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arkstorm

arkstorm noun: a very severe rainstorm lasting for many days, fed by an atmospheric river, causing massive flooding.

Noun (1)

arkstorm (plural arkstorms)

  1. A very severe rainstorm lasting for many days, fed by an atmospheric river, causing massive flooding.

Noun (2) capitalized: ARkStorm

ARkStorm (plural ARkStorms)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of arkstorm.

Forms of arkstorm

pluralarkstorms
alternative formark storm
alternative formARkStorm
pluralARkStorms

Origin of arkstorm

From ARkStorm, from atmospheric river (“AR”) + thousand (“1000, k”) (1-in-1000 years) + storm. From starting as a disaster planning scenario for a once in a thousand year storm event rainstorm fed by a Pineapple Express atmospheric river hitting California and deluging the state, resulting in a seemingly biblical flood, requiring an ark, as the Central Valley turns into an inland sea.

Questions about arkstorm

What does arkstorm mean?
Arkstorm means a very severe rainstorm lasting for many days, fed by an atmospheric river, causing massive flooding.
What part of speech is arkstorm?
Arkstorm is a noun.
What is the plural of arkstorm?
The plural of arkstorm is arkstorms.

Words near arkstorm in the dictionary

  1. arks
  2. Arksey
  3. arkship
  4. arkships
  5. Arkstone
  6. arkstorm
  7. arkstorms
  8. arksudite
  9. arksutite
  10. arkwright
  11. Arkwright Town

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arkstorm (page history and authors); ARkStorm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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