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flashflood

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flash flood also flash·flood (flshfld)
n.
A sudden flood of great volume, usually caused by a heavy rain.
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Noun1.flashfloodflashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
flash flood
flood, inundation, alluvion, deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
floodhead - a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; "we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit"
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It is not a reservoir, but a holding tank for storm drains, absorbing flashfloods produced by sudden downpours and then releasing the water slowly.
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