An example of NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) services: This is a simulated image of potential flooding over Warfield, Kentucky, along the Tug Fork River in February 2025. The blue represents forecast extent of inundation and extends away from the river channel to indicate numerous structures and streets may be affected by flood waters. Local emergency teams used those maps to deploy the National Guard with high-water vehicles to affected neighborhoods where they evacuated all the residents before water entered their apartments. (Image credit: NOAA)
