Atmospheric conditions leading to an exceptional  fatal flash flood in the Negev Desert, Israel

Dayan, Uri; Lensky, Itamar M.; Ziv, Baruch; Khain, Pavel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1583-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1583-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1583-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

Research article

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25 May 2021

Research article |

| 25 May 2021

Atmospheric conditions leading to an exceptional fatal flash flood in the Negev Desert, Israel

Uri Dayan, Itamar M. Lensky, Baruch Ziv, and Pavel Khain

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2020
- AC1: 'Referee #1 – point-by-point response', Itamar Lensky, 05 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Referee #2 – point by point response', Itamar Lensky, 06 Aug 2020
RC3: 'Review of the manuscript “Atmospheric Conditions Leading to an Exceptional Fatal Flash Flood in the Negev Desert, Israel” by Uri Dayan, Itamar M. Lensky and Baruch Ziv', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Referee #3 – point to point response', Itamar Lensky, 06 Aug 2020

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (09 Aug 2020) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Itamar Lensky on behalf of the Authors (20 Sep 2020) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Oct 2020) by Joaquim G. Pinto

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (24 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Nov 2020)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Nov 2020) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Itamar Lensky on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Feb 2021) by Joaquim G. Pinto

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Mar 2021) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Itamar Lensky on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Apr 2021) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Itamar Lensky on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

An intense rainstorm hit the Middle East between 24 and 27 April 2018. The storm reached its peak over Israel on 26 April when a heavy flash flood took the lives of 10 people. The rainfall was comparable to the long-term annual rainfall in the southern Negev. The timing was the end of the rainy season when rain is rare and spotty. The study analyses the dynamic and thermodynamic conditions that made this rainstorm one of the latest spring severe events in the region during the last 3 decades.