Video Solution #1 for Extreme Weather By: Elizabeth Hinckley Due: October 29, 2014

1. EXTREME WEATHER
VIDEO SOLUTION
Elizabeth Hinckley
October 29, 2014

2. WAYS A FLASH FLOOD MIGHT FORM
• Slow-moving
Thunderstorms
• Training
• Ice Jam Flooding
• Torrential Rains

3. WHAT IS A FLASH FLOOD?
• Floodwaters that rise rapidly with little or no warning

4. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
• Stalling or
slow moving
thunderstorms
can lead to
excessive
rainfall in a
minimal area.

5. TRAINING
• Fast moving
thunderstorms that
move over the
same place
repeatedly.

6. ICE JAM FLOODING
• Ice builds up
to form a
dam that
leads to
flooding.

7. TORRENTIAL RAINS
• Heavy rains over an extensive area.

8. WORKS CITED:
• Pictures:
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/world/floods/newsid_3573000/3573326. stm
• http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2013/650x366_06180911_fla
sh-flooding-in-wettest-a.jpg
• https://www.meted.ucar.edu/sign_in.php?go_back_to=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.meted.ucar.edu%
252Fhydro%252Fbasic_int%252Friver_ice%252Fmedia%252Fgraphics%252Fslides_for_print%252FSl
ide5.JPG
• http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/missoulian.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/ed/3
ed26c6e-efe0-11e2-ab23-001a4bcf887a/51e8420608abb.preview-620.jpg
• http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2014/650x366_01091415_hd
32.jpg
• http://media.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact/photo/mecosta-flooding-muskegon-riverjpg-
25a377c26e318f25.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_(meteorology)#mediaviewer/File:Training_echos.png
• Information:
• Ahrens, C. Donald; Samson, Perry J. (2010-02-22). Extreme Weather and Climate (Page 165).
Cengage Textbook. Kindle Edition.