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<br />Structural Fhwd Control I'lca~ores <br />The Roxel~er Creek Watershed oro~ect, co~plcted in 19R1, is located <br />within the Iloxelder Creek WateHh"d. Fi!,:ure I ia a ~~p of the watershe~ <br />sho",in~ the loc~t Ion llf floodwater retard in;: re~ervoirs. Thl~ project will <br />LlndOllbtedly reduce flood damages dun;: Iloxelder Creek in f..ture yeRr~. S,,"'''' <br />rem~1"tng flu"d da"'a~e~ are likely, ho""ver, heeaOJse of si~nlficant <br />uncwntroUedportionsufdralna;:<lshel"wthestr\lcture. <br />Flood Warnin!': and Flood Foreca3t1n;: System" <br />The NatIonal Oceanic ~nd AtmQspheric Administration (NOAA) through its <br />~ational Weather Service (NWS), ~nintains year-around &lrv~illance of <br />w<lather and flood conditions. Daily weather forecasts are issued through <br />th~ NWS and disse~inated by radIo and television st~tlons. A ~enersl alert <br />to th~ danger "f fl"..h flooding is one of the servioes provided by th" <br />~stlonal Weathet ~orvl"e. <br />EvacuationPI"n <br />An "Emer!':c'ncy P.vac"ati"n and flperati<m Plan" sho"ld provide for <br />nl"rtinl'( the public of potential flooding, and {'oord1na[ing ~o",rmInHy /tad <br />C-Ollnty "e~ViC"5 during an ~"'''~g''nc.y. Phn lmpl"",entation during the ti"" of <br />,~n emergency requires cooperation of the g"neral public "s well a3 local <br />"fHoisls. This is especially import~nt fur flu"d fightln~, evacuaU<ln, and <br />ree"u" o[>eraU"n... C,,",lI111nic,,tlon Is e:<t,e:nely i"'\H.>nant durilll< floc><! <br />"l~rts. W~rniLl;:s tS~lled th,oll!;h the )lational We"the, Service are <br />disacmi""ted by r~dio to state ~n~ local "ffld.,ls. <br /> <br />21 <br />