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Like PDS flash flood watches, they are issued by the local NWS Weather Forecast Offices, rather than the Storm Prediction Center. Recently, they have been issued as PDS flash flood emergencies, most notably by the National Weather Service offices in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas.
There are three headlines ordered by severity: "flash flooding likely", "flash flooding possible", or "flash flooding unlikely". [13] Mesoscale discussions (MDs) once were issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for both convective (MCDs) and precipitation (MPDs) events but WPC now covers this heavy rainfall function.
Short-term operational prediction of flash floods is different from that of large river floods in several aspects (Table 1). Notably, short lead times for forecast, warning and response make operational flash flood prediction challenging, while they also make it a hydrometeorological problem (rather than a purely hydrological prediction problem).
Most of the rain will be beneficial amounts, but heavier and persistent showers could trigger flash flooding. NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center has posted a Level 2 out of 4 flash flood risk for ...
Another significant bout of heavy rain is expected over the same areas Thursday, raising the alarm for forecasters at the Weather Prediction Center who warned “considerable and significant flash ...
Following an eruption of severe weather in the Plains Tuesday and Wednesday, an expansive area of the southern United States will be at risk for potentially damaging thunderstorms Thursday. Severe ...
This type of watch is usually only reserved for forecast "high-end" flash flood events. Flash flood warning FFW – Flash flooding—either indicated by Doppler weather radar or stream gauges, or reported by Skywarn spotters or local emergency officials—is occurring, imminent, or highly likely in the short term. A flash flood is a flood that ...
A broad zone of 2-4 inches of rain is forecast along the southern Atlantic coastal plain, with local amounts of 8-12 inches. However, the downpours will occur in a zone with a five-week deficit of ...