钟祥县南湖棉花原种场,地处南湖、汉江之间,1983年由于6月下旬至7月上旬连降大雨,特别是7月3—4日10小时的大暴雨,山洪暴发,江水顶托,湖水漫堤,全场4,067亩棉田受淹,占棉田总面积5,700亩的73％。淹水时棉花已进入初花期,四分之一的早发田座桃2—4个,株高60—70厘米,果枝8—12个,蕾16—25个。洪水退后距立 Zhongxiang County, South Lake cotton seed field, is located in the South Lake, between the Han River, in 1983 due to heavy rainfall in late June to early July, especially heavy rains 10 July July 3-4, flash floods, Lake flood embankment, the audience 4,067 acres of cotton fields flooded, accounting for a total area of ​​5,700 acres of cotton fields 73%. When flooding cotton has entered the early flowering, one-fourth of the early hair Taotao 2-4, height 60-70 cm, fruiting branches 8-12, Lei 16-25. Floods stand back