Storm Surge Maximum Envelope of Water (MEOW) (Text)
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Contents:
- Overview
- Product Description
- Availability
- Examples
1. Overview
The Maximum Envelope of Water (MEOW) provides a worst case basin snapshot
for a particular storm category, forward speed, trajectory, and initial tide
level, incorporating uncertainty in forecast landfall location. These products
are compiled when a SLOSH basin is developed or updated. MEOWs are not storm
specific and are available to view in the SLOSH display program for all
operational basins. No single hurricane will produce the regional flooding
depicted in the MEOWs. Instead, the product is intended to capture the worst
case high water value at a particular location for hurricane evacuation
planning.
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