Contents

Manuals and Fact Sheet
Audio-Visual/CDs
Brochures, Flyers
Magazine Articles and Publications

Manuals and Fact Sheets

• AHPS Website Phase VII Enhancements
• Flood Warning Systems Manual
• Hydrologic Information on the Web: A Manual for Users
• Water Information for a Stronger and Safer America (Jan 2003)

Audio-Visual/CDs

• Cyclone: Second Wave
  • Tropical Cyclone Flooding, txt of script (6 minutes)
    To view, you need Power DVD viewer
  • Tropical Cyclone Inland Flooding (2 minutes)
  • NWS Flood Severity Scale (2 minutes)

To view the videos below, you need a free, Quicktime Viewer.

• Before the Flood: Frequently Asked Questions
• Flash Flood Safety at Home
• MPR News: Flood Forecasting is Tricky Business (YouTube)
• Preparing DC for a Megaflood
• Safety/Education Videos
  • Low Water Crossings: The Hidden Danger: 30 second, 8 minute Streaming Videos
  • Moving Water: Adventure or Danger (16 minutes: mov)
  • Water's Fury
  • Water Work: Careers in Hydrology (15 minutes: mov)
• Public Service Announcements (PSAs) .mov files
  • Hazardous Arroyous
  • Know your Caves
  • Moving Water: Adventure or Danger
  • Power of Moving Water
  • Storm Drains-
  • Water Safety in Canyons
  • White Water Rafting Safety
  • Knowing NOAA:  An inside look at the National Weather Service. Gary Carter, Office of Hydrologic Development
• Flood Smart: The National Flood Insurance Program
  • Flood Smart 5 minute video and 30 sec PSA (requires DVD capability): 500 mg
    

Brochures, Flyers

To get a single free copy, email NOAA OPCA/Outreach Unit and include the PA number. For bulk copies, contact your local NWS office. NWS staff can order from the NLSC

• 201053: Automated Local Flood Warning Systems, pdf
• 200850: AHPS User's Guide
• 200753: Flood Preparation and Flood Safety (Flood Insurance)
• 200258: AHPS: Water Prediction for Life Decisions
• 200467: Flood...The Awesome Power/NSC version
• National Safety Council: AHPS: Water Prediction for Life Decisions
• 77014: Flash Flood (Wallet Card)
• 200253: Floods . . . The Awesome Power!, pdf
• 92059: Red Cross: Are you ready for a flood or flash flood? htm or pdf
• 92060: Red Cross: Are You Ready for a Flood or a Flash Flood? (Spanish)
• 92062: Red Cross Poster: Are You Ready for a Flood or a Flash Flood? (E/S)
• 96074S: The Hidden Danger: Low Water Crossing (Spanish) pdf
• 200465: Tropical Cyclone Flooding: A Deadly Inland Danger
• 200552: TADD Brochure NWS/National Safety Council version: PDF.

Educational Links

• NOAA Weather Ranger (posters, videos, and bookmarks)
  
• Flood Awareness PSA
• USA Today Weather Chat
• Urban Flooding:  It Can Happen in a Flash
• The Water Cycle: U.S. Geologic Survey
• Hurricane Floyd Anniversary: Flooding, Awareness and Education

Magazine Articles and Publications

• Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), March 2005
• A Core Suite of AHPS Graphical Hydrologic Products and Information, March 2003
• Toward Improving the Hydrologic Service Program Today and in the Future:
  July 7, 2003
• American White Water: Water Predictions for Life Decisions; PDF (Sept/Oct 2001)
• 9-1-1 Magazine: Water Prediction for Life Decisions: PDF (Nov/Dec 2002)
• Utility Safety: 21st Century Ushers in New Hydrologic Services
• NOAA Magazine