Stories Tagged ‘debris flow’

Rainfall amounts posted on February 5, 2010 in California.

NSSL radar team returns from debris flow project

NSSL’s mobile radar team and the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) have returned to Norman, Okla. following participation in the NOAA/USGS demonstration flash flood and debris flow early warning system project.

Mullally debris basin

SoCal rain events captured by NSSL radar team

NSSL’s mobile radar team and the SMART-R have captured seven heavy rain events in southern California.

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Mobile radar collects data for debris flow experiment

NSSL’s mobile radar team and the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar arrived safely at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California at the end of November.

SR-2 El Toro

Mobile radar heads to California for debris flow experiment

December 1, NSSL’s mobile radar team will begin to collect data with the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) in southern California to help monitor rainstorms that may trigger dangerous debris flows.

Mobile radar returns from California debris flow experiment

NSSL’s SMART-R team has deployed a mobile radar near a target burn area each winter to supply real-time close-up radar data during rain eventsA/USGS prototype Debris Flow Warning System experiment.