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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
600 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...Today's Topic for Flood Safety Awareness Week is National
Weather Service Water Resources...

The National Weather Service, in cooperation with the Arkansas 
Division of Emergency Management, has proclaimed the week of 
March 25th through 29th as Flood Safety Awareness Week in Arkansas. 
Each day during the week will feature information about a 
different flood related 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)
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AHPS provides a suite of river and flood forecasts and water 
information to protect life and property and help ensure the 
nation's economic well being.

water.weather.gov/ahps/

National Water Center (NWC)
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The NWC’s mission is to promote collaboration across the scientific
community, serving as both a catalyst to accelerate the transition 
of research into operations and a center of excellence for water 
resources, state-of-the-science information, and prediction services.
These services inform essential emergency management and water resources
decisions across all time scales, including drought, low-flow risks, and
information needs for routine and long-range water management and 
planning.

https://water.noaa.gov/about/nwc

Weather Prediction Center (WPC) Precipitation Forecasts 
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WPC provides precipitation forecasts for the entire U.S. and 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)
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The NWS has a network of thirteen River Forecast Centers (RFC) 
across the United States. These RFCs collect, process, and provide 
water resource and river forecasts and information for major river 
basins. 

water.weather.gov/ahps/rfc/rfc.php
 
There are two RFCs that service Arkansas. These are the Lower 
Mississippi River Forecast Center and the Arkansas-Red Basin River 
Forecast Center. 

LMRFC covers the Lower Mississippi, White, Black, and Ouachita 
River Basins.

www.weather.gov/lmrfc/
  
ABRFC covers the lower Arkansas River and its tributaries.

www.weather.gov/abrfc/

Flood Inundation Mapping
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The longstanding demand for event driven flood inundation mapping
(FIM) has increased dramatically in recent years as a high value 
source of actionable information for emergency and water resource 
managers to prepare, mitigate, and respond to flood impacts. In 
response, the National Water Center (NWC) of the National Weather
Service (NWS), in coordination with NWS River Forecast Centers (RFC)
and Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) along with Federal and other 
partners, has developed and demonstrated high resolution inundation 
modeling capabilities providing geo-referenced visualizations of 
forecast flooding extent at the continental scale.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c7ae8422207241b5873fff38a22cf66b

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On this page, you will find information on what to do before, 
during, and after a flood. www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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.weather.gov/wrn/

To contact us, email Senior Service Hydrologist Tabitha Clarke at 
the National Weather Service in Little Rock. Her address is
tabitha.clarke@noaa.gov. 

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