Flash Flood Bibliography

Abderrezzak, Kamal El Kadi , André Paquier and Emmanuel Mignot, 2009. Modeling flash flood propagation in urban areas using a two-dimensional numerical model. Natural Hazards, Vol. 50, 433—460.

Keywords: Urban flash flood; Shallow-water equations; 2-D depth-averaged model; Dam-break wave

Alexandrov, Yulia, Jonathan B. Laronne, and Ian Reid, 2003. Suspended sediment concentration and its variation with water discharge in a dryland ephemeral channel, northern Negev, Israel. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 53, 73—84.

Keywords: ephemeral channel; flash floods; suspended sediment; hysteresis

Alexandrov, Yulia, Jonathan B. Laronne, and Ian Reid, 2007. Intra-event and inter-seasonal behaviour of suspended sediment in flash floods of the semi-arid northern Negev, Israel. Geomorphology, Vol. 85, 85—97.

Keywords: Suspended sediment; Flash flood; Runoff; Hysteresis; Semi-desert; Arid zone;

Dryland

Anderson, Richard M., Victor I. Koren and Seann M. Reed, 2006. Using SSURGO data to improve Sacramento Model a priori parameter estimates. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 320, 103—116.

Keywords: SSURGO data; STATSGO data; A priori parameter estimation; Sacramento hydrologic model; Calibration; Distributed modeling; Flash flood forcasting

Baker, Victor R. 1975. Flood hazards along the Balcones Escarpment in Central Texas: Alternative approaches to their recognition, mapping, and management. Geological 75-5 Circular, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas-Austin.

Belmonte, Ana M. Camarasa, and Francesca Segura Beltrán, 2001. Flood events in Mediterranean ephemeral streams (ramblas) in Valencia region, Spain.

Keywords: Ephemeral streams; Hydrograph analysis; Runoff events; Rainfall–runoff relations; Spatial variability; Transmission losses

Benight, C., E. Gruntfest, M. Hayden, and L. Barnes, 2007. Trauma and Short Fuse Weather

Perceptions. Environmental Hazards, 7, 220-226.

Keywords: Trauma; Flash flood; Short-fuse weather disaster

Berling, Robert L., 1978. Disaster response to flash floods. Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, Vol. 104, 35—44.

Keywords: flash flood; emergency response; damage assessment

Blöschl, Günter, Christian Reszler, and Jürgen Komma, 2008. A spatially distributed flash flood forecasting model. Environmental Modeling & Software, Vol. 23, 464—478.

Keywords: Forecasting; Parameter identification; Kalman Filter; Floods; Distributed modeling; Stream routing; Model accuracy; Dominant processes concept

Bocheva, Lilia, Tania Marinova, Petio Simeonov, and Ilian Gospodinov, 2009. Variability and trends of extreme precipitation events over Bulgaria (1961–2005). Atmospheric Research, Vol. 93, 490—487.

Keywords: Heavy precipitation events; Variability; Bulgaria

Bonnifait, Laurent, Guy Delrieu, Matthieu Le Lay, Brice Boudevillain, Arielle Masson, Philippe Belleudy, Eric Gaume, and Georges-Marie Saulnier, 2009. Distributed hydrologic and hydraulic modeling with radar rainfall input: Reconstruction of the 8–9 September 2002 catastrophic flood event in the Gard region, France. Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 32, 1077—1089.

Keywords: Hydrologic extremes; Flash flood; Weather radar; Quantitative precipitation estimation; Distributed hydrologic modeling; hydraulic modeling; Scale dependence

Bomar, G.W. 1980. A review of Texas' weather in 1979—The year of devastating tornadoes and flash floods. Texas Department of Water Resources Report LP-134, 627 p.

Bouilloud, Ludovic, Guy Delrieu, Brice Boudevillain, and Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, 2010. Radar rainfall estimation in the context of post-event analysis of flash-flood events. Journal of Hydrology, In press, Corrected proof.

Keywords: Extreme rainfall events; Flash-floods; Radar quantitative precipitation estimation

Bourrin, F., P.L. Friend, C.L. Amos, E. Manca, C. Ulses, A. Palanques, X. Durrieu de Madron, and C.E.L. Thompson, 2008. Sediment dispersal from a typical Mediterranean flood: The Têt River, Gulf of Lions. Continental Shelf Research, Vol, 28, 1895—1910.

Keywords: Flash-flood; Sediment transport; Hypopycnal river plume; Têt River; Gulf of Lions; Northwest Mediterranean

Braud, Isabelle, Hélène Roux, Sandrine Anquetin, Marie-Madeleine Maubourguet, Claire Manus, Pierre Viallet, and Denis Dartus, 2010. The use of distributed hydrological models for the Gard 2002 Flash-Flood event. Analysis of associated hydrological processes. Journal of Hydrology, In press, Accepted manuscript.

Keywords: Flash floods; Distributed modeling; Soil variability; Hydrological processes; Saturation excess; Infiltration excess; Model inter-comparison

Cao, Zhixian, and Zhiyuan Yue, 2007. Comment on “Investigation of the hydrodynamics of flash floods in ephemeral channels: Scaling analysis and simulation using a shock-capturing flow model incorporating the effects of transmission losses” by S.M. Mudd, 2006. Journal of Hydrology 324, 65–79. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 336, 222—225.

Keywords: Flash flood; Flood propagation; St-Venant equations; Infiltration

Carpenter, T. M., J. A. Sperfslage, K. P. Georgakakos, T. Sweeney, and D. L. Fread, 1999. National threshold runoff estimation utilizing GIS in support of operational flash flood warning systems. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 224, 21—44.

Keywords: Hydrology; Flash floods; Forecasting; Distributed modeling; Geographic information systems; Radar

Carrara, A., P. Frontero, D. Maio, S. Rizzi, 1992. An integrated system for forecasting Arno River flash floods. Natural Hazards, Vol. 5, 179—197.

Keywords: riverine flood; flash flood; risk assessment; meteorology; hydrology; computer application; foreign planning; emergency management; decisionmaking; forecasting; warning systems

Chen, Chien-Yuan, 2009. Sedimentary impacts from landslides in the Tachia River Basin,

Taiwan. Geomorphology, Vol. 105, 355—365.

Keywords: Landslides; Sedimentary deposits; Frequency-size distribution; Power–law

Chen, Shien-Tsung, and Pao-Shan Yu, 2007. Real-time probabilistic forecasting of flood stages. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 340, 63—77.

Keywords: Probabilistic forecasting; Flood stage; Support vector regression; Fuzzy inference; Defuzzification

Chiang, Yen-Ming, Kuo-Lin Hsu, Fi-John Chang, Yang Hong, and Soroosh Sorooshian, 2007. Merging multiple precipitation sources for flash flood forecasting. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 340, 183—196.

Keywords: Recurrent neural networks; Satellite-derived precipitation; Merged precipitation; Bias adjustment; Flood forecasting

Chiaravalloti, Francesco, and Salvatore Gabriele, 2009. Vibo Valentia flood and MSG rainfall evaluation. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 93, 286—294.

Keywords: IR/rain rate relationship; Rainfall estimates; Convective rain; Satellite imagery; Meteosat; Medium–small catchments

Choudhury, Nusha Yamina, Alak Paul, and Bimal Kanti Paul, 2004. Impact of costal embankment on the flash flood in Bangladesh: a case study. Applied Geography, Vol. 24, 241—258.

Keywords: Coastal embankment; Flash flood; Reconstruction; Chokoria; Matamuhuri; Bangladesh

Chu, Y., C. Salles, F. Cernesson, J.L. Perrin, and M.G. Tournoud, 2008. Nutrient load modeling during floods in intermittent rivers: An operational approach. Environmental Modeling & Software, Vol. 23, 768—781.

Keywords: D-PoL model; Water quality model; Rain driven; Dissolved nutrients; Intermittent rivers; Pollutant load; Flood event; Distributed modeling

Clarke, Anthony Orr, 1991. A boulder approach to estimating flash-flood peaks. Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Vol. 28, 45—54.

Keywords: arid region; riverine flood; flash flood; hydrology; forecasting; risk assessment; engineering geology

Costa, John E., 1983. Paleohydraulic reconstruction of flash-flood peaks from boulder deposits in the Colorado Front Range. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 94, 986—1004.

Keywords: flash flood; hydrology; historical survey

Cras, A., V. Marc, and Y. Travi, 2007. Hydrological behaviour of sub-Mediterranean alpine headwater streams in a badlands environment. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 339, 130—144.

Keywords: Hydrograph separation; Oxygen-18; Mixing diagrams; Streamflow processes; Badlands; Mediterranean

Das, Krishna Kaveri, D. Panda, R.K. Sarkar, J.N. Reddy, and Abdelbagi M. Ismail, 2009. Submergence tolerance in relation to variable floodwater conditions in rice. Environmental and Experimental Botany, Vol. 66, 425—434.

Keywords: Chlorophyll; Floodwater characteristics; Non-structural carbohydrate; Oryza sativa

Demuth, J., E. Gruntfest, S. Drobot, R. Morss, and J. Lazo, 2007. Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS): Building a Community for Integrating Meteorology & Social Science. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 1729-1737.

DenOuden, Bob. “Without a second’s warning” The Heppner flood of 1903. Available from: http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/105.1/denouden.html (last accessed 04/27/2010)

Domingo, F., L. Villagarcía, M. M. Boer, L. Alados-Arboledas, and J. Puigdefábregas, 2001. Evaluating the long-term water balance of arid zone stream bed vegetation using evapotranspiration modeling and hillslope runoff measurements. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 243, 17—30.

Keywords: Retama sphaerocarpa; Evapotranspiration modeling; Dry river bed; Semi-arid environment; Flash flood; Lateral water input

Downton, M., R. Morss, E. Gruntfest, O. Wilhelmi, and M. Higgins, 2005. Interactions Between Scientific Uncertainty & Flood Management Decisions: Two Case Studies in Colorado Environmental Hazards, 6, 134-146.

Drobot, S., C. Benight, and E. Gruntfest, 2007. Risk Factors for Driving into Flooded Roads.

Environmental Hazards, 7, 117-134.

Duclos, P., O. Vidonne, P. Beuf, P. Perray, and A. Stoebner. 1991. Flash Flood Disaster Nîmes, France, 1988. European Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 7, 365-371.

Keywords: Flood; France; Disaster; Epidemiology; Health effects; Planning

England, John F., Mark L. Velleux, and Pierre Y. Julien, 2007. Two-dimensional simulations of extreme floods on a large watershed. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 347, 229—241.

Keywords: Flash floods; Flood design; Rainfall runoff; Extreme storms; Probable Maximum Flood; Dam safety

Foody, Giles M., Eman M. Ghoneim, and Nigel W. Arnell, 2004. Predicting locations sensitive to flash flooding in an arid environment. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 292, 1—4.

Keywords: Flash flood; Remote sensing; Hydrologic model; Land cover

Fovell, Robert G., 2009. Some heavy convective precipitation and initiation forecasting issues. Lecture notes from the Fourth WMO International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV), Beijing China, 22 October 2008.

French, J., R. Ing, S. Von Allmen, and R. Wood. 1983. Mortality from flash floods: A review of national weather service reports, 1969-81. Public Health Reports, vol. 98, (November December), 584-588.

García-Pintado, Javier, Gonzalo G. Barberá, Manuel Erena, and Victor M. Castillo, 2009. Calibration of structure in a distributed forecasting model for a semi-arid flash flood: dynamic surface storage and channel roughness. Journal of Hydrology, in press. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.024.

Keywords: Hydrological modeling; Distributed modeling; Structural errors; Time-varying parameters; Semi-arid; Flash flood; Radar hydrology; Agricultural watershed; Depression storage; Channel flow resistance; GLUE; Storm motion

Gaume, Eric, Marc Livet, Michel Desbordes, and J. -P. Villeneuve, 2004. Hydrological analysis of the river Aude, France, flash flood on 12 and 13 November 1999. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 286, 135—154.

Keywords: Flash flood; Extreme event; Hydrological modeling; Post-flood investigation; Hydrological analysis

Gaume, Eric, Valerie Bain, Pietro Bernardara, Olivier Newinger, Mihai Barbuc, Allen Bateman, Lotta Blaškovičová, Günter Blöschl, Marco Borga, Alexandru Dumitrescu, Ioannis Daliakopoulos, Joachim Garcia, Anisoara Irimescu, Silvia Kohnova, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Lorenzo Marchi, Simona Matreata, Vicente Medina, Emanuele Preciso, Daniel Sempere-Torres, Gheorghe

Stancalie, Jan Szolgay, Ioannis Tsanis, David Velasco, and Alberto Viglione, 2009. A compilation of data on European flash floods. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 367, 70—78.

Keywords: Floods; Flash flood; Extremes; Database; Atlas; Regional analysis

Gaume, E., L. Gaál, A. Viglione, J. Szolgay, S. Kohnová, and G. Blöschl, 2010. Bayesian MCMC approach to regional flood frequency analyses involving extraordinary flood events at ungauged sites. Journal of Hydrology, in press, corrected proof.

Keywords: Flash floods; Regional flood frequency analysis; Bayesian MCMC; Ungauged

extremes; Slovakia; France

Georgakakos, Konstantine P., 2006. Analytical results for operational flash flood guidance. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 317, 81—103.

Keywords: Flash floods; Hydrologic modeling; Real-time prediction; Model uncertainty

Georgakakos, Konstantine P., 1986. On the design of national, real-time warning systems with capability for site-specific, flash-flood forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 67, 1233—1239.

Keywords: flash flood; warning systems; forecasting

Georgiev, Christo G., and Gergana Kozinarova, 2009. Usefulness of satellite water vapour imagery in forecasting strong convection: A flash-flood case study. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 93, 295—303.

Keywords: Intense convection; Water vapour imagery; Potential vorticity analysis; NWP error

Groper, Herbert S., 1979. Flash floods, a new initiative. Journal of Civil Defense, Vol. 12, 16—18.

Keywords: flash flood; preparedness; federal planning; warning systems

Gruntfest, E., 1982. Assessment of Research on Individual Behavioral Response to Warnings of Extreme Events. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Real Time Operation of Hydrosystems, Water Resources Publications, 35-43.

Gruntfest, E., 1986. Pre-Flood/Post-Flood Mitigation Planning: The Manitou Springs, Colorado Case International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters, November.

Gruntfest, E., 1987. Warning Dissemination & Response with Short Lead Times Flood Hazard Management British & International Perspectives, edited by J. Handmer, Geo Books United Kingdom, 191-202.

Gruntfest, E., 1990. Assessing Programme Effectiveness: A 1987 Report on Warning Systems in the USA Hazards & the Communication of Risk edited by J. Handmer & E. Penning-Rowsell, Gower Technical United Kingdom, 195-203.

Gruntfest, E., 1993. Summary of the State of the Art in Flash Flood Warning Systems in the US Prediction & Perception of Natural Hazards edited by J. Nemec et al., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 119-124.

Gruntfest, E., 1994. Flood Disaster Relief, Rehabilitation, & Reconstruction in Coping with Floods edited by G. Rossi, N. Harmancioglu & V. Yevjevich NATO ASI Series Kluwer Academic Publishers, 723-733.

Gruntfest, E., 1994. The Technological Dilemma in Flood Loss Reduction: Lessons from the 1993 Summer Midwestern Floods in The Image of Technology Selected Papers from the 1994 Conference Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery edited by W. Wright & S. Kaplan, 295-299.

Gruntfest, E., 1997. What We Have Learned Since the Big Thompson Flood: Twenty Years Later (editor) published by Natural Hazards Research & Applications Information Center Boulder Special Publication, 33.

Gruntfest, E., 1999. The Social & Economic Impacts of Extreme Floods published in Proceedings US-Italy Workshop on the Hydrometeorology Impacts & Management of Extreme Floods edited by J. Salas

Gruntfest, E., 1999. Flash Floods in the United States in Storms edited by R. Pielke, Jr. & R. Pielke,

Sr. Routledge, 192-207.

Gruntfest, E., 2000. Nonstructural Mitigation of Flood Hazards in Inland Flood Hazards: Human, Riparian & Aquatic Communities edited by E. Wohl Cambridge University Press, 394-410.

Gruntfest, E., T. Downing, and G.F. White, 1978. Big Thompson Flood Exposes Need for Better

Flood Reaction System to Save Lives. Civil Engineering, February, 72-74.

Gruntfest ,E., and John Handmer, 2000. Coping with Flash Floods book & chapters Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2001, edited collection Based on the findings from the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Ravello, Italy, November 8-18, 1999 (w. J. Handmer)

Gruntfest, E., and C. Huber, 1989. Status Report on Flood Warning Systems in the United States. Environmental Management, 13, 279-286.

Gruntfest, E., and C. Huber, 1991. Toward a Comprehensive National Assessment of Flash Flooding in the United States, Episodes, March, 26-35.

Gruntfest, E., and S. Jennings, 2003. Flooding in Handbook of Weather, Climate & Water edited by Potter & Colman (eds) Wiley Interscience, 691-705.

Gruntfest, E., and D. Pollack, 1994. Mitigation & Litigation: Lessons from the St. Louis 1993 Flood Update Water Resources, April, 1994, 40-44.

Gruntfest, E., and A. Ripps, 2000. Reducing Loss Susceptibility in Flash Floods in Floods edited by D. Parker Routledge, 377-390.

Gruntfest, E., and M. Weber, 1998. The Internet as a Tool: Implications for Emergency Management & Disaster Mitigation. International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters, 16, 55-72.

Francisco Gutiérrez, Mateo Gutiérrez, and Carlos Sancho, 1998. Geomorphological and sedimentological analysis of a catastrophic flash flood in the Arás drainage basin (Central Pyrenees, Spain). Vol. 22, 265—283.

Keywords: catastrophic storm; flash flood; alluvial fan; Central Pyrenees

Hayden, M., S. Drobot, E. Gruntfest, C. Benight, S. Radil, and L. Barnes, 2007. Information Sources for Flash Flood Warnings in Denver, CO & Austin, TX Environmental Hazards, 7, 211-219.

Hong, Song-You, and Ji-Woo Lee, 2009. Assessment of the WRF model in reproducing a flash-flood heavy rainfall event over Korea. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 93, 818—831.

Keywords: Heavy rainfall; WRF model; Flood forecast; Cloud-resolving model; Orographic effect

Hsu, Ming-Hsi, Jin-Cheng Fu, and Wen-Cheng Liu, 2003. Flood routing with real-time stage correction method for flash flood forecasting in the Tanshui River, Taiwan. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 283, 267—280.

Keywords: Unsteady flow; Flash flood; Flood forecasting; Real-time stage correction; Least-squares method; Over-determined problem

Huber, T., and E. Gruntfest, 1983. Flood & Avalanche Hazard in Colorado: Political Implications of the New Federalism. Environmental Management, 7, 505-510.

Javelle, Pierre, Catherine Fouchier, Patrick Arnaud, and Jacques Lavabre, 2010. Flash flood warning at ungauged locations using radar rainfall and antecedent soil moisture estimations. Journal of Hydrology, in press, accepted manuscript

Kim, Gwangseob and Ana P. Barros, 2001. Quantitative flood forecasting using multisensor data and neural networks. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 246, 45—62.

Keywords: Neural networks; Convective weather systems; Weather classifier; Quantitative

flood forecasting

Knocke, E.T., and K.N. Kolivras, 2007. Flash flood awareness in southwest Virginia. Risk Anal. Vol. 27, 155—169.

Koutroulis, Aristeidis G., and Ioannis K. Tsanis, 2010. A method for estimating flash flood peak discharge in a poorly gauged basin: Case study for the 13–14 January 1994 flood, Giofiros basin, Crete, Greece. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 385, 150—164.

Keywords: Flash flood; Poorly gauged basin; Stage gauge failure; Peak discharge estimation; Hydrological simulation; Flood volume

Kuhn, Gabriel, Shiraj Khan, Auroop R. Ganguly, and Marcia L. Branstetter, 2007. Geospatial–temporal dependence among weekly precipitation extremes with applications to observations and climate model simulations in South America. Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 30, 2401—2423.

Keywords: Geospatial; Temporal; Extremal dependence; Precipitation; Observations; Climate simulations; South America

Kurihara, J, W. Sakurai, N. Takezawa, S. Tagata, R. Suzuki, and N. Mori, 2007. Case study on the flash floods occurred in Japan in 2006. Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 60, no.2.

Laronne, Jonathan B., and Yanai Shlomi, 2007. Depositional character and preservation potential of coarse-grained sediments deposited by flood events in hyper-arid braided channels in the Rift Valley, Arava, Israel. Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 195, 21—37.

Keywords: Stratification; Arid; Gravel sedimentology; Flash flood; Braided river

Liang, Qiuhua, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick, 2009. Adaptive quadtree simulation of shallow flows with wet–dry fronts over complex topography. Computer & Fluids, Vol. 38, 221—234.

Keywords: flash floods; hump; quadtree simulation

Ludwig, Wolfgang, Pierre Serrat, Ludovic Cesmat, and Javier Garcia-Esteves, 2004. Evaluating the impact of the recent temperature increase on the hydrology of the Têt River (Southern France). Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 289, 204—221.

Keywords: Author Keywords: Têt River; Flash-floods; Trend analyses; Climate change

Jonkman, S.N. and E. Penning-Rowsell. 2008. Human instability in flood flows. Journal of the

American Water Resources Association, vol. 44, 1208-1218.

Keyword: flooding; hydrodynamics; human instability; loss of life; risk assessment

Kawano, Naoyoshi, Osamu Ito, and Jun-Ichi Sakagami, 2008. Flash flooding resistance of rice genotypes of Oryza sativa L., O. glaberrima Steud., and Interspecific hybridization progeny. Environmental and Experimental Botany, Vol. 63, 9—18.

Keywords: Flash flood; Interspecific hybridization progenies; NERICA; Oryza glaberrima; SUB1; Submergence

Knebl, M.R., Z.-L. Yang, K. Hutchison, and D.R. Maidment, 2005. Regional scale flood modeling using NEXRAD rainfall, GIS, and HEC-HMS/RAS: a case study for the San Antonio River Basin Summer 2002 storm event. Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 75, 325—336.

Keywords: GIS; Flood modeling; Rainfall–runoff; NEXRAD rainfall; Calibration; Validation

Maddox, Robert A.; Charles F., Chappell, 1979. Flash flood defenses. Water Spectrum, Vol. 11, 1—8.

Keywords: flash flood; warning methods; meteorology; mapping; public education/information transfer; zoning

Maher, Mosama Ali, no data. Risk assessment and flash flood mitigation strategies. Department of water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Sweden.

Maréchal, J.C., B. Ladouche, and N. Dörfliger, 2008. Karst flash flooding in a Mediterranean karst, the example of Fontaine de Nîmes. Engineering Geology, Vol, 99, 138—146.

Keywords: Flash-flood; Groundwater; Hazard; Karst; Spring; Water table

Martín-Vide, J. P., D. Niñerola, A. Bateman, A. Navarro, and E. Velasco, 1999. Runoff and sediment transport in a torrential ephemeral stream of the Mediterranean coast. Journa of Hydrology, Vol. 225, 118—129.

Keywords: Flash flood; Ephemeral stream; Torrent; Transmission losses; Bedload transport

Merz, R., G. Blöschl and J. Parajka, 2006. Spatio-temporal variability of event runoff coefficients. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 331, 591—604.

Keywords: Runoff coefficient; Runoff generation; Flood types; Spatio-temporal variability

Montz, B., and E. Gruntfest, 1986. Changes in American Urban Floodplain Occupancy since 1958:

The Experience of Nine Cities. Applied Geography, October, 325-338.

Montz, B., and E. Gruntfest, 2002. Flash Flood Mitigation: Recommendations for Research & Applications. Global Change Environmental Hazards, 4, March 15-22.

Mooney, L.E. 1983. Applications and Implications of Fatality Statistics to the Flash Flood Problems, pp. 127-129 in Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Hydrometeorology, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 17-19 October, American Meteorology Society.

Morin, Efrat, Tamir Grodek, Ofer Dahan, Gerardo Benito, Christoph Kulls, Yael Jacoby, Guido Van Langenhove, Mary Seely, and Yehouda Enzel, 2009. Flood routing and alluvial aquifer recharge along the ephemeral arid Kuiseb River, Namibia. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 368, 262—275.

Keywords: Alluvial shallow aquifer; Aquifer recharge; Arid zone; Flash flood infiltration; Transmission loss; Africa

Morin, Efrat, Yael Jacoby, Shilo Navon, and Erez Bet-Halachmi, 2009. Towards flash-flood prediction in the dry Dead Sea region utilizing radar rainfall information. . Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 32, 1066—1076.

Keywords: Flash floods; Weather radar; Hydrological model; Dry climate; Dead Sea

Morss, R., O. Wilhelmi, E. Gruntfest, and M. Downton, 2005. Flood Risk Uncertainty & Scientific Information for Decision-making: Lessons from an Interdisciplinary Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86, 1594-1601.

Mudd, Simon M., 2006. Investigation of the hydrodynamics of flash floods in ephemeral channels: Scaling analysis and simulation using a shock-capturing flow model incorporating the effects of transmission losses. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 324, 65—79.

Keywords: Ephemeral channels; Flash floods; Scaling analysis; Transmission losses; Numerical modeling

Mudd, Simon M., 2007. Reply to “Comment on ‘Investigation of the hydrodynamics of flash floods in ephemeral channels: Scaling analysis and simulation using a shock-capturing flow model incorporating the effects of transmission losses’ by S.M. Mudd, 2006 (Journal of Hydrology) 324, 65–79” by Cao and Yue. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 336, 226—230.

Norbiato, Daniele, Marco Borga, and Roberto Dinale, 2009. Flash flood warning in ungauged basins by use of the flash flood guidance and model-based runoff thresholds. Meteorological Applications, Vol. 16, 65—75.

Keywords: flash flood forecasting; flood risk management; hydrometeorology

Norbiato, Daniele, Marco Borga, Marco Sangati, and Francesco Zanon, 2007. Regional frequency analysis of extreme precipitation in the eastern Italian Alps and the August 29, 2003 flash flood. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 345, 149—166.

Keywords: Extreme precipitation events; Flash flood ; L-moments; Radar rainfall estimation; Precipitation return time

Norbiato, Daniele, Marco Borga, Silvia Degli Esposti, Eric Gaume, and Sandrine Anquetin, 2008. Flash flood warning based on rainfall thresholds and soil moisture conditions: An assessment for

gauged and ungauged basins. Journal of Hyrology, Vol. 362, 274—290.

Keywords: Flash flood; Flash flood guidance; Flash flood forecasting and warning; Ungauged basins

Nzokou, François, Brian Morse, and Tung Quach-Thanh, 2009. River ice cover flexure by an incoming wave. Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 55, 230—237.

Keywords: Ice properties; Breakup criteria; Dam break; Jave; FEM; Elastic foundation

Ogden, F. L., H. O. Sharif, S. U. S. Senarath, J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and J. R. Richardson, 2000. Hydrologic analysis of the Fort Collins, Colorado, flash flood of 1997. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 228, 82—100.

Keywords: Urban hydrology; Flash flood; Radar-rainfall; Hydrologic modeling; Distributed hydrology; Extreme event; CASC2D

Ortega, Jose A., and Guillermina Garzón Heydt, 2009. Geomorphological and sedimentological analysis of flash-flood deposits: The case of the 1997 Rivillas flood (Spain). Geomorphology, in press, doi: 10.1016/jgeomorph.2009.05.004.

Keywords: Flash-flood deposits; Sedimentary features classification; Hydraulic stability; Stream channel changes; Guadiana River

Petelet-Giraud, Emmanuelle, and Philippe Negrel, 2007. Geochemical flood deconvolution in a Mediterranean catchment (Hérault, France) by Sr isotopes, major and trace elements. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 337, 224—241.

Keywords: Flash flood; Strontium isotopes; Hérault river; Hydrograph separation; Mediterranean catchment

Perucca, Laura P., and M. Yanina Esper Angillieri, 2009. Evolution of a debris-rock slide causing a natural dam: the flash flood of Río Santa Cruz, Province of San Juan—November 12, 2005. Natural Hazards, Vol. 50, 305—320.

Keywords: Flash flood; Debris-rock slide; Santa Cruz river; San Juan Province; Argentina

Platt, Rutherford H., Scott A., Cahail, 1987. Automated flash flood warning systems. Automated flash flood warning systems, Vol. 7, 289—301.

Keywords: flash flood; warning equipment; local planning/hydrology

Phillips, Jonathan D., 2002. Geomorphic impacts of flash flooding in a forested headwater basin. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 269, 236—250.

Keywords: Floods; Geomorphic impacts; Dominant discharge; Coarse-bed stream; Mountainous drainage basins; Hungry Mother Lake

Reed, Seann, John Schaake, and Ziya Zhang, 2007. A distributed hydrologic model and threshold frequency-based method for flash flood forecasting at ungauged locations. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 337, 402—420.

Keywords: Distributed hydrologic modeling; Flash flood forecasting; Ungauged basins; Flood frequency

Rezacova, Daniela, Zbynek Sokol, and Petr Pesice, 2007. A radar-based verification of precipitation forecast for local convective storms. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 83, 211-224.

Keywords: Local convective storm; Flash flood precipitation; Radar-based precipitation estimation; Precipitation forecast; Radar-based forecast verification

Rozalis, Shahar, Efrat Morin, Yoav Yair, and Colin Price, 2010. Flash flood prediction using an uncalibrated hydrological model and radar rainfall data in a Mediterranean watershed under changing hydrological conditions. Journal of Hydrology, In press, Corrected Proof.

Keywords: Flash floods; Hydrological model; Mediterranean climate; Urbanization; Weather

radar; Convective rain

Ruin, Isabelle, Jean-Dominique Creutin, Sandrine Anquetin, and Céline Lutoff, 2008. Human exposure to flash floods – Relation between flood parameters and human vulnerability during a storm of September 2002 in Southern France. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 361, 199—213.

Keywords: Flash-flood; Death circumstances; Vulnerability; Ungauged catchment; Mediterranean area

Ruin, Isabelle, Jean-Christophe Gaillard, and Céline Lutoff, 2007. How to get there? Assessing motorists’ flash flood risk perception on daily itineraries. Environmental Hazards, Vol. 7, 235—244.

Keywords: Flash floods; Risk perception; Motorists; Cognitive mapping

Ruiz-Villanueva, Virginia, Andrés Díez-Herrero, Markus Stoffel, Michelle Bollschweiler, José M. Bodoque,

and Juan A. Ballesteros, 2010. Dendrogeomorphic analysis of flash floods in a small ungauged mountain catchment (Central Spain). Geomorphology, Vol. 118, 383—392.

Keywords: Dendrogeomorphology; Flash flood frequency analysis; Tree-ring; Mountain catchment; Spain

Sahoo, G.B., C. Ray, and E.H. De Carlo, 2006. Use of neural network to predict flash flood and attendant water qualities of a mountainous stream on Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 327, 525—538.

Keywords: Flash flood; Surface hydrology; Water quality; Non-point source pollution;

Watershed; Coastal oceanography; Artificial neural network

Sahoo, G.B., C. Ray, and E.H. De Carlo, 2006. Calibration and validation of a physically distributed hydrological model, MIKE SHE, to predict streamflow at high frequency in a flashy mountainous Hawaii stream. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 327, 94—109.

Keywords: Mountainous stream; Flash-flood streamflow; Distributed hydrologic model; Split calibration

Sander, Julia, and Dotzek Nikolai, 2009. Climate change impacts on severe convective storms over Europe. 5th European Conference on Severe Storms 12-16 October 2009, Landshut, Germany.

Sangati, M., and M. Borga, 2009. Influence of rainfall spatial resolution on flash flood modeling. Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences, Vol. 9, 575—584.

Keywords: Hydrology; Hydraulic engineering; Watersheds; Rainfall probabilities

Sangati, Marco, Marco Borga, Davide Rabuffetti, and Renzo Bechini, 2009. Influence of rainfall and soil properties spatial aggregation on extreme flash flood response modeling: An evaluation based on the Sesia river basin, North Western Italy. Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 32, 1090—1106.

Keywords: Radar hydrology; Flash flood; Rainfall spatial variability; Soil properties spatial

variability

Schmitz, G.H., and J. Cullmann, 2008. PAI-OFF: A new proposal for online flood forecasting in flash flood prone catchments. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 360, 1—14.

Keywords: Flood forecasting; Neural networks; Process models

Schumacher, Russ S., and Richard H. Johnson, 2009. Quasi-stationary, extreme-rain-producing convective systems associated with midlevel cyclonic circulations. Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 24, 555—574.

Slade, Raymond M. Jr., and John Patton, 2002. Major and Catastrophic Storms and Floods in Texas: 215 Major and 41 Catastrophic Events from 1853 to September 1, 2002. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-193.

Smith, James A., Mary Lynn Baeck, Katherine L. Meierdiercks, Andrew J. Miller, and Witold F. Krajewski, 2007. Radar rainfall estimation for flash flood forecasting in small urban watersheds. Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 30, 2087—2097.

Keywords: Flash flood; Rainfall; Weather radar

Staes, Catherine, J.C. Orengo, J. Malilay, J. Rullan, E. K. Noji, 1994. Deaths due to flash floods in Puerto Rico, January 1992: Implications for prevention. International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 23, 968—975.

Keywords: flash flood; mortality; warning systems; warning responses

Stevaux, Jose Candido, Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Maria Lucia de P. Hermann, and Samia Aquino, 2009. Floods in Urban Areas of Brazil. Developments in Earth Surface Processes, Vol. 13, 245—266.

Keywords: Sao Paulo; Acre; Santa Catarina; Floods; Planning; Urban; Hazards

Torres, D. Sempere, J.Y. Rodriguez, Ch. Obled, 1992. Using the DPFT approach to improve flash flood forecasting models. Natural Hazards, Vol. 5, 17—41.

Keywords: flash flood, forecasting, modeling, risk assessment

Tsoi, O.M., 2009. The natural factors that are responsible for forest fires in the southern Far East. Geography and Natural Resources, Vol. 30, 136—140.

Keywords: forest fire; flood; radon; seismicity; magnetostriction

Tramblay, Yves, Christophe Bouvier, Claude Martin, Jean-François Didon-Lescot, Dragana

Todorovik, and Jean-Marc Domergue. 2010. Assessment of initial soil moisture conditions for event-based rainfall-runoff modeling. Journal of Hydrology, in press, accepted manuscript.

Keywords: Flash Flood Prediction; Soil Moisture; Time Domain Reflectometry; Soil Conservation Service Method; Small Mediterranean Catchment

Villarini, Gabriele, Witold F. Krajewski, Alexandros A. Ntelekos, Konstantine P. Georgakakos, and James A. Smith, 2010. Towards probabilistic forecasting of flash floods: The combined effects of

uncertainty in radar-rainfall and flash flood guidance. Journal of Hydrology, In press, Corrected Proof.

Keywords: Flash flood; Flash flood guidance; Radar-rainfall; Uncertainties

Vincendon, Béatrice, Véronique Ducrocq, Georges-Marie Saulnier, Ludovic Bouilloud, Katia Chancibault, Florence Habets, and Joël Noilhan, 2010. Benefit of coupling the ISBA land surface model with a TOPMODEL hydrological model version dedicated to Mediterranean flash-floods. Journal of Hydrology, in press, accepted Manuscript.

Keywords: hydrometeorological coupling, SVAT, ISBA, TOPMODEL, flash-flood

Vincendon, B., V. Ducrocq, S. Dierer, V. Kotroni, M. Le Lay, M. Milelli, A. Quesney, G.-M. Saulnier, D. Rabuffetti, L. Bouilloud, K. Chancibault, S. Anquetin, K. Lagouvardos, and P. Steiner, 2009. Flash flood forecasting within the PREVIEW project: value of high-resolution hydrometeorological coupled forecast. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Vol. 103, 115—125.

Keywords: PREVIEW; hydrological behavior; high-resolution models; quantitative precipitation forecast

Vinet, Freddy, 2008. Geographical analysis of damage due to flash floods in southern France: the cases of 12—13 November 1999 and 8—9 September 2002. Applied Geography, Vol. 28, 323—336.

Keywords: Flash floods; Flood damage; Loss assessment; Economical vulnerability

Waele, Jo De, Mario L.V. Martina, Laura Sanna, Salvatore Cabras, and Q. Antonello Cossu, 2010. Flash flood hydrology in karstic terrain: Flumineddu Canyon, central-east Sardinia. Geomorphology, In press, Accepted manuscript.

Keywords: extreme events; flash floods; karst; peak flow; geomorphology

Wardah, T., S.H. Abu Bakar, A. Bardossy, and M. Maznorizan, 2008. Journal of Hydrology, Use of geostationary meteorological satellite images in convective rain estimation for flash-flood forecasting. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 256, 283—298.

Keywords: Geostationary meteorological satellite; Convective rain; Neural network; Flood forecasting-and-warning system; Numerical weather prediction; Radar

Weaver, J, E. Gruntfest, and G. Levy, 2000. Two Floods in Fort Collins, Colorado Learning from a Natural

Disaster. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, May, 2359-2366.

Weigel, Edwin P., 1972. Flood that strikes in a flash. NOAA Magazine, Vol. 2, 8—17.

Keywords: flash flood; NWS

Winston, W.E. and R.E. Criss, 2002. Geochemical variations during flash flooding, Meramec River basin, May 2000. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 265, 149—163.

Keywords: Flash flood; Oxygen isotopes; Hydrograph separation; Water chemistry

Wiskow, Eilert and Rienk R. van der Ploeg, 2003. Calculation of drain spacings for optimal rainstorm flood control. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 272, 163—174.

Keywords: Subsurface drainage; Drain model; Catchment hydrology; Peak flow; Stormwater runoff control; External costs of agriculture

Wüst, Raphael A. J., and Christian Schlüchter, 2000. The Origin of Soluble Salts in Rocks of the Thebes Mountains, Egypt: The Damage Potential to Ancient Egyptian Wall Art. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 27, 1161—1172.

Keywords: salt deterioration, sulphates, weathering, porosity, flash flood, Thebes west, Egypt