Flood Early Warning Science in Oklahoma and Texas
The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) is developing hardened early flood warning systems to help first responders and citizens.
This includes:
• Flood hardened gages raised high above and set away from the measured stream.
• Redundant data collection and transmission paths.
• Automated notification systems for emergency managers and the general public.
Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
FLOOD SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
OTWSC has expertise in a wide variety of flood early warning science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Monitoring streamgaging networks for early warning
- Mapping flood inundation
- Estimating flood frequency and occurrence
- Hydraulic modeling of rivers and streams
- Developing decision support systems
- Mapping real-time water data with weather and hazards information on the web
- Developing automated social media channels for data dissemination
CURRENT DATA
The National Water Dashboard is a web mapping application that presents U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, and well data in Oklahoma and Texas in context with current weather and hazard conditions. The Stream layers includes a "Rate of change" status option which will show you at a glance where river levels are rising.
CURRENT FLOOD EARLY WARNING SCIENCE
Bandera Flood Early Warning Tool
InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping
Projects related to flood early warning science are listed below.
InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping
Bandera Flood Early Warning Tool
The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) is developing hardened early flood warning systems to help first responders and citizens.
This includes:
• Flood hardened gages raised high above and set away from the measured stream.
• Redundant data collection and transmission paths.
• Automated notification systems for emergency managers and the general public.
Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
FLOOD SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
OTWSC has expertise in a wide variety of flood early warning science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Monitoring streamgaging networks for early warning
- Mapping flood inundation
- Estimating flood frequency and occurrence
- Hydraulic modeling of rivers and streams
- Developing decision support systems
- Mapping real-time water data with weather and hazards information on the web
- Developing automated social media channels for data dissemination
CURRENT DATA
The National Water Dashboard is a web mapping application that presents U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, and well data in Oklahoma and Texas in context with current weather and hazard conditions. The Stream layers includes a "Rate of change" status option which will show you at a glance where river levels are rising.
CURRENT FLOOD EARLY WARNING SCIENCE
Bandera Flood Early Warning Tool
InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping
Projects related to flood early warning science are listed below.