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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