May 2011 Flooding

UPDATE: The files on the ftp site were updated on 5/7/2011 at 12:45.

Updates included full removal of <0.25 polys
Removed the file named recl_1. It was duplicative of other coverage. 

The State of Arkansas experienced extensive flooding in May of 2011. The AGIO acquired medium resolution imagery via the International Charter. The data was processed using the techniques below. Please refer to metadata associated with each file. ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/201105_Flooding

The files were generated as a visual representation of flooding that occurred in the Arkansas Delta in May 2011. The files should not be used for engineering or any other application that requires precise calculations.

• Tiled files Downloaded from U.S. Geological Survey Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS) 201104_Floods_Central_US under restricted International Charter Call 362.  Image Source SPOT - Agency DOD - Vendor Eagle Vision Information regarding the International Charter http://www.disasterscharter.org/home

• Source imagery georectification was further refined by AGIO using Arkansas source basemap data.

• Source image Band 1 was classified into 9 categories using ESRI Spatial Analyst extension. 

• Resulting file reclassified Categories 2 and 3 to Category 1 representing water.  All other categories reclassified as No Data.

• Files exported to vector forma

• Image source Date column and values added.

• Vector reprojected UTM Zone 15 North NAD83

• Area column added and areas calculated.

• Removed areas less than >0.25 ac., approx. 3x3 pixels.

April 25, 2011 Weather Event- Update1

Several data sets have been added to the ftp site including information related to the April 26th storms. FTP site http://goo.gl/5vgjG

The AGIO is coordinating with Faulkner County staff and EFS (http://www.efsgeotech.com/) to capture aerial photography for an area around Vilonia, Arkansas http://goo.gl/D5iEw

•  Area of interest- FileName = 20110426FlightPlanVilonia http://goo.gl/dED
• Imagery Capture Date: 4/28/2011 or as soon as safe and appropriate flying conditions exist.
• Quality: No fog, smoke, clouds or haze that obscure ground conditions.
• Camera: Digital 
• Type: Natural Color, RGB (no data shall be coded as such) 
• Resolution: One Foot GSD 
• Final Product: Color balance, edge-match, quality controlled 
• Format: .tiff tiled and named according to tiling scheme (FileName = 20110426AerialTileScheme http://goo.gl/dEDPf), 20:1 compressed Mr. Sid mosaic 
• Delivery date: No later than 5/6/2011 (unless flying conditions become unfavorable) 
• License: (Open Data http://goo.gl/ydyQy) product will be posted on the GeoStor ftp site upon completion of delivery to the county staff

April 25, 2011 Weather Event

We have begun posting preliminary information on the GeoStor ftp site ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20110425_weather We will continue posting information on this site as we receive it. Please review the readme file for details on each data set. Please contact Learon Dalby if you create products you would like to share via this ftp site. 
 

April 30 & May 1, 2010 Storms-Part2

Link to ftp (ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20100430_Weather)

Little Rock National Weather Service has surveyed storm damage within their area of coverage and provided a new KML file that includes confirmed tornadoes.

Data

20100430-0501-Surveyed Tornado Tracks.kml- Surveyed tornado damage from the LR-NWS

Dan Kock (@wxmandan) provided a blog post this weekend that provides additional insight to this event. 

http://wxmandan.blogspot.com/2010/05/map-of-tornado-tracks-from-april-30-may.html