[nws-changes] 20080827: flood inundation maps

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• Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:14 -0600

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1053 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

TO:      SUBSCRIBERS:
        -FAMILY OF SERVICES
        -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
        -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
        OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:    GLENN AUSTIN
        CHIEF...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30 2008 THE NWS AND THE NATIONAL
OCEAN SERVICE COASTAL SERVICES CENTER WILL BE ADDING NEW FLOOD
INUNDATION MAPS TO THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE

SET RELEASED. THE FIRST SET OF MAPS WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2007
FOR LOCATIONS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE SECOND SET OF MAPS
WAS RELEASED IN JUNE 2008 AND COVERED FOUR LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS:

    CLEAR CREEK NEAR SANGER TX
    CLEAR FORK TRINITY RIVER AT FORT WORTH TX
    COLORADO RIVER AT AUSTIN TX
    COLORADO RIVER AT BASTROP TX
    COLORADO RIVER AT SMITHVILLE TX
    EAST FORK SAN JACINTO RIVER NEAR NEW CANEY TX
    ONION CREEK AT AUSTIN TX
    OUACHITA RIVER AT MONROE LA
    PALUXY RIVER AT GLEN ROSE TX
    RED RIVER AT ALEXANDRIA LA
    SABINE RIVER AT LOGANSPORT LA
    SAN JACINTO RIVER NEAR SHELDON TX
    SOUTH FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER AT GEORGETOWN TX
    SPRING CREEK NEAR SPRING TX
    TRINITY RIVER AT DALLAS TX
    WEST FORK TRINITY RIVER AT FORT WORTH TX

THE INUNDATION MAPS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE SPATIAL EXTENT
AND DEPTH OF FLOOD WATERS IN THE VICINITY OF NWS RIVER FORECAST
LOCATIONS. USERS WILL BE ABLE TO DISPLAY FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS
FOR VARIOUS LEVELS RANGING FROM MINOR FLOODING THROUGH THE
LARGEST FLOOD ON RECORD. FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS...COMBINED WITH
RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND NWS FORECASTS...ENHANCE THE COMMUNICATION
OF FLOOD RISK AND PROVIDE USERS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO
BETTER MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF FLOODING AND BUILD MORE RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES.

USERS CAN ACCESS THESE FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS AND ASSOCIATED

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/

A COMPLETE LIST OF FLOOD INUNDATION MAP LOCATIONS IS ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE/:

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION.PHP

A USERS GUIDE FOR THE FLOOD INUNDATION MAP WEB INTERFACE IS
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:

VICTOR HOM