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rain gauge

noun as in rain measuring device

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"Automated rain gauges indicate a large and deadly flood wave is moving down the Guadalupe River. Flash flooding is already occurring."

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A rain gauge picked up 0.74 of an inch on Topanga Canyon Boulevard on the edge of the fire boundary, he said.

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As a deep area of low pressure trundled north-westwards across the UK, once again the rain gauges filled and roads and rivers flooded.

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By using a new method and relying heavily on measurements from rain gauges from 1900 to 2020, researchers were able to more robustly determine how human activities have influenced rainfall in the United States.

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NRW also has weather stations, including rain gauges, at 10 of the highest risk tips.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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