Mapping Weather: Flooding

By Burton Fitzsimmons

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1. October 2012 Texas GIS Forum Mapping Weather: Flooding
3. Severe Weather (1980-2005) Blue (4515) Damaging Winds Green (5636) Large Hail Red (1017) Tornado Tracks
4. June & Nov 2004 July 2002 July 2007 Sept 2010
12. “Flash Flood Alley”
13. 1869 Austin
14. 1869 La Grange
15. 1890s McDonald Dam
16. 1900 McDonald Dam 1 hr after break
17. After the 1900 flood
18. 1906 Soldiers at Austin Dam
19. 1912 New Austin Dam
20. Congress Bridge - April 23, 1915
21. 1915 Austin Dam after flood
22. In 1921… Worst flood by death toll: 215 killed 38.2” Thrall in 24 hours
23. 1935 flood Austin Dam
24. 1935 Austin flood
25. 1935 Flood
26. 1935 flood at Austin Dam
27. 1935 Austin flood
28. 1935 Austin after flood
29. 1936 Austin flood
30. 1936 Austin flood
31. 1938 Lake Buchanan
32. 1938 flood Buchanan Dam
33. The Highland Lakes System
34. 1957 Mansfield Dam
35. Taken from: NWS report, Rainfall & Floods of April, May & June 1957 in the South Central United States, US Weather Bureau, 1958.
36. 1957 Mansfield Dam
37. 1957 Mansfield Dam
40. June & Nov 2004 July 2002 July 2007 Sept 2010 El Niño La Niña
41. 2007 Mansfield Dam
42. 2007 Flash flooding
44. May 3, 1999 – Moore Tornado
52. Global SST Departures (oC)
57. NE Austin EF1 – January 25, 2012
58. Thank you! Burton Fitzsimmons Chief Meteorologist, YNN Austin weather8@ynn.com