Opinion ID: 2032266
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Text: Calvin Naegelin, a meteorologist, testified that the storm in question produced 3 to 5 inches of precipitation in the area of West Raeville Road in question in a 3- to 5-hour period, with the most significant rainfall intensity likely taking place between 8 and 11 p.m. Testimony of other witnesses revealed that rainfall on September 3, 1989, in areas around West Raeville Road, varied from 2.08 inches to 5.5 inches or more. Keith Schumacher testified that the September 3, 1989, storm produced the hardest rain he could recall. Kathy Beckman testified that it had rained extremely hard for 45 minutes to 1 hour and that when she traveled across the culverts on West Raeville Road on the night of September 3, 1989, followed by her parents, who were concerned for her safety, she observed standing water at levels she had never seen during the 9 years she had lived in the area. Diederich testified, upon the storm data available from September 3, 1989, that it was his opinion the storm could be classified anywhere between a 10- to 100-year storm.