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AUTOMATED LOCAL FLOOD

WARNING SYSTEMS

HANDBOOK

Weather Service Hydrology Handbook No. 2

February 1997



The following chapters of the handbook require the Acrobat® 3.0 viewer, available from Adobe.  
 

Preface (8 KB)  

Acronym List (6 KB) 

Ch. 1:  Overview of Handbook (6 KB)  

Ch. 2:  History of Floods (18 KB)  

Ch. 3:  Flood Mitigation (11 KB)  

Ch. 4:  Determining the Need for a Local Flood Warning System (181 KB) 

Ch. 5:  Types of Local Flood Warning Systems (83 KB)  

Ch. 6:  Implementing a Local Flood Warning System (51 KB)   

Ch. 7:  Standards for Automated Local Flood Warning Systems (41 KB)  

Ch. 8:  Response Planning Guidance (30 KB)  

Ch. 9:  Federal Insurance Administration Community Rating System (16 KB) 

Ch. 10:  Software (17 KB)  

Ch. 11:  Roles and Activities of Participants (34 KB)  

Ch. 12:  Selected References and Addresses (12 KB)  

Appendix A:  Sample Memorandums of Understanding for Local Flood Warning Systems (22 KB)  

Appendix B:  Flash Flood Manual of Local Flood Forecast Procedures (176 KB)



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