Purpose: System issues an audible alert and provides continuous, web based reporting of approaching flood conditions to Fort Hood Range Control personnel enabling them to warn soldiers training in the field of dangerous stream conditions.

NOTE:  This system is no longer in operation.  It was conceived and implemented by Texas A&M AgriLife Research-Temple and funded by Fort Hood’s Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) program.  The system was installed in 2005 and operated until 2012.

Locations: Stream level sensors placed at stream crossings prone to flooding including:
1) Cowhouse Creek at FM116 (Pidcoke)
2) Cowhouse Creek at Georgetown Road
3) Cowhouse Creek at West Range Road
4) House Creek at Georgetown Road
5) House Creek at West Range Road
6) Henson Creek at West Range Road

Equipment: Supplied by C.C. Lynch and Associates, INC. Includes:
1) In-Situ Level TROLL 300 non-vented level/pressure and temperature sensor
2) Rugged, non-vented, twist lock connection cable
3) In-Situ Troll Link 100 SMS cell phone system with; enclosure, battery, solar panel, cellular modem, and interface board
4) Win-Situ Plus and TROLL Link software
5) Field shelter

Telemetry: Supplied by AT&T Mobility. Includes:
1) Digital cell phone service for delivering alarms (from multiple remote stations)
2) Digital cell phone service at Fort Hood Range Control for receiving alarms
3) PC based polling through cell phone service providing real-time data acquisition

Basic operation: Remote stations operate/communicate via cell phone telemetry and report:
1) Alarm condition, site specific, text message delivered to dedicated cell phone located at Fort Hood Range Control during flood conditions.
2) Stream level data displayed on BREC managed web page for continuous monitoring.
3) Redundant, automated, alarms issued during flood events; a) direct text message from field sensors reporting location of flood, b) email message from PC informing personnel to check web page for details