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NWS Hydrology Trivia!


Part 1 â€“ Significant Years
Part 2 â€“ People
Part 3 â€“ Places/Offices
Part 4 â€“ Hodgepodge

  1. Name the first two River Forecast Centers.

    (a) Tulsa RFC and St. Louis RFC
    (b) Kansas City RFC and Cincinnati RFC
    (c) Portland RFC and Fort Worth RFC
    (d) Kansas City RFC and St. Louis RFC
    (e) St. Louis RFC and Cincinnati RFC

  2. Name the three regions that one man has the distinction of having served as Regional Hydrologist.

    (a) Pacific, Alaska and Western Regions
    (b) Alaska, Western and Eastern Regions
    (c) Alaska, Southern and Central Regions
    (d) Western, Southern and Central Regions

  3. Name the River Forecast Center that existed for a few years in the 1950’s.

    (a) Tulsa RFC
    (b) St. Louis RFC
    (c) Knoxville RFC
    (d) Pittsburgh RFC

  4. What major river was the area of responsibility for the RFC that existed only in the 1950s?

    (a) Lower Mississippi River
    (b) Red River
    (c) Arkansas River
    (d) Red River of the North
    (e) Tennessee River

  5. Which River Forecast Center was the first to use NWSRFS?

    (a) Lower Mississippi RFC
    (b) North Central RFC
    (c) Middle Atlantic RFC
    (d) Alaska RFC

  6. Name the last River Forecast Center to be established.

    (a) Lower Mississippi RFC
    (b) North Central RFC
    (c) Middle Atlantic RFC
    (d) Alaska RFC

  7. Name the two River Forecast Centers which combined operations in the mid 1960’s.

    (a) Cincinnati RFC and Pittsburgh RFC
    (b) Knoxville RFC and Slidell RFC
    (c) St. Louis RFC and Kansas City RFC
    (d) St. Louis RFC and Minneapolis RFC

  8. River Forecast Center was the first to computerize its operations?

    (a) Alaska RFC
    (b) California-Nevada RFC
    (c) West Gulf RFC
    (d) Ohio RFC

  9. Name the region where the Regional Hydrologist also serves as a Hydrologist-in-Charge?

    (a) Pacific
    (b) Alaska
    (c) Western
    (d) Central
    (e) Southern
    (f) Eastern

  10. Name the region that does not now have a Regional Hydrologist but did for a short time in the 1960s?

    (a) Pacific
    (b) Alaska
    (c) Western
    (d) Central
    (e) Southern
    (f) Eastern