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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1024 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2012

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...


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

FROM:    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, CORPUS CHRISTI TX

SUBJECT: NEW FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS AVAILABLE ON THE ADVANCED
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PORTAL
         

EFFECTIVE ON OR BEFORE THURSDAY...JUNE 7 2012.. THE NWS WILL BE
ADDING NEW FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS TO THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ WEB PORTAL.

FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION:

  GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA, 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 
GEOSPATIAL DATA /SHAPEFILES/ THROUGH THE AHPS WEB PORTAL  
/USE LOWER CASE/:

WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/

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


WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION.PHP


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

   
WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION_MAPPING_USER_GUIDE.PDF


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

JOHN METZ
NWS CORPUS CHRISTI TX
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
PHONE: 361 289 0959 EXT. 223
E-MAIL: JOHN.METZ@NOAA.GOV

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GW