Flood Warning

Flood warning

A flood warning or flood alert is the task of making use of flood forecasts to make decisions about whether warnings should be issued to the general public or if previous warnings should be rescinded or retracted. The task of providing warning for floods is divided into two parts: • decisions to escalate or change the state of alertness internal to the flood warning service provider, where this may sometimes include partner organisations involved in emergency response; • decisions to issue flood warnings to the general public.__###newline###__ The decisions made by someone responsible for initiating flood warnings must be influenced by a number of factors, which include: • The reliability of the available forecasts and how this changes with lead-time. • The amount of time that the public would need to respond effectively to a warning. • The delay between a warning being initiated and it being received by the public.

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• Related Topics:  Flood Control, Warning Systems, Hydrology