Title:
Forecasting for Hurricane Josephine

dc.contributor.author Craver, Tarran en_US
dc.contributor.author Atwell, Jonathan en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Southeast River Forecast Center (U.S.) en_US
dc.contributor.editor Hatcher, Kathryn J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-06T01:57:52Z
dc.date.available 2012-07-06T01:57:52Z
dc.date.issued 1997-03
dc.description Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, Athens, Georgia. en_US
dc.description.abstract The Southeast River Forecast Center (SERFC) is responsible for the production of river forecasts for all the rivers that drain into the Atlantic Ocean along the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, as well as the rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico from Mobile Bay to the southernmost tip of Florida. This area of responsibility covers about 270,000 square miles. Although the primary mission of the SERFC is to forecast flooding, forecasts for various purposes are issued daily for numerous locations within this vast area. Tropical Storm Alberto (1994) was still fresh in the minds of southwest Georgia residents when Hurricane Josephine approached this flood sensitive area in early October, 1996, presenting the possibility of catastrophic flooding. Hydrologists at the SERFC used quantitative precipitation forecasts supplied by National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices in their hydrologic prediction model to improve lead time associated with flood forecasts. The heaviest rainfall associated with Hurricane Josephine was confined within the area which includes the panhandle of Florida, southeastern Georgia, and the coastal Carolinas. Excellent quantitative precipitation forecasts provided by the Weather Forecast Office in Jacksonville, Florida, accurately predicted basin average rainfall of 4-5 inches across northern Florida and southern Georgia 24 hours in advance of its occurrence. This accurate prediction led to increased awareness of potential trouble spots along rivers and streams across southern Georgia as well as Florida. In addition to notifying emergency management officials concerning locations of possible trouble spots, much desired lead time was gained with this accurate quantitative precipitation forecast. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibility This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 0-935835-05-9
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44198
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Institute of Ecology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GWRI1997. Groundwater & Coastal Issues en_US
dc.subject Water resources management en_US
dc.subject Precipitation forecasting en_US
dc.subject Stormwater en_US
dc.subject Forecasting en_US
dc.title Forecasting for Hurricane Josephine en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename Georgia Water Resources Institute
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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