Quantitative rainfall analysis of the  2021 mid-July flood event in Belgium

Journée, Michel; Goudenhoofdt, Edouard; Vannitsem, Stéphane; Delobbe, Laurent

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3169-2023

Articles | Volume 27, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3169-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3169-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 27, issue 17

Research article

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06 Sep 2023

Research article |

| 06 Sep 2023

Quantitative rainfall analysis of the 2021 mid-July flood event in Belgium

Michel Journée, Edouard Goudenhoofdt, Stéphane Vannitsem, and Laurent Delobbe

Data sets

Observational rainfall data of the 2021 mid-July flood event in Belgium – Part 1. Rain gauges observations M. Journée, E. Goudenhoofdt, and L. Delobbe https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7739983

Observational rainfall data of the 2021 mid-July flood event in Belgium – Part 2. Radar product RADFLOOD21 E. Goudenhoofdt, M. Journée, and L. Delobbe https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7740059

Short summary

The exceptional flood of July 2021 in central Europe impacted Belgium severely. This study aims to characterize rainfall amounts in Belgium from 13 to 16 July 2021 based on observational data (i.e., rain gauge data and a radar-based rainfall product). The spatial and temporal distributions of rainfall during the event aredescribed. In order to document such a record-breaking event as much as possible, the rainfall data are shared with the scientific community on Zenodo for further studies.