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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
600 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009

   ...2009 NATIONAL FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK...

THE MEMPHIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) INVITES YOUR PARTICIPATION
IN THE FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK,
MARCH 16-20, 2009.

TODAYS THEME IS THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE OR AHPS.
AHPS PROVIDES WATER PREDICTION AND DELIVERY METHODS TO SERVE YOUR
NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR PARTNERS IN PROTECTING LIFE AND
PROPERTY RANGING FROM FLOODS TO DROUGHTS.

AHPS PROVIDES YOU WITH USER FRIENDLY TEXT AND GRAPHICAL FORECASTS 
THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. THE GOAL OF THESE PRODUCTS IS TO HELP
EMERGENCY MANAGERS TO BE BETTER PREPARED TO DEFEND THEIR
COMMUNITIES FROM FLOODS...AND HELPS RECREATIONAL WATER USERS STAY
OUT OF HARMS WAY.

AHPS ENABLES YOU TO GET RELIABLE ANSWERS TO SUCH QUESTIONS AS:

-HOW HIGH WILL THE RIVER RISE?
-WHEN WILL THE RIVER CREST?
-WHERE WILL IT FLOOD?
-HOW LONG WILL THE FLOOD LAST?
-WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THE FLOOD?

THE NWS HAS RECENTLY ADDED SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO THE AHPS PAGES.
THESE ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE:
-MULTI-SENSORED PRECIPITAITON INFORMATION
-FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING AT SELECT LOCATIONS
-RSS FEED ALERT CAPABILITIES

THE MEMPHIS AHPS WEB PAGE CAN BE ACCESSED AT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG...THEN CLICK ON RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT AHPS AND FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK
IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLOODSAFETY/

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