Brian Cosgrove, National Weather Service Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD, United States, David Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Thomas Martin Graziano, NOAA, NWS Office of Water Prediction, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Edward P Clark, NOAA, NWS Office of Water Prediction, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Trey Flowers, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States