The tool uses a mapping feature combined with a dashboard for each gage on the map. The following lessons learned can be applied from NCDOT’s experience with the tool:

• In addition to using real time mapping, consider developing an interactive dashboard allowing users to navigate between current conditions, modeled scenarios, and forecasted conditions where available. 
• Develop “info-widgets” that provide detailed information including Stream Elevation, an interactive stage hydrograph, and Forecasted Peak.
• Provide additional views such as the Road Affected widget so users can view a summary table of all impacted roads within the inundation extent of the selected gage, or a sortable and filterable table showing all impacted roadway segments. 
• Leverage existing asset databases such as the DOT’s bridge database to provide real time bridge hydraulic performance dashboards during flooding events. This can enable the system to report critical emergency response information such as bridge freeboard (the distance between the water surface and the bridge’s low chord elevation) with the option to export this information to a PDF report.