National Hydrologic Warning Council Awards
About the NHWC Awards
The mission of the National Hydrologic Warning Council (NHWC) is to promote the acquisition, dissemination and utilization of hydrologic and meteorological data in real-time for the protection of lives, property, infrastructure and resources, and to support the subsequent uses of the data to improve knowledge and management of the environment.
In 2007, NHWC initiated an awards program to highlight exceptional work and innovation in the field of hydrologic warning.
Nominations are solicited biennially, in the months prior to the NHWC Conference & Exposition. For more information, please contact Kevin Stewart, NHWC Awards Director at kstewart@udfcd.org.
Award Categories
Outstanding Service Award – Awarded to an individual whose work has exceptionally benefited an individual organization and/or the hydrologic warning profession.
Operational Excellence Award – Awarded to an organization that has developed and/or maintained an exceptional hydrologic warning system.
Hydrologic Warning Innovation Award – Awarded to an individual or organization that has developed an innovative product or program improvement that has exceptionally benefited the hydrologic warning profession.
Outstanding NHWC Transmission Article Award – Awarded to an individual who prepared an outstanding article for publication in NHWC Transmission.
Past Award Recipients
| Year |
Award |
Recipient |
| 2007 |
Outstanding Service |
Brian McCallum |
| 2007 |
Outstanding Service |
Don Colton |
| 2007 |
Outstanding Service |
Frank Gutierrez |
| 2009 |
Outstanding Service |
Art McDole |
| 2009 |
Hydrologic Innovation |
Don Van Wie and Chris Roark |
| 2009 |
Operational Excellence |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Stormwater Services and the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center |
| 2009 |
Operational Excellence |
Santa Barbara County Flood Control District |
| 2009 |
Outstanding NHWC Transmission Article |
Rand Allen |
| 2011 |
Outstanding Service |
Dan Miller |
| 2011 |
Outstanding Service |
Gene Stallings |
| 2011 |
Outstanding Service |
Kevin Stewart |
| 2011 |
Outstanding NHWC Transmission Article |
Craig McDougall |
| 2013 |
Outstanding Service |
Brian Iserman |
| 2013 |
Operational Excellence |
Trinity River Authority of Texas |
| 2013 |
Hydrologic Warning Innovation |
David "Dave" Leader & James "Jim" Slouber |
| 2013 |
Outstanding NHWC Transmission Article |
Benjamin Pratt & Stuart Geiger |
| 2013 |
Special Service Award |
David C. Curtis - In appreciation for service as President of the NHWC 2011-2013 |
| 2015 |
Outstanding NHWC Transmission Article |
Michael Schaffner, Alexander Tardy, Jamie Laber, & Carl Unkrich |
| 2015 |
Recognition for 20 Years of Support |
High Sierra Electronics, HydroLynx Systems, & OneRain |
| 2015 |
Operational Excellence |
Harris County Flood Control District |
| 2015 |
Special Service Award |
David C. Curtis - In appreciation for service as President of the NHWC 2011-2015 |
| 2015 |
Special Service Award |
Jean Vieux - In appreciation for service as NHWC Director 2013-2015 and for exemplary service as the 2015 Conference Committee Chair |
| 2017 |
Outstanding Service |
Robert Hartman |
| 2017 |
Hydrologic Innovation |
Jim Moffitt |
| 2017 |
Operational Excellence |
Ventura County Watershed Protection District |
| 2017 |
Outstanding Service |
Susan Janek |
| 2017 |
Outstanding NHWC Transmission Article |
Jessica Cherry, Scott Lindsey, and Crane Johnson |
| 2019 |
Outstanding Service |
Kevin Stewart |
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Andy Rooke |
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Steve Fitzgerald |
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Josh McSwain |
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David Maidment |
| 2019 |
Operational Excellence |
Flood Control District of Maricopa County |
| 2019 |
Hydrologic Innovation |
Iowa Flood Center |