Public Information Statement
Statement as of 1:30 PM CDT on June 19, 2013
To: subscribers:
-family of services
-NOAA weather wire service
-emergency managers weather information network
other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: janet salazar
service hydrologist
NWS Wichita KS
Subject: change to river forecast and warning services effective
on July 1st 2013
Due to sequestration the USGS is discontinuing streamgage operations
at several NWS river forecast and warning service locations. USGS
streamflow observations are critical inputs to NWS river forecast
models. On July 1st 2013 the river gage on Gypsum Creek near Gypsum
will be discontinued. Therefor at this location river forecasts and
warning services will be reduced in quality. However come this fall
... October or shortly thereafter... forecasts and warning services
will be discontinued once the bridge were the wire-weight gage
resides becomes dismantled. There will be no other means to gage the
creek and therefor forecasts and warnings will cease for this site.
Another public notification statement will be sent in the future
when this takes place.
If you have questions or feedback... please contact:
Janet salazar
service hydrologist
National Weather Service
2142 south Tyler Road
Wichita KS 67209
phone: 316-942-8483
