Forecasting methods for flash floods in medium and small rivers in humid regions and their applications
Two methods were adopted in this study to forecast flash floods in medium and small rivers in humid regions; the Xin'anjiang model was applied to areas with sufficient historical data, and the API-Nash model, in which the rainfall-runoff relationship method is used for runoff yield forecasting and the Nash runoff model is used for flow concentration forecasting, was applied to ungaged areas or data-deficient regions. A case study was conducted in the Tunxi Watershed in the mountainous area of southern Anhui Province, using the two models to simulate flood processes in the watershed. The results show that both models had favorable simulation results. They presented similar accuracy in calculating the qualified rate of the flood volume, and the Xin 'anjiang model had higher accuracy than the API-Nash model in calculating the qualified rate of the flow peak and the deterministic coefficient.
medium and small riversflash floodforecasting and early warningXin'anjiang modelNash modelrainfall-runoff relationshipTunxi watershed