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Line 1: {{short description\|Weather watch indicating conditions favorable of the development of flash flooding}} {{Over-quotation\|date=December 2019}} A '''flash flood watch''' ([[Specific Area Message Encoding\|SAME]] code: FFA; also referred as a "green box" by [[meteorologist]]s) is ~~issued~~severe byweather product of the [[National Weather Service]] that is issued when conditions are favorable for [[flash flood]]ing in [[Floodplain\|flood-prone areas]], usually when grounds are already saturated from recent rains, or when upcoming rains will have the potential to cause a flash flood. These watches are also occasionally issued when a [[dam]] may break in the near future.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.weather.gov/lwx/WarningsDefined#Flash%20Flood%20Watch\|title=Flash flood watch definition\|date=16 August 2019\|website=Weather.gov}}</ref> Countries such as Australia also issue similarly worded warnings.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml \| title=Flood Warning Services \| publisher=[[Bureau of Meteorology]] \| access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref>

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