# Presentation: 393197

## SR Technology Transfer and Service Enhancement Workshop

- SR Hydro Vision
- Ben Weiger
- SR HSB

## SR Hydro Vision

- Team composed of 8 members
- Dave Reed, team leader, LMRFC
- Rusty Pfost, MIC, WFO MFL
- Brian Peters, WCM, WFO BMX
- Joel Lanier, SH, WFO TAE
- Steve Bays, SH, WFO LZK
- Brad Gimmestad, DOH, SERFC
- Cyndie Abelman, senior HAS forecaster, WGRFC
- John Schmidt, senior hydrologic forecaster, ABRFC
- Hydro Vision will be updated and used by SR HSB to improve and enhance products and services based on new science and technology and customer feedback.
- Hydrologic Advisory Council (HAC) will assist SR HSB in setting priorities for actions and recommendations.  Membership in HAC will rotate every few years.
- HAC/SR HSB coordination via email/conference calls

## SR Hydro Vision

- Vision
- Enhance SR’s hydrologic products and services using the latest science  and technologies to meet the diverse and changing needs of our partners and customers.

## SR Hydro Vision

- Goals
- Improve and enhance existing products and services
- Infuse new science and technology into hydrologic operations
- Develop new products and services based on customer feedback
- Develop a better trained and informed workforce
- Restructure the NWS Hydrologic Services Program

## SR Hydro Vision

- Improve and enhance Existing Products and Services
- 13 actions
- 10 actions ongoing/1 complete/2 sub-items complete
- Complete - Create SR hydro list server
- In process
- Purchase set of standard field equipment to support SH/HFP
- Development of PC based RFC backup system
- Implement usable RFC verification program (established performance measures for SR RFC verification program, NWSH/contract for customer input for verification stats/performance measures)
- Ensure field offices have best gage information to support forecast operations (rain gage equipment, CADAS replacement system, AWS data, data QC)
- Simplify the issuance of and reduce the number of hydrologic products (reduce number of Spring Flood Outlooks)
- Emphasize flash flooding at all levels of organization (AWIPS tools, brochures, trademark phrase “Turn Around, Don’t Drown)
- RFC/WFO region-wide projects (conference calls, planning teams, *RFC tech transfer*, *encouragement of WFO/RFC projects*)
- Standardize RFC products (forecast update policy)
- Expand use of ESP to support AHPS

## SR Hydro Vision

- Infuse New Science and Technology
- 10 actions
-   7 actions ongoing/ 7 sub-items complete
- Develop and implement the capability to automatically share databases between WFOs and RFCs (*establish team, coordination with OHD*)
- Implement a single web site to access all hydrologic information (*one stop shopping high priority*)
- Implement new small basin hydrology tools at the WFOs (*FFMP, SSM*)
- Implement an ARCIMS Internet mapping server in SR
- Include all policy guidelines online
- Provide better flash flood guidance (*coordination with OHD*, workshop on GIS usages in hydro applications)
- Establish AHPS pilot projects at all RFCs
- Develop and implement a distributed hydrologic model (*DHM high priority*)
- Document technology and equipment to implement a web cam (SERFC)

## SR Hydro Vision

- Develop New Products and Services Based on Customer Feedback
- 4 actions
- 3 ongoing/1 complete, 2 sub-items complete
- Ongoing
- Gain a better understanding of customer needs (major cooperator visits)
- Develop press releases to raise visibility and market hydrologic services program (press releases on river forecast services, planned press release for AHPS web page, outreach with newspapers on RFC information graphics)
- Post hydrologic information graphics online (*SR River Flood Outlook, FOP,* RFC web presence team)
- Complete
- Establish and support a hydrologist on the HLT

## SR Hydro Vision

- Develop a better trained and informed workforce
- 6 actions
- 1 in process, one sub-item complete
- Establish a routine regional SH/HFP conference every other year; RFC workshops when no SH/HFP conference (*funds for SH/HFP conference and RFC workshops)*

## SR Hydro Vision

- Restructure the NWS Hydrologic Services Program (FY07 and beyond)
- 4 actions
- 1 in process, 3 sub-items complete
-  Make the RFCs more visible to the public and          emergency management community (*more press releases, RFC media training, visits to state DEMs*)