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Harris County Flood Control District: Flood Preparedness Harris County Flood Control District: Flood Preparedness
Site has Learing Center where watersheds, flood plains and drainage networks are explained.
www.hcfcd.org/famfloodprepare.html
Harris County Home Land Security and Emergency Management Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Flood Alert System: Harris County Interactive Rainfall Map
www.hcoem.org
Monitors rainfall effect on bayou and stream water levels.
Readings updated periodically as they change.
Directions: Go to Flood Data, select Rainfall Map ( http://www.hcoem.org/HCRainfall.aspx)
Hover on a rectangle to get an overview and select either the View Stream Level or
View Rainfall Data link to get details for that specific location.
Example: Click View Stream Level for B104 Horsepen Bayou @ Bay Area Blvd.to see staff gauge, stream elevation and water level graphic. Click View Rainfall Data for rainfall amounts. If you have difficulty clicking on a link, zoom in on the map or select a different location from the drop-down list at the top of a Stream Level or Rainfall Data page.
In addition to the Harris County interactive rainfall map, the home page has excellent local links to USGS water level maps for houston, National Weather Service, Ozone Levels, Traffic Map, School Alerts, Amber Alerts, Links to OEM Neighbors and describes The City of Houston 311 Service Helpline.
national weather service hurricane evacuation and risk maps National Weather Service (NWS)
Southeast TX River and Reservoir Summary
www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=HGXRVAHGX
Main hydrology page includes links related to river statements, warnings, predictions, stream flow conditions and river authority sites.
www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/hydrology.htm
http://www.tsarp.org Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project - TSARPExcellent tool for flood information including family preparedness, rainfall maps, residential flood map and other resources
www.tsarp.org TSARP Floodplains Interactive Viewer TSARP Floodplains Interactive ViewerSearch Harris County floodplain areas by address and zip code.
maps.tsarp.org/viewer.htm Hurricane
American Red Cross Hurricane Information American Red Cross Hurricane Information
www.redcross.org/general/0,1082,0_253_4427,00.html NOAA Hurricane Preparedness NOAA Hurricane Preparedness
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml national weather service hurricane evacuation and risk maps NWS: Southeast Texas Tropical Weather Information
Tropical weather outlooks and local area hurricane statements
www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/tropical.htm
NWS: National Hurricane Center
Typically updated 4 times a day.
www.nhc.noaa.gov
NWS: Evacuation and Risk Maps
www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/tropical/maps.htm
cllick 2 weather's local evacuation zones Local Evacuation Zones by Hurricane Category
html.click2weather.com/sh/idi/weather/hurricanes/Houston/index.html
Hurricane Storm Surge
storm surge graphics news report for bay area Watch Storm Surge Graphics - Bay Area InformationIn Fall 2005, when hurricane Rita was heading toward Texas, Click2Weather described potential storm surges for the local area. Ignore the beginning part of the video which is a discussion of 2005 hurricane Rita before forecasters knew where Rita would make landfall. The second part of the video is a good discussion of storm surge for this area.
www.click2houston.com/video/4998700/index.html storm surge map for Galveston, number 1 Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston 1 storm surge map for Galveston, number 2 Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston 2 storm surge map for Galveston, Texas City Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston, Texas City storm surge map for Galveston Bay, Clear Lake and Taylor Lake Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston Bay, Clear Lake, Taylor Lake all about storm surge - general introduction All About Storm Surge - General Introductionwww.click2weather.com/idipopup/weather/5008290/detail.html Texas and Houston Government Websites
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/ Governor's Division of Emergency Managementwww.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/ http://www.hcoem.org Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Includes flood alert rainfall and water level maps, latest/breaking news, radar and weather and traffic links
www.hcoem.org
city of houston City of Houston Office of Emergency Management
www.houstonoem.org
City of Houston
www.houstontx.gov
houston transtar Houston Real-Time Traffic Maptraffic.houstontranstar.org or for mobile devices
traffic.houstontranstar.org/mobile harris county metro METRO - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris Countywww.ridemetro.org galveston county office of emergency management Galveston County Office of Emergency Management www.gcoem.orgtexas department of transportation TxDOT - Texas Department of Transportation > Travelwww.dot.state.tx.us/travel texas online Texas Onlinewww.state.tx.us World Disaster Information
CBS News Disaster Links CBS News Disaster LinksExtensive list of links including Severe Weather, Tornadoes, Drought, Landslides, Volcanoes, Lightning, Earthquakes, Disaster Agencies
www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.htm RSOE Alert Map RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information
Havaria Information AlertMapGlobal map with icons identifying emergencies. Text below map indicates events.
visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=⟨=eng Date Updated: 05-AUG-2008
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