Others in the community assist the hydrologic mission by providing information or broadcasting the message. Read more about about interacting with these stakeholders.

Hydrologic Interests

You may have contacts in your CWA, such as utility companies, you maintain close contact with in flooding or extreme drought situations.

They are often observers, providing rainfall and possibly river stage data. Some manufacturing plants with critical water needs or locations near floodplains may be other key partners.

Other partners may include private meteorology or hydrology companies, data user groups, businesses, cooperative observers, and academia.

Provide documentation of service agreements with partners for your staff and backup offices.

To clarify, this refers to agreements the office has honored for many years. Review NWSI 10-1806 NWS Support for Special Events and NWSI 1-1201 Obtaining Environmental Data from External Partners (including information on MOU/MOA - Memoranda of Understanding/Agreement).

Media

Work closely with the Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) from your office and the Service Coordination Hydrologist (SCH) from the servicing RFC to ensure coordination with the various media outlets in the CWA.

You should make sure the WCM and media resources use any weather information public education event to promote hydrologic awareness.

Create a "tip sheet" of hydrologic products you produce and web pages where they can find information (AHPS, RFCs, and special hydrologic information pages).

Be sure to participate in National Seasonal Safety events and activities to test communications with these key partners!

Customer Service and Outreach

Coordinate with the WCM and with the SCH to training customers and your staff.

Include hydrology as a topic in any severe weather presentations. Work with adjacent WFOs and servicing RFCs on short training opportunities for you and your staff.