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Metadata Version: 0.1 
Title: NOAA NWS Advanced Hydrological Prediction Services, Current Major Flooding Locations, Iowa, Morning 6.13.2008
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Weather Service; Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Theme Keywords: disaster,environment,flood,flooding,floods,iowa,iowa-floods,natural,river,rivers
Place Keywords: [not yet implemented]
Abstract:This dataset displays points in Iowa that are currently going through "major flooding" as deemed by the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. 

The dataset provides the location name, major flooding point location (city, state, lat, lon), location’s main water source, current height, current flow, current status, and forecasted status in one weeks time.  

The information was collected between 7:00 am and 9:30 am central time on the 13th of June, 2008.Various locations recorded their data within this time interval.

Categories of Status: Record, Major, Moderate, Flood, Action, Non-Action

Lat/lon coordinates are provided by the website.

For more information about these major flood locations visit: http://www.weather.gov/ahps/  

By visiting the site you can view all major flooding points in the country and gather more information about past, present, and future flooding incidents at that point. 


Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Weather Service; Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
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Time Period of Content: 2008-06-13 12:00:00 UTC
Format Name: AVSHP,KML,CSV
Use Constraints: This data is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/