Texas flood forecasting - Federal Geographic Data Committee...Harry R. Evans [email protected]...
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Texas flood forecasting
A test bed for the National Flood Interoperability Experiment
Produce high spatial resolution (1 mile2) flood forecasting products:
1. Local flood emergency planning and response
2. Web services for information sharing
National Water Model based on:
1. Radar precipitation
2. Detailed river hydraulic modeling
3. Flood inundation mapping
Funding support from UT system
Collaboration among UT system institutions
The project lead is Dr. David Maidment (maidment@utexasedu)
Presented by May Yuan ([email protected])
NGAC Meeting, September 28, 2016
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Harry R. Evans [email protected]
Dr. David K. Arctur [email protected]
Dr. David R. Maidment [email protected]
Center for Research in Water Resources
University of Texas at Austin
Briefing for TARC, 9-1-1 Coordinators Association, 21 September 2016
Acknowledgements: Austin Fire Department, COA Watershed Protection, e-911 Coordinators, CSEC
National Weather Service, Texas Division of Emergency Management
This presentation is based on a briefing to
Texas Association of Regional Councils
Texas Flood Response Study
by
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http://kxan.com/2016/05/03/new-technology-hopes-to-predict-flash-floods-before-it-happens/
http://kxan.com/2016/05/03/new-technology-hopes-to-predict-flash-floods-before-it-happens/
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Saturday, May 23, 6 AM
Storm Rainfall during 2015 Memorial Day Weekend
http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/map/viewer/#app=cdo&cfg=radar&theme=radar&display=nexrad
Saturday, May 23, noon Saturday, May 23, 6 PM Saturday, May 23, Midnight Sunday, May 24, 6
AM
Sunday, May 24, noon
Sunday, May 24, 6 PM Sunday, May 24, Midnight
Where are the corresponding flood maps on the ground?
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13 NWS River Forecast Centers (RFCs)
- Prepare river and flood
forecasts using models based
on average basin
characteristics
- Provide forecast guidance to
Weather Forecast Offices
(WFOs)
- Issue daily stage and
streamflow forecasts, rainfall
and drought data and
information, and flash flood
guidance
- Work with water managers and
other Federal Agencies 5
6600 sub-basins in continental US
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An Opportunity
New National Water Center established on the
Tuscaloosa campus of University of Alabama by the
National Weather Service and federal agency
partners
Has a mission to assess hydrology in a new way at
the continental scale for the United States
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Flow Continuum Model – a national stream
network, atmosphere to oceans, coast to coast
130 Catchments and Flowlines
uniquely labelled
Two basins and one forecast point
becomes
Current: 6600 basins and 3600 forecast points
NFIE: 2.7 million stream reaches and catchments
A national flow network
Blanco River at Wimberley
Basin ~ 400 Sq Mile
Reach Catchment ~ 1 Sq Mile
Watershed Hydrology – basins and outlet points
Continental Hydrology – network flow continuum
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NHDPlus Version 2.1
National Elevation Dataset
National Hydrography Dataset
National Land Cover Dataset
Watershed Boundary Dataset
NHDPlus
Foundation for a Geospatial Hydrologic Framework for the United States
2.7 million reach catchments in US
average area 3 km2
reach length 2 km
Uniquely labelled
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500,000 processors operating in parallel
10
Stampede
1.2 million gallon cooling tank
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TDEM Project Stakeholders
County Partners • Travis County Commissioners
• Capital Area Fire Chief
• Association (CAFCA)
• Travis County Emergency Management
• Travis County Sheriff's Office
• Williamson County Emergency Management
• Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
• Williamson County Fire Chiefs
• Upper Brushy Creek Water Control District
• San Marcos Emergency Management
• Hays County Emergency Management
State Partners • Texas Division of Emergency
Management (TDEM)
• Texas Natural Resource
Information Systems (TNRIS)
• Texas Water Development
Board (TWDB)
• Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
• Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT)
• Texas Floodplain Managers
City Partners • City of Austin
• Austin Fire Department
• Austin Flood Early Warning
System (FEWS)
• Austin Homeland Security
Emergency Management (HSEM)
• Houston Office of Emergency
Management
Federal Partners • National Weather Service (NWS)
• National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
• Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
• US Geological Survey (USGS)
• US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
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Types of Flood Maps for First Response
1) Strategic Flood Map
•Used at Emergency Operations Center
•Overview map of entire area
• Identifies scope/magnitude of overall
problem
•Used to keep track of several area
commands, groups of units
2) Pre-planning Flood Maps
3) Operations Flood Map
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Onion Creek Watershed Study:
AFD / FEWS Strategic Planning Map This could be greatly automated…
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Preplanning Flood Response Map
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Operations Flood Response Map
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Method for Determining Flood Risk:
Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND)
Height Above
Nearest Drainage
(HAND)
Address Point
Flood Depth
Normal Depth
Stream Bed
Flooding occurs when Water Depth is greater than HAND
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Height Above Nearest Drainage
18
(180 billion cells in a grid mesh covering continental US)
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NOAA National Water Model in Texas
Continuous real-time water forecasting on 190,000 miles of streams and rivers divided into 98,000 reaches. Data are publicly accessible now
A transformative improvement for flood resilience in our state!
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Continental-Scale Flood Inundation Mapping
3
2
1
1. Forecast discharge with National Water Model 2. Convert discharge to depth using rating curve 3. Convert depth to inundation using HAND
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Address Points Compiled from E-911 Services
8.45 million address points. About 65,589 addresses left to be geocoded. Total 8.5 million address points.
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Height Above Nearest Drainage for Address
Points in Williamson Creek
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Texas Inundation Mapping
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Next Step: UT system collaboration
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1. Densified Measurements ADCP
Humminbird Helix Radar
Sommer Radar
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County for Each Institution