Examples of 'flood stage' in a sentence

Meaning of "flood stage"

Flood stage refers to the water level at which a river or body of water overflows its banks and causes flooding in adjacent areas. It represents the point at which water levels rise above the normal or average level, indicating a potential risk of flooding and the need for appropriate precautions
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  • The elevation at which water overflows the natural banks of a river or other body of water in a given portion of the body of water.

How to use "flood stage" in a sentence

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Flood stage does not apply to areal flooding.
Louis finally dropped below flood stage.
The lake is in flood stage and continues to rise.
That level is considered moderate flood stage.
A river at flood stage can not be controlled and brings destruction.
This is moderate flood stage.
The flood stage measurements are given as a height above or below the zero level.
The river was in flood stage.
Flood stage in the shallow riverbed was only 7 feet.
Know your flood risk and elevation above flood stage.
The river will rise above flood stage around 4 am tuesday.
Hydrological modeling indicates that stream armor typically persists in a flood stage environment.
Regions at risk of reaching flood stage in the forecast period include,.
The water of the Jordan was at flood stage.
But when river levels exceed flood stage by several feet, serious problems can occur.

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God compares the Assyrians to an uncontrolled river at flood stage.
The Kettle River above Curlew is also above flood stage and major flooding is expected.
Numerous rivers in southeastern Pennsylvania also crested above their flood stage.
The same river also rose above flood stage in Belvidere.
Several river gauges throughout the Midwest and southeast were in major flood stage.
The Rio Hondo River is at flood stage and rising.
Several rivers from Florida to New York approached or exceeded flood stage.
The flood stage is 7 feet.
The river is expected to reach flood stage on Tuesday.
The report being favorable, Joshua moves immediately to the Jordan River, which is a t flood stage.
The Mississippi River rose up to 12 feet above flood stage in the area shown here.
Russian River in Sonoma County forecast to rise above flood stage.
The river will fall below flood stage around 12 pm tuesday.
Neither enters the river proper, except in extreme flood stage.
The flood held waters above flood stage for 51 days.
This dire situation created an unimaginable challenge-move a river at flood stage.
The levels stayed above the flood stage for 51 days.
Downstream from Roswell, the Chattahoochee River remained in moderate flood stage.
Streams and tributaries of the Passaic River reached flood stage at several locations.
The river would have to rise more than 10 feet to reach flood stage.
The Rio Grande River is expected to remain near flood stage for the next 12 days.
Rivers had begun to recede by December 29 after cresting well above flood stage.
On Kauai, the Wailua River exceeded flood stage on August 4.
It's a far story from yesterday, when the James crested about 8 feet above flood stage.
The water levels in the Panuco River remained above flood stage for four weeks.
A day later, the waters had receded only slightly, to 1.6 metres above flood stage.
This contributed to significant flooding along the Pecos River, reaching a flood stage of in Pandale.
The river is expected to rise to 24.5 feet Tuesday then fall below flood stage.
However, heavy rains across the U.S. have pushed the river into flood stage since January.
The weather service said this is the longest continuous stretch above flood stage since 1927.

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