Pima County Flood Control DistrictPima County Flood Control District

ALERT Flood Warning ALERT Flood Warning SystemSystem

ALERT Flood Warning System:

Sensor Location Map

80 Precipitation Gauges

28 Stream Gauges

4 Weather Stations

ALERT System

Precipitation Site

ALERT System Stream Gauge Site: co-located with USGS

SYSTEM OPERATION

Primary Use – Flood Warning

•Sensors report in real time

•Data received by PCFCD and NWS

•System monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

•Data analyzed and passed to;

•Pima County Department of Transportation, Operations Division

•National Weather Service

•Tucson-Pima County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Secondary Uses

Support for Environmental Monitoring

•Pima County Department of Environmental Quality

•Pima County Department of Wastewater Management

•US Forest Service

In the end, no matter what; FLOODS HAPPEN