NOAA to Dedicate New “NOAA Sentinel” Storm Tide Station at Bay Waveland
NOAA will dedicate the first of four new hurricane-hardened NOAA Sentinel water level observing stations being installed in Mississippi and Louisiana. The yellow, 25-foot-tall NOAA Sentinels measure and deliver real-time water level and meteorological data to help coastal residents and authorities prepare for, mitigate, and respond to storm tides generated by severe coastal storms.
WHAT:
NOAA Sentinel storm tide station dedication
WHEN:
August 22, 2008, 10 a.m.
WHERE:
Bay Waveland Yacht Club
697 N. Beach Blvd.
Bay St. Louis, Miss.
WHO:
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran
Michael Szabados, director, NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
David Mooneyhan, director, Gulf Coast Geospatial Center
La Donn Swann, director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium