storm tide
storm tide noun: a rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
Noun
storm tide (countable and uncountable, plural storm tides)
- A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
- At 8pm of the 27th there was 1.0 ft of storm tide at both Pensacola and Port Eads.Monthly weather review, U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1920
- South Florida and Louisiana, August 23-26, 1992: Natural Disaster Survey -- Jennifer J. Wilson, James P. Travers, 1997 →ISBN
Storm surge is water height above normal tide level. Storm tide is the water height relative to NGVD, the mean sea level of 1929.
- Synonyms:
- hurricane tide
storm tide meaning in Tamil
storm tide in Tamil
- புயல் ஓதம்
Synonyms of storm tide
Forms of storm tide
| plural | storm tides |
|---|---|
| alternative form | stormtide |
Origin of storm tide
From storm + tide.
Questions about storm tide
- What does storm tide mean?
- Storm tide means a rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
- What is storm tide in Tamil?
- Storm tide in Tamil is புயல் ஓதம். See Storm tide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is storm tide?
- Storm tide is a noun.
- What is the plural of storm tide?
- The plural of storm tide is storm tides.
Words near storm tide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: storm tide (page history and authors); storm tide (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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