Information sources for flash flood warnings in Denver, CO and Austin, TX

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-219

  Hayden, M H ^a,b   Drobot, S ^c   Radil, S ^b   Benight, C ^b   Gruntfest, E C ^b   Barnes, L R ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Weather information sources; Weather warnings

Indexed keywords

FLASH FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; INJURY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTIN; COLORADO; DENVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36649010974     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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