NOAA has released a significant collection of that can be viewed online or incorporated into your own GIS maps. There is also a visualization tool available here. While we don’t live on the coast, some data sets such as warnings and watches, may be useful.

Fall rains brought flooding to Roswell. Video and article at KOB4.

FEMA Region 6 has developed a suite of products to help communities better understand natural hazard vulnerability and take action to reduce risk. From simple “How-to” Recipe Cards to fact sheets and even recorded tutorials, these products can help you pair your local data with our Flood Risk Data to develop flood risk assessments and communication tools for your community.

Learn how to pair your local data with FEMA Flood Depth Grid data in our Virtual Brown Bag series on Tuesday, September 29th.
Space is limited. Be sure to register for this session on EventBrite by noon on September 28th to receive the webinar call in information.

Flood Depth Grids illustrate how deep water may be during a major flood event, referred to as the 1% annual chance flood. Knowing flood depth at a given location can help officials identify high flood risk areas and communicate flood risk in simple terms. Additionally, Flood Depth Grids can help communities identify structures for elevation, advance recovery planning and disaster preparedness, and more.

Sign up now through EventBrite and view the schedule here: https://r6virtualbrownbag.eventbrite.com

This tutorial is intended for technical staff (GIS), Emergency Managers, Planners, Floodplain Administrators, and local officials. You will be able to see live demonstrations, ask questions, and learn how to pair this data with your community’s data to develop flood risk assessments and communication tools.

Don’t miss the rest of our Virtual Brown Bags on other useful products. Schedule below:

• September 29, 2015 – noon-12:45 pm –Depth Grids
• October 27, 2015 – noon-12:45 pm –BFE Determination Tool – Using WSE Grids
• November 17, 2015 – noon-12:45 pm –Using the AAL
• January 26, 2016 – noon-12:45 pm – CSLF
• February 23, 2016 – noon-12:45 pm – Percent Annual Chance Grids
• March 29, 2016 – noon-12:45 pm – Depth Grids
• April 26, 2016 – noon-12:45 pm – BFE Determination Tool – Using WSE Grids
• June 28, 2016 – noon-12:45 pm – Using the AAL

Also, please feel free to review the fact sheets, recipe cards and tutorials for Flood Depth Grids here:

• Fact sheet – http://riskmap6.com/documents/resource/FS_Flood_Depth_Grids_V3.pdf
• Recorded Tutorial – http://riskmap6.com/documents/resource/DepthGrids_Final_AudioOn.pptx
• Recipe Card – http://riskmap6.com/documents/resource/RC_Depth%20Grids_halfpage.pdf