Flooding: Before & After
When a Flood is Predicted — Listen for flood warnings
If a flood is predicted for your area, keep a battery-powered radio tuned to a local station and follow all emergency instructions. For immediate information, a weather-channel dedicated radio may be more useful. Pay particular attention to weather bulletins and listen for reports of hurricanes, storms and rainfall in nearby or upstream areas.
Gaging stations are used to keep track of water levels in major rivers, streams and bayous. There is a fairly close relationship between area flooding and river elevations. This relationship may change as drainage channels become more silted or clogged by vegetative growth and with new development in your area. This means that each flood will behave somewhat differently. This is why it is imperative that you remain alert to timely flood status reports and their consequences.