storm monitoring operations santa barbara county flood control district hydrology division
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Storm Monitoring Operations
Santa Barbara County Flood Control District
Hydrology Division
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Overview of Operations• Confer with meteorologists to assess timing
and severity of predicted storms.• Monitor “real time” data from remote weather
stations and stream gages during storm event.• Run SYR model to predict potential timing,
magnitude and location of flooding.• Coordinate with emergency services, other
County agencies and the media.
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The ALERT SystemAutomated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• Field Stations
• Radio Repeaters
• Base Station Receiver/Decoder
• Flood Warning Software
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Field Stations
Weather Station Stream Gaging Station
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Santa Maria
Santa Barbara Base Station
Plowshare
Pk
Figueroa Mtn
La Cumbre Pk
Sudden Pk
Repeater
To FigueroaTo Plowshare To LaCumbre
To Sudden Peak
Repeater Frequencies
Plowshare Rx 171.85 Tx169.5Figueroa Rx 169.5 Tx 170.3
Sudden Rx 169.5 Tx 170.3La Cumbre x 170.3Tx 171.05
Base Station Rx 171.05
To Twitchell
Twitchell
Twitchell Rx 171.85 Tx 71.85
To Base Station
ALERT Network
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Base Station Software
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Santa Ynez River Flood Control Model
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Agency Coordination
• National Weather Service
• County OES, Roads, others
• United States Bureau of Reclamation
• United States Geologic Survey
• Flood Control field staff
• Vandenberg Air Force Base
• Cloud Seeding Administrators