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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-50
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2007
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
/EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PARTNERS
AND OTHER USERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: GLENN AUSTIN
CHIEF...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: NEW ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE
/AHPS/ FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS: EFFECTIVE MONDAY
OCTOBER 22 2007
EFFECTIVE MONDAY OCTOBER 22 2007...NWS AND THE NATIONAL
OCEAN SERVICE COASTAL SERVICES CENTER WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST
SERIES OF AHPS FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS. THESE 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
FORECAST RIVER LEVELS RANGING FROM MINOR FLOODING THROUGH
THE LARGEST OBSERVED 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.
THESE FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS AND ASSOCIATED GEOSPATIAL DATA
/SHAPEFILES/ CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE AHPS WEB PORTAL AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
THIS SERVICE WILL INITIALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA:
WILLIAMSTON... ON THE ROANOKE RIVER
TAR RIVER... ON THE TAR RIVER
LOUISBURG... ON THE TAR RIVER
TARBORO... ON THE TAR RIVER
ENFIELD... ON FISHING CREEK
GREENVILLE... ON THE TAR RIVER
CLAYTON... ON THE NEUSE RIVER
SMITHFIELD... ON THE NEUSE RIVER
GOLDSBORO... ON THE NEUSE RIVER
KINSTON... ON THE NEUSE RIVER
HOOKERTON... ON CONTENTNEA CREEK
HAW RIVER... ON THE HAW RIVER
BYNUM... ON THE HAW RIVER
MANCHESTER... ON THE LOWER LITTLE RIVER
CHINQUAPIN... ON THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER
BURGAW... ON THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER
LUMBERTON... ON THE LUMBER RIVER
DIRECT LINKS TO FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS FOR THESE LOCATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION.PHP
A USERS GUIDE FOR THE FLOOD INUNDATION MAP WEB INTERFACE IS
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://NEWWEB.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INUNDATION/INUNDATION_
MAPPING_USER_GUIDE.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
VICTOR HOM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NATIONAL INUNDATION MAPPING PROGRAM LEADER
PHONE: 301-713-0006 EXT. 173
E-MAIL: VICTOR.HOM@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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