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National Weather Service Lake Charles
Bayou Vermilion River Conference
(May 28, 2008)

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles held a one day hydrologic conference on the Bayou Vermilion River, hosted by Tim Osborne of NOAA in Lafayette, Louisiana. The conference was designed to educate local, state, and federal officials and local media on the history and issues affecting the Bayou Vermilion River. NWS Lake Charles would like to thank all attendees and presenters for making this conference a great success, and NOAA for hosting the conference in their facilities!







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Vermilion River Conference Presentations
(click on a link to download the presentation)
(note: .pdf format, Adobe Acrobat required; some file sizes are large and will be slow to download)

Welcome to the Vermilion River conference by Andy Patrick, NWS Lake Charles	Hurricane Season 2008 by Roger Erickson, NWS Lake Charles
Bayou Vermilion Processes & Dynamics by Paul LaHaye & Cindy Trahan, Bayou Vermilion District	Vermilion River Flood Events by Rob Perillo, KATC-TV
Understanding the Hydrology of the Low Gradient Vermilion Watershed by Dr. Ehab A. Messelhe, U.L. Lafayette	National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System by Pam Mattingly, Calcasieu Parish Police Jury
NWS Flood Inundation Mapping Services by Ben Weiger, NWS Southern Region Headquarters	Heavy Rainfall Forecasting by Joe Rua, NWS Lake Charles
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service by Jonathan Brazzell, NWS Lake Charles	Operations & Operational Modeling of the Vermilion River by David Welch & Dave Ramirez, NWS LMRFC

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