Md. Shahabul Alam, The University of Alabama, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States, Sifan Abera Koriche, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Peter La Follette, Lynker, Boulder, United States, Ahmad Jan Khattak, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Watershed Systems Modeling Group, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States; NOAA - Affiliate, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, Fred L. Ogden, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, Savalan Naser Neisary, The University of Alabama, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, United States, Mukesh Kumar, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States and Steven J Burian, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH), Alabama Water Institute, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States