Flood
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project - TSARP
Excellent tool for flood information including family preparedness, rainfall maps, residential flood map and other resources
www.tsarp.org |
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TSARP Floodplains Interactive Viewer
Search Harris County floodplain areas by address and zip code.
maps2.tsarp.org |
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Hurricane
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American Red Cross Hurricane Information
www.redcross.org/general/0,1082,0_253_4427,00.html |
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NOAA Hurricane Preparedness
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml |
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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
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Local Evacuation Zones by Hurricane Category
html.click2weather.com/sh/idi/weather/hurricanes/Houston/index.html |
Hurricane Storm Surge
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Watch Storm Surge Graphics - Bay Area Information
In 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 |
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Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston 1 |
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Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston 2 |
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Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston, Texas City |
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Individual Storm Surge map (.pdf)
Courtesy of UHCL Risk Management
Surge map for Galveston Bay, Clear Lake, Taylor Lake |
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All About Storm Surge - General Introduction
www.click2weather.com/idipopup/weather/5008290/detail.html |
Texas and Houston Government Websites
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Governor's Division of Emergency Management
www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/ |
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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 |
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City of Houston Office of Emergency Management
www.houstonoem.org
City of Houston
www.houstontx.gov |
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Houston Real-Time Traffic Map
traffic.houstontranstar.org or for mobile devices traffic.houstontranstar.org/mobile |
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METRO - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
www.ridemetro.org |
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Galveston County Office of Emergency Management
www.gcoem.org
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TxDOT - Texas Department of Transportation > Travel
www.dot.state.tx.us/travel |
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Texas Online
www.state.tx.us |
World Disaster Information
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CBS News Disaster Links
Extensive list of links including Severe Weather, Tornadoes, Drought, Landslides, Volcanoes, Lightning, Earthquakes, Disaster Agencies
www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.htm |
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RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information
Havaria Information AlertMap
Global map with icons identifying emergencies. Text below map indicates events.
visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng |
