763 NOUS43 KSGF 191123 PNSSGF PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT - TopicsExpress



          

763 NOUS43 KSGF 191123 PNSSGF PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) HAS DECLARED MARCH 16 THROUGH MARCH 22 AS FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD WILL FEATURE INFORMATION ABOUT A DIFFERENT FLOOD TOPIC EACH DAY DURING THE AWARENESS WEEK. TODAYS TOPIC IS FLOODS HAZARDS. A FLOOD IS DEFINED AS ANY HIGH FLOW...OVERFLOW...OR INUNDATION OF WATER THAT CAUSES OR THREATENS DAMAGE. FLOODING CAN OCCUR WITH PROLONGED RAINFALL OVER SEVERAL DAYS...INTENSE RAINFALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...OR WHEN WATER FROM AN EXISTING SOURCE MOVES TOO QUICKLY...SUCH AS RAPID SNOWMELT OR DAM BREAKS. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF FLOODING YOU MAY EXPERIENCE ARE FOUND BELOW. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE FLOOD HAZARDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NWS FLOOD SAFETY WEBSITE AT WWW.FLOODSAFETY.NOAA.GOV. FLASH FLOODING: FLASH FLOODING IS A RAPID AND EXTREME FLOW OF HIGH WATER INTO A NORMALLY DRY AREA...OR A RAPID WATER LEVEL RISE IN A STREAM OR CREEK ABOVE A PREDETERMINED FLOOD LEVEL...USUALLY BEGINNING WITHIN SIX HOURS OF THE CAUSATIVE EVENT. RIVER FLOODING: RIVER FLOODING OCCURS WHEN RIVERS RISE AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...INUNDATING AREAS THAT ARE NORMALLY DRY. TROPICAL SYSTEMS AND COASTAL FLOODING: AT ANY TIME OF YEAR...A STORM FROM OVER THE OCEAN CAN BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO THE U.S. COASTS. WHETHER SUCH A STORM IS TROPICAL OR NOT...PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION CAN CAUSE FLOODING IN COASTAL AREAS...AS WELL AS FURTHER INLAND AS THE STORM MOVES ONSHORE. IN ADDITION TO THE FRESH WATER THREAT...TROPICAL SYSTEMS AND NOREASTERS CAN BRING THE THREAT OF STORM SURGE RELATED COASTAL FLOODING. BURN SCARS AND DEBRIS FLOWS: WILDFIRES BURN AWAY THE VEGETATION OF AN AREA...LEAVING BEHIND BARE GROUND THAT TENDS TO REPEL WATER. WHEN RAIN FALLS...IT RUNS OFF A BURN SCAR TOWARDS A LOW LYING AREA...SOMETIMES CARRYING BRANCHES...SOIL AND OTHER DEBRIS ALONG WITH IT. WITHOUT VEGETATION TO HOLD THE SOIL IN PLACE...FLOODING CAN PRODUCE MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. SNOWMELT: FLOODING DUE TO SNOWMELT MOST OFTEN OCCURS IN THE SPRING WHEN WARMING TEMPERATURES QUICKLY MELT THE SNOW. THE WATER FLOWS ACROSS PARTIALLY FROZEN OR ALREADY SATURATED GROUND INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THEM TO RAPIDLY RISE AND SOMETIMES OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. ICE AND DEBRIS JAMS: A BACKUP OF WATER INTO SURROUNDING AREAS CAN OCCUR WHEN A RIVER OR STREAM IS BLOCKED BY A BUILD-UP OF ICE OR OTHER DEBRIS. DRY WASH: WHEN HEAVY RAIN FALLS OVER DRY LAND...THE WATER RUSHES TOWARDS LOW-LYING AREAS...WHICH MAY INCLUDE DRIED UP CANYON OR STREAM BEDS. THIS CAN QUICKLY TURN A DRY CHANNEL INTO A RAGING RIVER. DAM BREAK AND LEVEE FAILURE: A DAM BREAK OR DAM FAILURE CAN OCCUR WITH LITTLE TO NO WARNING. MOST OFTEN THEY ARE CAUSED BY WATER OVERTOPPING THE STRUCTURE...EXCESSIVE SEEPAGE THROUGH THE SURROUNDING GROUND...OR A STRUCTURAL FAILURE. UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT FLOOD HAZARDS AND KNOWING THE ACTIONS TO TAKE BEFORE...DURING...AND AFTERWARDS CAN HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR LIFE...THE LIVES OF YOUR LOVED ONES...AND YOUR PROPERTY. PREPARE NOW BY VISITING WWW.FLOODSAFETY.NOAA.GOV JOIN US TOMORROW FOR INFORMATION ON FLOOD RELATED SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:26:12 +0000

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