Flood alert
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Flood alerts are issued by weather agencies to alert residents that flood conditions are a possibility.
Types of flood alerts in the United States
In the
landfalling tropical cyclones
, is possible.
Flood alerts in other countries
In
heavy rainfall warning
, which indicates rainfall amounts that could produce flooding are expected, has basically the same meaning as a flood watch.
In Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology issues a flood watch that covers similar conditions to Flood Watches in the United States. However, they are known by slightly different names in some areas.
In Europe, there is the
European Flood Awareness System and the commercial product including app and data services FloodAlert
.
See also
References
- ^ "Flash Flood Watch definition". National Weather Service. 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Flood Emergencies Solution: Flood Forecasting and Warning Service". Bluemont. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
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