ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn News) – The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a Flash Flood Warning for… Houston County in middle Tennessee… Northwestern Humphreys County in middle Tennessee… Montgomery County in middle Tennessee… Northwestern Robertson County in middle Tenne...
Emergency - Houston Flash Flood Emergency - HoustonFlash Flood Emergency - HoustonJeffry S. Evans
Similar early reporting capabilities were demonstrated by VWRs directly to the west of Houston, near the junction of Interstates 69 and 610 (Fig. 6). While Figs. 5 and 6 are similar to Fig. 3, the VWRs reports provided information on flood conditions notably earlier than the reported L...
household, employment status and past flood experience significantly influence flood risk perception. Risk perception determinants also diverse among both communities portray spatial differences. Inadequate protection measures from public authorities and institutions, limited preparedness regarding actions of private...
Flash floods are largely driven by high rainfall rates in convective storms that are projected to increase in frequency and intensity in a warmer climate in the future. However, quantifying the changes in future flood flashiness is challenging due to the
Emergency evacuation has received more attention as an effective tool of flash flood disaster prevention that calls for systematic thinking rooted in natural and social sciences. Although personal factors influencing emergency evacuation decisions (EED) after receiving a flood warning have been widely discu...
1983. The storm brought with it winds up to 100 mph and gusts up to 127 mph. The storm also set off record-breaking numbers of tornadoes in southeast Texas with 14 being reported in one day. Nine more ravaged Houston on day two. In all, 3,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, 21 pe...
A man was rescued from his sinking car on live TV after a flash flood hit TexasDan Turkel
Keywords: modified support vector machine; data-driven probabilistic rainfall-inundation model; flash-flood; early warning; rainfall pattern analysis; rainfall threshold 1. Introduction Flash floods inundate metropolises with intense precipitation within a short time, causing intense damages; moreover, they...
Therefore, it is necessary not only to issue flood warnings in a timely manner but also to identify the community's perception of flash floods and the factors that influence their responses when receiving the warning. The results of a public survey of 418 people in Boulder, Colorado, USA, ...