flood warning
Rising water notice
A flood warning is an official alert issued when flooding is imminent or already occurring in a specific area.
More urgent than a flood watch, it signals that people should take immediate protective action—evacuate, move to higher ground, or avoid affected routes.
A flood warning has been issued for the river valley through midnight.
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- sirenWailing alert device
- emergency broadcastUrgent public safety announcement
- weather radarPrecipitation locating instrument
- evacuationRemoval from danger
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- floodsdeluge, floodplains, rising waters, overflow, levee breach
- weather alertsweather alert, weather advisory, severe weather alert, heat advisory, wind advisory
- weather safetyweather alert, severe weather, tornado drill, lightning safety, evacuation route
- Australian Weatherheatwave, bushfire, cyclone, dust storm, drought
- coastal floodingsea level rise, storm surge, king tide, king tides, high tide
- noticesnotice, formal notice, final notice, advance notice, public notice