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Real Time Flood Alert System (RTFAS)Néstor J.
RodríguezSoReL Lab.Recinto Universitario de
MayagüezMayagüez, Puerto Rico
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Existing Flood Alert System
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Real Time Flood Alert System
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USGS Civil Defense Rainfall Data Collection
Network

• 17 Basins
• Over 120 data collection stations from USGS
• 34 data collection stations from CD
• Five types of measurements
• Rainfall
• River discharge
• River level
• Lake level
• Lake discharge

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La Plata Basin Stations Sensors

• 14 Rainfall sensors (RF1-RF14)
• 4 River level sensors (RL1-RL4
• 4 River discharge sensors (RD1-RD4)
• 2 Lake level sensors (LL1-LL2)
• 2 Lake discharge sensors (LD1-LD2)

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Types of Independent Events

• RF- Rainfall Report
• RD- River Discharge Report
• RL- River Level Report
• LL- Lake Level Report
• LD- Lake Discharge Report
• RAD- Radar Detection
• NWS- National Weather Service Bulletin
• EIC- Emergency Information Center Report
• IR- Information Requests
• OE- Other Events

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Types of Dependent Events for Water Company
Procedures on La Plata Basin

• RFA- Rainfall Accumulation on a station
• MAJ- Majority of Stations within a range of
  rainfall accumulation
• HRD- High River Discharge
• HRL- High River Level
• HLL- High Lake Level
• RW- Risk Watch
• MR- Moderate Risk
• HR- High Risk
• EP- Event in Progress

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List of Independent Events

• RF1-RF14 (rainfall sensors report)
• RL1-RL4 (river level sensors reports)
• RD1-RD4 (river discharge sensors reports)
• LL1-LL2 (lake level sensors reports)
• LD1-LD2 (lake discharge sensors reports)
• RAD1 (atmospheric system with potential intense,
  expanded or extended rainfall)
• RAD2 (atmospheric system with potential intense,
  expanded or extended rainfall has started)
• RAD3 (atmospheric system with intense, expanded
  or extended rainfall is in progress)

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List of Independent Events (Cont.)

• NWS1 (rainfall watch)
• NWS2 (flash flood watch)
• NWS3 (rainfall warning)
• NWS4 (flash flood warning)
• NWS5 (rainfall in progress)
• EIC1 (atmospheric system with significant
  rainfall has been visually detected)
• EIC2 (start of significant rainfall has been
  confirmed)
• EIC3 (significant rainfall in progress has been
  confirmed)
• IR1 (information request)
• OE1(saturated soil)

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List of Dependent Events

• RFA1- RFA14 (accumulation between .25 to .5
  inches)
• RFA15-RF28 (accumulation of more than .5 inches)
• RFA29-RFA42 (accumulation between .5 to .75
  inches)
• RFA43-RFA56 (accumulation of more than .75
  inches)
• RFA57-RFA70 (accumulation between 2 to 3 inches)
• RFA71-RFA84 (accumulation of more than 3 inches)
• RFA85-RFA98 (accumulation between 3 to 4 inches)
• RFA99-RFA112 (accumulation of more than 4 inches)
• MAJ1 (majority of RFA1 through RFA14 take place)
• MAJ2 (majority of RFA29 through RFA42 take place)
• MAJ3 (majority of RF57 through RFA70 take place)
• MAJ4 (majority of RFA85 through RFA98 take place)

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List of Dependent Events (Cont.)

• HRD1-HRD4 (RD gt critical value)
• HRL1-HRL4 (RL gt critical value)
• HLL1-HLL2 (LL gt critical value)
• RW (Risk Watch)
• MR- (Moderate Risk)
• HR- (High Risk)
• EP- (Event in Progress)

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RW Event
NWS1
NWS2
RAD1
EIC2
RW
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MR Event
OE1
HLL2
RAD2
HLL1
NWS3
NWS4
HRL1
HRL4
EIC2
HRD1
HRD4
MR
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HR Event
OE1
HLL2
MAJ1
HLL1
MAJ3
RFA15
HRL1
EIC3
NWS5
RAD3
HRL4
RFA28
RFA71
HRD1
RFA84
HRD4
HR
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EP Event
OE1
HLL2
MAJ2
HLL1
MAJ4
RFA99
HRL1
HRL4
RFA112
RFA43
HRD1
RFA56
HRD4
EP
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MAJ2 Event
RFA29
RF1
RFA30
RF2
MAJ2
RF14
RFA42
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HRD, HRL HLL Events
HRD1
RD1
HRL1
RL1
HLL1
LL1
HRD2
RD2
LL2
HRL2
RL2
HLL2
RD4
HRD4
RL4
HRL4