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(Redirected from Flash Flood Warning) A flash flood warning (SAME code: FFW) is issued when a flash flood is imminent or occurring in the warned area. A flash flood is a sudden, violent flood after a heavy rain, or occasionally after a dam break. Rainfall intensity and duration, topography, soil conditions, and ground cover contribute to flash flooding.
A flood warning system is a way of detecting threatening events in advance. This enables the public to be warned en masse so that actions can be taken to reduce the adverse effects of the event. As such, the primary objective of a flood warning system is to reduce exposure to coastal flooding.The description of this technology originates from Linham and Nicholls (2010).s stressed above, a flood warning system is not sufficient on its own to reduce risk; peopleâs reactions to warnings â their attitude and the nature of their response â has an important bearing upon the effectiveness of a warning system (Haque, 1995).