Roham Bakhtyar, NOAA / Office of Water Prediction / National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Kazungu Maitaria, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Water Center (NWC), Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, P. Velissariou, NOAA-NWC, Tuscaloosa, United States, Beheen Trimble, NOAA-NWC, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Trey Flowers, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Saeed Moghimi, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Ali Abdolali, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, College Park, MD, United States, Hassan Mashriqui, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Water Center (NWC), National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, United States, Andre Jaco Van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS, MD, United States, Graeme R Aggett, Lynker Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States and Edward P Clark, NOAA, NWS Office of Water Prediction, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States