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2024 Texas Workshop Registration is Live!


This 2-day interactive workshop will focus on developing skills and experience related to installing, repairing, and maintaining flood warning systems. Learn about maintaining tipping buckets, calibrating stage sensors, new technologies in the hydrologic warning industry, and more! We encourage both system operators and maintainers to attend this workshop to get a better understanding of what it takes to run a flood warning system.


Please visit our 2024 Conference page for more information.


Our vision is for all communities to effectively use hydrologic information and warnings to protect lives, property, and the environment.

Our mission is to provide education, training, and standards for the generation, delivery, and use of timely reliable hydrologic information.

 


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About Us

 

The National Hydrologic Warning Council (NHWC), with membership across the United States and around the world, is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting emergency and environmental management officials by providing expert advice on the use of real-time, high quality hydrologic information from automated remote data systems, with the goals of protecting lives, property, and the environment.

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What is Hydrologic Warning?

 

The phrase "hydrologic warning" is not commonplace, but it has a broad, diverse meaning to those familiar with it.

Hydrologic Warning is the ability to warn of imminent danger to life, property, and the environment from hydrologic disasters through the use of automated remote data collection networks, modeling and analyses, and integrated hazard communication. 

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Get Involved

 

If you have a desire to get involved in NHWC, please send an email to president@hydrologicwarning.org.

 




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Conferences and Trainings

 

NHWC Conferences are held on a biennial basis (every two years), alternating with the ALERT User's Group (AUG) Conference. They are loosely on a East - Central - West Rotation.





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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

 

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Affiliate Organizations

 

A listing of organizations, academic institutions, and agencies that share NHWC's interest in hydrologic data collection and warnings.


Professional Organizations


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Organizations
Organizations
ALERT Users Group (AUG)

Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI)

American Meteorological Society (AMS)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Water Resources Association (AWRA)

Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)

Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)

Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)

Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies

National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)

National Hurricane Conference

National Water Quality Monitoring Council



Academic Institutions and Laboratories

 

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Academic Institutions
Academic Institutions
International Flash Flood Laboratory

Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science

National Academy of Sciences Committee on Hydrologic Science


Agencies


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Agencies

UNITED STATES

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC)

 


Global Meteorological Services

 

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International
International

 

Antillies and Aruba

Australia

Belize

Canada

China

Fiji

Finland

Greece

India

Ireland

Jamaica

Japan

Lesotho

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Mexico

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Swaziland

Turkey

United Kingdom






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