Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:51:52 EDT
Summary: The USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center is deploying storm surge sensors along the mid-Atlantic coast in preparation for Hurricane Matthew.
The USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) is currently deploying 203 continuous water level sensors and 22 Rapid Deployment Gages (RDGs) starting on October 5th in support of a FEMA mission assignment tasking. Hurricane Matthew is currently a major hurricane and is heading toward the Atlantic coastline of the United States.
Sixteen (16) field crews comprised of thirty-six (36) persons are now in the field supporting the effort of deployment ahead of the storm's arrival along the Atlantic coast of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, including the Outer Banks. It is expected that the storm arrival will coincide with high tide.
All SAWSC field employees are using personal locator devices that automatically track their locations.
Deployment activities will continue into Thursday, October 6th. Support personnel for coordination and outreach are also active. Sensor recovery will begin as soon as field conditions will allow.
Here is the info on how to find our storm response to Hurricane Matthew.
The storm-tide data will be available at:
https://stn.wim.usgs.gov/FEV/
If you use the drop down menu on the bottom right and select "Matthew", you will see the sites already deployed on the map. As we deploy instruments today, tomorrow, and possibly Friday, they will show up there also. The map also serves a site by site portal.