Warnings Emergency Services Borough of Rumson Local Elevation and Rumson Emergency The following are universal flood Flood Awareness Guide warning signs that will appear as Services an alert or sign when a flood is 732-842-0500 By: Mitchell Lauria imminent. Borough Hall Informational Services As a coastal community 732-842-3300 susceptible to tidal flooding, Rumson : Federal Emergency residents are in danger if they do not Flooding is possible. understand their local elevation, and Be prepared. Management Agency when tidal flooding threatens their 1-800-621-3362 safety. The purpose of this brochure is to provide a guide to help Rumson : residents understand how to monitor Flooding is expected. flood levels, find their street elevation Immediate action and create email or text alerts when required. Be threaten their safely. prepared to move to higher ground. Working with the Borough of Rumson, Stevens Institute of Technology, FEMA, the USGS, and Google, Inc., this Severe Flood solution was created by Mitchell Lauria Warning: as part of his Boy Scout Troop 201 Eagle Project. Assistance will be provided to Severe flooding. help any local resident with Danger to life. If The Boys Scout Motto is “Be Prepared”. understanding this process, including advised to evacuate, This easy to implement three step process help setting up custom flood alerts. By do so immediately. helps Rumson residents understand their using the following three step process, street and evacuation route elevation, Rumson residents will be able to: monitor local tidal and flood levels online, and set alerts at different thresholds so 1. Quickly find the elevation of their ! that they will be aware of an approaching street address. flood and take action immediately. 2. Monitor flood levels in their local Always monitor the radio, Rumson neighborhood. television stations and the If you have any questions, or need assistance implementing this process 3. Set alerts to notify them by text or Internet for additional during the duration of this project, please email when flood levels threaten information. contact Mitchell Lauria of Rumson Troop their safety. 201 at [email protected]. -Mitchell Lauria 3 Easy Steps To Find Your Elevation And Set Flood Alerts

Step 1: Find Your Street Step 2: Monitor Local Flood Levels Step 3: Set Your Customized Local Elevation from the Shrewsbury River Sea Flood Level Alerts (email and text) • Using Google search: Daftlogic find Bright Bridge Station • On the same web page as in step 2, altitude • Using Google search: USGS you can now set your email or text • Click on the URL: Shrewsbury River alerts by clicking on the WaterAlert link located underneath the flood map. • https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox • Click on the URL: -google-maps-find-altitude.htm http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?s • Setting up the parameters for your ite_no=0140760 alerts is easy. Using the lowest • Enter your street address in the elevation of your home, street, or search bar above the map. Your • Next scroll down to the first graph evacuation route simply use 6in lower elevation will show up below the titled: Gage Height, Feet than that value. Select the greater than map. • This USGS web page provides a live (>) threshold condition, to be notified • Next click on your local street, and data feed from the Shrewsbury River when the tides exceed the elevation write down this elevation along with flood monitoring system and input, then select how often and the the lowest elevation of any street station on the Sea Bright Bridge. This method, (text or email) you would like that you would use as your station is the closest tidal monitoring to be notified. evacuation route. The elevation of station to Rumson. Looking at the • After your alert is set, you will receive the last clicked location will show up graph you can see live tidal levels. a confirming email or text that must be below the map. acknowledged, and every so often you • Write down the elevation of your will be reminded that your alert is home and street in feet. active. The system also has a process for changing, and canceling your alerts. Stevens Flood Advisory System Stevens Institute of Technology http://hudson.dl.stevens- tech.edu/sfas/reg/index.shtml This is a screenshot from the USGS live streaming provides a live streaming data feed water level monitor in Sea Bright, NJ and monitor that not only shows the current tides but also predicts future In the example above, look at the tides. Residents can monitor tides, and maximum height of the water on July 26, set email alerts when flood conditions 2016. It reached slightly over 2ft. Any are expected. Select the Shrewsbury location with an elevation under 2ft River monitor and click “Show Time without a dam around it would be Series Plot”. flooded. (This is typically the average Screenshot from the Daftlogic website that shows height for high tide) If the tide has not an interactive map and gives the elevation of a peaked and is still rising it can be marked point. inferred that water levels will rise until high tide has peaked.