Phrase guide

storm tide

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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.
  • All About Camille -- the Great Storm, Dan Ellis, 2000 →ISBN The advancing storm surge combines with the normal astronomical tide to create the storm tide.
  • Extreme events: a physical reconstruction and risk assessment, Jonathan Nott 2006 →ISBN Randomly selected cyclones are then run through a numerical storm tide model.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hurricane tide

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From storm + tide.