NAME =  Ms. Zhao Jin  
ORGANIZATION =  The Hydrological Bureau of the Huaihe River Commission, MWR, P.R.China  
ADDRESS =  No 41 West Fengyang road, Bengbu, 233001, Anhui Province, P.R.China  
COUNTRY =  P.R. China  
PHONE =  +86-552-3092261  
FAX =  +86-552-3092263  
E-MAIL =  zhaojin@hrc.gov.cn  
POSTER_ONLY =  no  
THEME =  T2  
DATE =  30-Jul-04-20:09:33  
ABSID = T2MZJ30Jul04200933 
TITLE = Analysis of the rainstorm and flood of 2003 in the Huaihe River Basin 
AUTHOR_1 = Zhao Jin 
INSTITUTION_1 = Huaihe River Commission,MWR,China 
PRESENTER = AUTHOR_1 
AUTHOR_2 = Qian Mingkai 
INSTITUTION_2 = Huaihe River Commission,MWR,China 
AUTHOR_3 = Xu Hui 
INSTITUTION_3 = Huaihe River Commission,MWR,China 
AUTHOR_4 = Cheng Xingwu 
INSTITUTION_4 = Huaihe River Commission,MWR,China 
AUTHOR_5 = Xu Shijin 
INSTITUTION_5 = Huaihe River Commission,MWR,China 
ABSTRACT =   In the Meiyu period form June 20 to July 12 in 2003, a wide, intensive and lasting rainstorm occurred in the Huaihe River Basin as the complex result of synoptic system, caused a flood with a high water level in the main stream of the Huaihe River and its tributaries at the same time. The main stream of Huaihe River was over its the warning level, the highest water levels for the middle reaches form Zhengyangguan to Huainan were higher than that in history and created the recorded ones. The maximal discharges in the reaches of downstream from wangjiaba were more than those in 1991.
This paper analyzed on the characteristics of the weather, the synoptic causation about the heavy rain, and the condition of incident precipitation and subsequent discharge. The paper expatiated upon the conditions of the flood of 2003 by using the achievement of the restoring computation of runoff of the flood, comparing with the conditions of the historic flood (for example the flood of 1954 and 1991) in Huaihe River Basin. The result indicated that the maximal water quantity in moving 30 days and 60 days at main stations of the stream of the Huaihe River was about once per 10 - 30 years (i.e. the return period is 10~30 years ) respectively. It concluded that the flood of 2003 in Huaihe River Basin was the second largest since 1949 and it was less heavy than that in 1954.