Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:27:10 EDT
Summary: Personnel from the New Jersey Water Science Center deploy storm-surge sensors and rapid deployment gage in anticipation of Hurricane Joaquin
A major hurricane forecast to pass by offshore is forecast to affect the coastal and estuarine portions of New Jersey. The Storm Team has been activated and daily conferences calls are being held at 0900 Eastern Time. Hurricane with intense waves predicted in the Atlantic, currently no damage or injuries have been reported. The areas with the most significant local impacts are the Atlantic Coast areas. The USGS NJ Water Science Center has dispatched 10 field staff to support data collection to characterize the effects of the storm surge in selected areas of the Delaware Bay and backbays of coastal New Jersey. Two field staff were deployed to the Coram, NY to prepare for SCoRR sampling efforts set to begin tomorrow and 2 field personnel were servicing landslide monitors in the Atlantic Highlands region of New Jersey. In addition, four office staff are supporting the storm response. In total, 9 USGS states are responding to this event. Within NJ, one, rapidly-deployable surge gage and 20 storm-tide water level sensors have been deployed to record storm conditions. As of today, 0 high-water marks have been flagged with 0 surveyed into the elevations. 0 water quality samples have been collected in NJ. Numerous contacts have been made with USGS and NWS storm-response officials, as well as local emergency management officials. These contacts were primarily to give instrumentation status updates and report staff safety status. 0 additional streamflow measurements have been made at the surface-water gages in New Jersey. 0 streamgages have exceeded period of record highs.
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