community collaboration success: the shrewsbury river flood warning system
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Community Collaboration Success:The Shrewsbury River Flood Warning System
Project Manager: Mariana Leckner, Ph.D. , American Military University
Stakeholder Partners: Capt. Mauro “Buzz” Baldanza, Oceanport OEM
Margaret Murnane, Monmouth County OEM
Research Partners:Dr. Thomas Herrington, Stevens Institute of Technology
James Nickels, Urban Coast Institute, Monmouth University
Introduction
This presentation is the result of collaborative efforts between:
• Monmouth County OEM• NJ Municipalities of:
HighlandsLittle SilverLong BranchMiddletownMonmouth BeachOceanportRumsonSea Bright
• Urban Coast Institute of Monmouth University• Stevens Institute of Technology• IOOS and MACOORA
Background
Genesis of collaboration:• Oceanport’s NWS StormReady designation• Multi-jurisdictional impacts of flooding• Funding proposal troubles• Existing IOOS infrastructure in place• Strength in numbers!
PlanningMatching funds & servicesOperations and maintenanceRegional mitigation
• Partnership successful in obtaining FEMA PDM funding
Issue
Extensive Floodplain
Nor’easters
Inland Rainfall
Hurricane Surge
Extremely Vulnerable
No existing historical or real time water levelinformation.
Flood category Height (feet)*
Location
Minor flooding 3.9 – 4.9 Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Long Branch, Rumson, Highlands
Moderate Flooding 4.9 – 5.9 Little Silver, Oceanport, Sandy Hook ‘96, ‘98, ’00, ’10
Major Flooding > 5.9 Sandy Hook, region ‘91, ‘92, ‘93
Historical flood heights/categories
March 2010 flooding
*NAVD88
Purpose
•Monitoring•Alert/warning•Creating a database for future benchmarking
Shrewsbury River at Route 36 (Photo: M. Leckner)
Existing MARCOOS Infrastructure
NYHOPS Domain
Existing MARCOOS Storm Surge Products
Developed System
•Installed in 2010
•Five gauges
•Integrated into existing MARCOOSsystem
System Operation
•Receiver/DecoderMonmouth University, Urban Coast Institute
•WebsiteStevens Institute of Technology, The Center for Maritime Systems
•System ManagementMonmouth County OEM
•OperationsAll stakeholders through operations board
Gauge Locations
Installed gauge locations (not to scale)
Website: System Log-in Page
Website: Time-series Interface, sites
Example of System Application
Comparison of gauge readingsOct 4th – Oct 7th
Coastal flooding
Extended Benefits of Collaboration
• System provides data in previously unsampled region within MARCOOS
• Data will aid in the development of improved and expanded nowcast/forecast model.
• Reporting to NWS FO to develop improved flood impact tables
Extended Benefits of Collaboration
• Research Initiatives– New Jersey Marine Science Consortium
Vulnerability Project– Collaborative Proposal to NOAA Climate
Program to develop Historic and future (sea level rise) visualizations for community planning and preparedness
Questions
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