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Public Information Statement

Statement as of 12:30 PM EDT on March 17, 2010


... Day 3 of 2010 National flood safety awareness week...

Your National Weather Service invites your participation in its
annual National flood safety awareness week, March 15-19, 2010.

Todays topic is tropical cyclone inland flooding. When it comes to
tropical cyclones (a generic term for a hurricane... typhoon... or
tropical storm)... wind speeds do not tell the whole story. Intense
rainfall... not directly related to the wind speed of a tropical
cyclone... often causes more damage. Since the 1970s... inland
freshwater flooding has been responsible for more than half of the
deaths associated with tropical cyclones in the United States.
Rainfall is typically heavier with slower moving storms as slower
moving tropical cyclones allow heavy rain to persist over a
location. The flood impacts can range from urbanized flooding... to
river flooding... to flash flooding.

Here are some terms we use to inform you of the flood threat.

- A Flood Watch indicates that conditions are favorable for flooding
to happen.

- A Flood Warning or Flash Flood Warning means flooding is
occurring or imminent.

- Minor flooding is when minimal or no property damage is
expected to occur... but the flooding could possibly cause some
public threat or inconvenience.

- Moderate flooding is when some inundation of structures and
roads near streams will occur. Some evacuations of people
and/or a Transfer of property are necessary.

- Major flooding is when there is extensive inundation of
structures and roads along with possible significant
evacuations of people and/or Transfer of property.

Additional information about flood safety awareness week is
available at www.Weather.Gov/floodsafety/


Weather Severe Map
Alabama - Flood Warning
Alaska - Wind Advisory
Arkansas - Flood Warning
California - Record Report
Colorado - Special Weather Statement , Public Information Statement
Connecticut - Flood Warning , Record Report , Public Information Statement
Delaware - Coastal Flood Advisory
District of Columbia - Coastal Flood Advisory
Florida - Flood Warning , Public Information Statement
Georgia - Flood Warning , Public Information Statement
Illinois - Flood Warning , Flood Advisory , Public Information Statement
Indiana - Flood Warning , Flood Advisory
Iowa - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Flash Flood Watch , Hydrologic Statement , Public Information Statement
Kansas - Flood Warning
Kentucky - Flood Warning , Flood Advisory
Louisiana - Flood Warning
Maine - Record Report
Massachusetts - Areal Flood Warning , Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning , Record Report , Public Information Statement
Michigan - Flood Warning , Flood Advisory
Minnesota - Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning , Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Advisory , Public Information Statement
Mississippi - Flood Warning
Missouri - Flood Warning , Public Information Statement
Montana - Record Report
Nebraska - Flood Warning , Public Information Statement
New Hampshire - Flood Warning , Record Report
New Jersey - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Coastal Flood Advisory , Public Information Statement
New Mexico - Record Report
New York - Areal Flood Advisory , Public Information Statement
North Carolina - Flood Warning
North Dakota - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Watch , Areal Flood Watch , Dense Fog Advisory , Public Information Statement
Ohio - Flood Warning , Flood Advisory
Oregon - High Surf Advisory , Record Report
Pennsylvania - Flood Advisory , Coastal Flood Advisory
Rhode Island - Areal Flood Warning , Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning , Record Report
South Carolina - Flood Warning
South Dakota - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Advisory
Tennessee - Flood Warning
Texas - Flood Warning , Record Report
Utah - Special Weather Statement
Vermont - Public Information Statement
Virginia - Coastal Flood Advisory
Washington - High Surf Advisory , Record Report
West Virginia - Flood Warning
Wisconsin - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Advisory , Public Information Statement
Wyoming - Special Weather Statement
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