Brief communication: Preliminary hydro-meteorological analysis of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 in Raganello Gorge, southern Italy

Avolio, Elenio; Cavalcanti, Ottavio; Furnari, Luca; Senatore, Alfonso; Mendicino, Giuseppe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

Brief communication

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05 Aug 2019

Brief communication |

| 05 Aug 2019

Brief communication: Preliminary hydro-meteorological analysis of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 in Raganello Gorge, southern Italy

Elenio Avolio, Ottavio Cavalcanti, Luca Furnari, Alfonso Senatore, and Giuseppe Mendicino

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RC1: 'Review for: Brief communication: Preliminary hydro-meteorological analysis of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 on Raganello Gorge, Southern Italy', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Apr 2019
- RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Apr 2019
  - AC2: 'Authors reply to Referee #2', Alfonso Senatore, 14 May 2019
- AC1: 'Authors reply to Referee #1', Alfonso Senatore, 14 May 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (31 May 2019) by Kai Schröter

Dear Elenio Avolio, Ottavio Cavalcanti, Luca Furnari, Alfonso Senatore, Giuseppe Mendicino,

thank you for submitting your manuscript 'Brief communication: Preliminary hydro-meteorological analysis of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 on “Raganello Gorge”, Southern Italy' as a brief communication to NHESS.

As you know, two reviewers have now provided detailed reviews, which you have replied in thoughtful detail to. Both referees acknowledge that you provide an interesting analysis of an extreme rainfall and flood event with a very relevant assessment of hydrometeorological modeling capabilities for forecasting such events in ungauged catchments.
The referees raise some important points which are useful to make your study more comprehensive and increase the relevance of conclusions you may draw.
Further, both reviewers provided detailed reports highlighting all the points you should address in the revisions. According to your responses, I am very positive about the new version of the manuscript and that you will take up their remarks.

Would you please provide an ‘author’s reply’ to the reviewers (feel free to use the same words that you used in what you have already uploaded), and include a track changes document between the old manuscript and the new one (you can include this as part of your ‘author’s reply’).

Please also note that this decision does not necessarily imply acceptance of the manuscript in the journal NHESS, and it still will depend on your reply (and subsequent edits to your manuscript) to referees comments, as well as on the reviewer comments of the revised version.

I look forward to receiving the revised version of your manuscript.

Best regards
Kai Schröter

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AR by Alfonso Senatore on behalf of the Authors (23 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Jun 2019) by Kai Schröter

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Jul 2019) by Kai Schröter

AR by Alfonso Senatore on behalf of the Authors (12 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

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This is the first scientific report of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 on “Raganello Gorge” (Southern Italy), an extreme event with rather specific features (very localized in space and time), which unfortunately caused 10 victims. The meteo-hydrological dynamics were reasonably reconstructed and the forecasting skills were evaluated using an innovative modelling approach, including fully coupled atmospheric-hydrological modelling and improved representation of Sea Surface Temperature.