Learn More About Flash Floods

Build your understanding of flash floods.

• Floods: The Awesome Power (NOAA)
• Turn Around Don't Drown (NOAA)
• USGS Water Science School
• National Weather Service Jetstream Online Weather School
• Colorado 2013 Flooding:
  • Colorado Floods Predicted by Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
  • Inside the Colorado Deluge (UCAR AtmosNews)
• COMET/MetEd Lessons (Largely developed for broadcast meteorologists, MetEd Lessons are also great tools to increase K-12 teacher knowledge on weather and earth science topics.)
  • Flash Flood Processes (You will need to create a free login to view this resource.)
  • Flash Flood Science
• Mapping a Flood Before it Happens (USGS Seminar)
• Great Front Range Flood of 2013 (UCAR Panel Discussion)
• The GLOBE Precipitation Protocol and associated Learning Activities

Find more flash flood educational resources.

• Sediment transport in water
  • USGS: sediment transport
  • Activity: How fast do sediment grains of difference sizes settle?
• Engineering to prevent flood impacts
• Watersheds
  • NOAA Watersheds, Flooding and Pollution
  • USGS Watersheds Poster
• Smithsonian Weather Lab, take on the role of a meteorologist by predicting spring weather how people should dress for it
• FEMA Flood Resources

Explore maps, data, and flood research.

• FEMA Flood Map Service Center
• USGS Daily Streamflow Maps
• NOAA River Conditions
• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• 2019 National Hydrologic Assessment
• Colorado Climate Center: 2013 Colorado Flood