minnesota silver jackets pilot project flood inundation map and warning system for downtown st. paul...
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Minnesota Silver Jackets Pilot Project
Flood Inundation Map and Warning System for Downtown St. Paul
National Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets Workshop
August 23, 2012
Jennifer Nelson, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, State Hazard Mitigation Officer
Terry Zien, PE, CFM, USACE – St Paul
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Flood Inundation Map and Warning Systemfor Downtown St. Paul - Study Limits
Upper Landing & Harriet Island
Downtown
Airport
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Flood Inundation Map and Warning Systemfor Downtown St. Paul
Objectives Leverage existing resources
USACE HEC-RAS unsteady model for the Mississippi
Existing USGS gage location and long period of record
NWS forecast point City of St. Paul survey data FEMA HAZUS Database Studies by others
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1952
20011965
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Flood Inundation Map and Warning Systemfor Downtown St. Paul - Study Features
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Objectives - Continued
Create a flood inundation map Define flood risk Scenario-based
Enhanced NWS forecast capabilities Inform public policy decisions (land use,
zoning, permitting) Develop/improve flood warning systems
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Upper Landing & Harriet Island
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Objectives - Continued
Produce public education materials Potential to work with the Science Museum of
Minnesota Video display kiosk Inform public on natural and beneficial uses of
the flood plain Guide mitigation efforts
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Harriet Island
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Downtown St Paul
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1952 Flood
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Objectives - Continued
Reduce future risk to life and property! Improve urban planning Update existing FEMA NFIP data &
documents for the study area Promote wise use of the flood plain Reduce future expenditures on response and
recovery
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Downtown St. Paul Looking UpstreamMississippi River, Left Bank
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Downtown St. Paul Looking DownstreamMississippi River, Left Bank
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St Paul Airport Area
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St Paul Airport (circa 1943)
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Temporary floodwalls are put up
in area that is now flood
fringe.
St. Paul, MN Airport
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Objectives - Continued
Potential to Increase CRS Credit: FEMA will investigate the possibility to provide CRS
credit to those communities who obtain inundation mapping studies as a tool for flood risk mitigation.
St. Paul could consider becoming a CRS community
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Status Update Milestones Accomplished
SOW in progress with SJ team, IWR team Developed a project time line Identified current HEC-RAS model to be used as a basis for
water surface profiles, modeling nearly complete Investigating meaningful scenarios for HEC-RAS model Gathering additional data needed for model, risk
identification, and map production Challenges / Limiting Factors / Gaps
Sharing of digital source data/products across different agencies
HAZUS data base may not be the best to define detailed risk information/consequences at this level of investigation
Newer, better LIDAR data delayed progress of project
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Questions?