NEW RIVER FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING SERVICE FOR ROCK RIVER IN WISCONSIN

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ HAS IMPLEMENTED NEW FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS TO THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ WEB PORTAL FOR 5 SITES ALONG THE ROCK RIVER. THE SITES ARE WATERTOWN...JEFFERSON...FORT ATKINSON AND LAKE KOSHKONONG IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND AFTON IN ROCK COUNTY.

AHPS INUNDATION MAPS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE SPATIAL EXTENT AND DEPTH OF FLOODWATERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIVE SITES. USERS WILL BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THE MAPS FOR VARIOUS RIVER LEVELS...COMBINED WITH RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND NWS RIVER FORECASTS...ENHANCE THE COMMUNICATION OF FLOOD RISK AND PROVIDE USERS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BETTER MITIGATE FLOODING IMPACTS.

THESE INUNDATION MAPS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WIS. DEPT. OF NATURAL
RESOURCES...WISCONSIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

THE MAPS FOR INDIVIDUAL SITES CAN BE SEEN AT
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=MKX

ON THE SPECIFIC AHPS WEB PAGES FOR EACH OF THE FIVE SITES...LOOK FOR
"INUNDATION MAPPING".

OTHER PERTINENT WEBSITES ARE:
HTTP:/WWW/WEATHER.GOV/MKX
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION.PHP
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NCRFC

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WEB ADDRESSES SHOULD BE TYPED IN LOWER CASE LETTERS.

FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...CONTACT:

BRIAN HAHN-SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
N3533 HARDSCRABBLE ROAD
DOUSMAN WI 53118

E-MAIL: BRIAN.HAHN@NOAA.GOV

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HAHN