitation
data
3-day (72 hr)
precip. prior to
landslide
(inches)
15-day precip
prior to 72 hr
precip. (inches)
Peak 6 hr intensity
during 72 hr period
prior to landslide
(in/hr)
Time of peak 6-hour
 intensity (hours prior
to landslide occurrence)
Approx.distance
(rain gauge to
landslide,
miles)
1 11/23/02 (~9:00 a.m.) Seattle rain gauge no. 14 0.07 3 0..01 66 1
2 1/2/2003 Bremerton, WA (NWS) 1.03 - 4.04 3.55 - 6.44 * * 2
3 1/24/03 (morning) Seattle rain gauge no. 1: * * * * 2
3 Seattle rain gauge no. 8: 1.50 - 1.63 1.29 - 1.63 0.09 37 - 50 4
4 1/25-26/03 Issaquah Middle School
(AWS SchoolNet)
1.0 - 2.57 2.08 - 2.33 * * 3
5 2/4/2003 (3:00 a.m.) Seattle rain gauge no. 1 0.23 2.84 * * 5
6 3/22/03 (evening) Woodward Middle School
(AWS SchoolNet)
1.23 - 1.63 4.04 - 4.39 * * 2
7 3/22/2003 Seattle rain gauge no. 7 1.11-1.45 3.04-3.38 * * 1

* Precipitation data and(or) time of occurrence information is missing, undetermined, or insufficient

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