This week (March 17-21) is National Flood Safety Awareness Week, designed to highlight important flood-related topics and tips. This year, the National Weather Service has identified flood safety themes for each day of the week – please see the attached fact sheet on for more information about each topic:
Monday: Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Tuesday: Turn Around Don't Drown (TADD) Campaign
Wednesday: Floods and Other Related Phenomena
Thursday: Flood Insurance
Friday: Flood Safety
MONDAY: ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE (AHPS)
The NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service provides forecast information about the occurrence, magnitude,and uncertainty tied to water-related events – floods, droughts, and others – to help make decisions. For example,flood forecast maps and information about observed river levels may help local officials know when to evacuate citizens from a potential flood area. Learn more about AHPS: www.weather.gov/os/water/Ahps.shtml.
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