Quantifying the key factors that create road flooding : [tech summary].

Kent, Joshua D.; Gautreau, Gavin

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Quantifying the key factors that create road flooding : [tech summary].

2013-01-01
By Kent, Joshua D. ; Gautreau, Gavin

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Kent, Joshua D. ; Gautreau, Gavin
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Louisiana Transportation Research Center
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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Louisiana. Dept. of Transportation and Development
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Publication/ Report Number:

LTRC Report 497
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Louisiana
Corporate Publisher:

Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Abstract:

Road fl ooding is a serious operational hazard for many low-lying areas across southern Louisiana. This hazard is especially acute for ; the region’s emergency evacuation routes, which must be accessible for safe evacuation prior to an approaching hurricane. Emergency ; managers and decision-makers need additional tools regarding the factors and conditions that contribute to inundated roads to ; mitigate the risk of fl ooding during hurricanes. Numerous factors contribute to road fl ooding, including storm speed and direction, ; tidal ranges, wind speed, and storm surge. Many of these factors are deterministic and can be derived from available coastal weather ; services. Hurricane storm characteristics are modeled by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and provided as a geospatial data ; product distributed for approaching storms at specifi ed intervals.
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SIO No. 30000380 ; LTRC Project No. 11-6GT
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US Transportation Collection
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