Local Flood Warning System (LWFS) (LWFS)
Water
A general designator for a network of stream and rain gages implemented by a community or local government to monitor hydrologic events as they occur. LFWS gages are either read manually by spotters or fitted with radio transmitter to communicate data to a computerized base station (see IFLOWS and ALERT).
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01