Flash Flood Warnings: Powered by AI
When Warning Time Matters
Flash flooding can occur minutes after rainfall, and by the time the flood arrives, it’s often too late to take action.
Piccard’s AI system uses rainfall forecasts and IoT sensors to detect and warn about floods before rainfall occurs - giving crucial time to take action. Most urban catchments will receive 1-4 hours of warning time.
CASE STUDY:
ELSTER CREEK
Piccard’s AI forecasts are currently being used to provide warning time for flash flooding in Melbourne’s Elster Creek. Click here to download the case study.
The AI Advantage
AI based forecasting has a number of key advantages over traditional flood modelling:
Fast: Forecasts can be produced in milliseconds, adding valuable warning time.
Self Calibrating: Forecasts are 100% based on actual observed data - not hypothetical assumptions about runoff and routing.
Self Improving: The forecasts improve over time, as more data is collected. This means a warning system is more accurate in 5 years than it is today.
Where Is it available?
Piccard’s AI Flash Flood Warning System is available around the world, contact us to find out how you can acquire the system.
WHat is the cost?
The system is provided on an annual basis, typically $5,000 (USD) per waterway/hotspot.
How does it work?
Click below to download a fact sheet that explains in more detail how the AI flood warning system works.