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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1000 AM EST WED DEC 16 2015

TO:	SUBSCRIBERS - FAMILY OF SERVICES AND NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
    AND OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PARTNERS, USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM: RAY KRUZDLO -	SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST, NATIONAL WEATHER
      SERVICE, WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE, MT. HOLLY/PHILADELPHIA

      NANCY FURBUSH - SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST, NATIONAL WEATHER
      SERVICE, WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE, UPTON/NEW YORK CITY

SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL PASSAIC BASIN FLOOD INUNDATION
         MAPS

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
IMPLEMENTED NINE ADDITIONAL FLOOD INUNDATION MAP LIBRARIES ACROSS
THE PASSAIC BASIN. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE SIX LIBRARIES ALREADY
IN PLACE ON THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE (AHPS) WEB
PORTAL. IN ALL, 26 FLOOD INUNDATION MAP LIBRARIES NOW EXIST ACROSS
NEW JERSEY’S RIVER BASINS. EACH OF THEM CAN BE VIEWED ON AHPS.

INUNDATION MAPS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE SPATIAL EXTENT AND DEPTH
OF FLOOD WATERS IN THE VICINITY OF BOTH NWS RIVER FORECAST AND NON-
FORECAST POINTS. USERS ARE ABLE TO DISPLAY FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS FOR
VARIOUS LEVELS RANGING FROM MINOR FLOODING THROUGH AND/OR ABOVE THE
LARGEST OBSERVED FLOOD.

FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING GAGES AND
MUNICIPALITIES.

GAGE                                MUNICIPALITIES

SADDLE RIVER AT RIDGEWOOD           HO-HO-KUS, RIDGEWOOD, PARAMUS

HACKENSACK RIVER AT RIVERVALE       RIVERVALE TOWNSHIP, OLD TAPPEN,
                                    HARRINGTON PARK

PECKMAN RIVER AT VERONA             WOODLAND PARK, LITTLE FALLS,
                                    CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP, VERONA
                                    TOWNSHIP

HACKENSACK RIVER AT NEW MILFORD     ORADELL, NEW MILFORD, RIVER EDGE

WANAQUE RIVER AT WANAQUE            WANAQUE, HASKELL, POMPTON LAKES,
                                    RIVERDALE

RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH              MAHWAH TOWNSHIP, OAKLAND

PASSAIC RIVER AT PINEBROOK          PINE BROOK, MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP,
                                    TWO BRIDGES, FAIRFIELD, WAYNE

HO-HO-KUS BROOK AT HO-HO-KUS        WALDWICK, RIDGEWOOD, HO-HO-KUS

PEQUANOCK RIVER AT MACOPIN          KINNELON, BUTLER, BLOOMINGDALE

EACH INUNDATION LIBRARY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) RIVER GAGE AND/OR NWS FORECAST POINT.

FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS, COMBINED WITH RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND NWS
FORECASTS, ENHANCE THE COMMUNICATION OF FLOOD RISK, PROVIDE USERS
WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BETTER MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF
FLOODING, AND BUILD MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

THESE FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS AND ASSOCIATED GEOSPATIAL DATA
(SHAPEFILES) CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE AHPS PORTAL (USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS):

HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS

A COMPLETE LIST OF FLOOD INUNDATION MAP LOCATIONS IS ONLINE AT (USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS):

HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION.PHP

A USERS GUIDE FOR THE FLOOD INUNDATION MAP WEB INTERFACE IS
AVAILABLE AT (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS):

HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/INUNDATION_MAPPING_USER_GUIDE.PDF

THESE NEW INUNDATION MAPS WERE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW
JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA DISTRICTS OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE NEW
JERSEY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE IN
COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REGION II.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT:

RAY KRUZDLO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT. HOLLY/PHILADELPHIA
SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
PHONE: 609-261-6615 EXT 234
EMAIL: RAYMOND.KRUZDLO at NOAA.GOV

NANCY FURBUSH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON/NEW YORK CITY
SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
PHONE: 631-205-6111 EXT 234
EMAIL: NANCY.FURBUSH at NOAA.GOV

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