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<p style='margin:0in 0in 12pt;'><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'><span style='background-attachment:initial; background-clip:initial; background-image:initial; background-origin:initial; background-position:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-size:initial;'>Continuously updated US flooding information from the National Weather Service shows observed flooding locations, current & forecast precipitation, and flood warning areas. The stream gauges and weather watches layers allow you to identify features to get specific information such as flooding height, weather related issue, and severity.</span></span> For a map that focuses on more general weather reports and current radar, see our <a target='_blank' href='https://disasterresponse.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=d16d53126f1243a3a7a7f1d0dff39662' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Severe Weather Map</a>.</p><p style='margin:0in 0in 12pt;'><span style='font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'>About the data: </span></p><p style='margin:0in 0in 12pt;'><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'><strong>Stream gauges with flooding:</strong> This is an aggregated live feed derived from the NOAA/USGS Stream Gauges site using the </span><a target='_blank' href='https://water.weather.gov/ahps/' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>National Weather Service’s River Observation data</a><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'>.</span></p><p style='margin:0in 0in 12pt;'><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'><strong>Flood Warnings (short and long term):</strong> This is an aggregated live feed derived from the NOAA Weather Warnings Watches and Advisory data provided through the </span><a target='_blank' href='https://alerts.weather.gov/' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Alert system</a><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'>.</span></p><p style='margin:0in 0in 12pt;'><span style='color:rgb(89,89,89); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'><strong>72-hour Forecast Total Precipitation:</strong> The data displaying forecast precipitation for the next 72 hours is </span><a target='_blank' href='https://www.nws.noaa.gov/ndfd/definitions.htm' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)</a><span style='color:black; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'>.</span><span style='color:rgb(89,89,89); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'> QPF is the amount of expected rainfall (in hundredths of inches) every six hours. This data is recorded by NDFD at 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800. Organization: NDFD (National Digital Forecast Database)</span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;'> </p><p style='margin:12pt 0in;'><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'><strong>Radar:</strong> Provided by Baron Weather - </span><a target='_blank' href='https://baronweather.com/esri-weather-layers' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='color:rgb(77,77,77); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;'>https://baronweather.com/esri-weather-layers</span></a></p>
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