PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   0800 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014   
      
   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) HAS DECLARED MARCH 16 THROUGH   
   MARCH 22 AS FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK. THE NATIONAL WEATHER   
   SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK WILL FEATURE INFORMATION ABOUT A DIFFERENT   
   FLOOD TOPIC EACH DAY DURING THE AWARENESS WEEK.   
      
   TODAY`S TOPIC: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATER RESOURCES THE NWS   
   HOMEPAGE WWW.WEATHER.GOV PROVIDES UP TO DATE WEATHER AND WATER   
   ADVISORY...WATCH...AND WARNING INFORMATION FOR THE U.S. AND ITS   
   TERRITORIES.  HOWEVER...THE NWS PROVIDES MANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES   
   TO HELP EMERGENCY MANAGERS...PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS   
   MAKE WATER DECISIONS.   
      
   ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE (AHPS)   
   AHPS PROVIDES A SUITE OF RIVER AND FLOOD FORECASTS AND WATER   
   INFORMATION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AND HELPS ENSURE THE   
   NATIONS ECONOMIC WELL BEING. WATER.WEATHER.GOV   
      
   FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING   
   THE ABILITY TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO SEE HOW MANY CITY BLOCKS AND   
   ROADS MIGHT BE FLOODED IS BECOMING CLEARER WITH FLOOD INUNDATION   
   MAPPING. NOAAS NWS AND NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE ARE COLLABORATING WITH   
   THE USGS...USACE...FEMA AND OTHER PARTNERS TO DEVELOP THESE   
   INUNDATION MAPS FOR FLOODING.   
   HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION.PHP   
      
   WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER (WPC) PRECIPITATION FORECASTS   
   WPC PROVIDES PRECIPITATION FORECASTS FOR THE ENTIRE U.S. INCLUDING   
   PUERTO RICO. WPC ALSO ISSUES EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FORECASTS SHORT   
   RANGE DISCUSSIONS ON HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS...AND SNOWFALL AND   
   FREEZING RAIN PROBABILITIES. WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/   
      
   NWS RIVER FORECAST CENTERS (RFCS)   
   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A NETWORK OF THIRTEEN RFCS ACROSS   
   THE UNITED STATES. THESE RFCS COLLECT...PROCESS...AND PROVIDE WATER   
   RESOURCE AND RIVER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION FOR MAJOR RIVER BASINS   
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RFC/RFC.PHP   
      
   FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEBSITE   
   ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND INFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO BEFORE...DURING   
   AND AFTER A FLOOD. WWW.FLOODSAFETY.NOAA.GOV   
      
   STAYING AWARE OF AN EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION CAN HELP YOU PREPARE   
   WHEN FLOODING OR OTHER WEATHER HAZARDS IMPACT YOUR AREA. BE A FORCE   
   OF NATURE! WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/COM/WEATHERREADYNATION/   
      
   JOIN US TOMORROW ON THE FINAL DAY OF FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK TO   
   FIND OUT ABOUT SOME GREAT FLOOD RESOURCES OFFERED BY SEVERAL NWS   
   PARTNERS!   
      
   TABITHA CLARKE   
   TABITHA.CLARKE@NOAA.GOV   
   SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK   
      
      
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