Fayette County Administrators attend NWS Flood Seminar

Flooding, particularly flash flooding, is also one of the hardest for weather forecasters to predict. The National Weather Service (NWS), in Conjunction with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S Army Corps of Engineers and U.S Geological Survey (USGS) currently has approximately 3,600 river forecast points across the country. Using the National Water Model, NWS can now provide hydrologic forecasts to over 2 million people, as well as provide flood inundation maps based on the model.
The NWS Austin/San Antonio office hosted a seminar on September 12th in Gonzales to present the model and get feedback from area emergency management coordinators, GIS Administrators and floodplain administrators, Fayette County's GIS Administrator Dawn Moore, Floodplain Administrator Amber Hielscher and Emergency Management Coordinator Angela Hahn attended the seminar.
NWS officials at the seminar asked for local input on the maps presented, saying that it was important to focus on local impacts and critical infrastructure.