Know Your Flood Risk
Before the Water Rises
See FloodPulse in Action
Demo video coming soon
3-minute product walkthrough — from live gage monitoring to cited risk intelligence
Eight Tools. One Platform.
Everything a flood-exposed organization needs to turn raw gage data into actionable intelligence.
Real-Time Flood Map
63+ live gage stations from HCFCD, color-coded by status (normal, elevated, minor flooding, major flooding). Interactive map with watershed boundaries, bayou overlays, and FEMA flood zone polygons. Click any gage for live readings and 24-hour trend sparklines.
AI-Powered Risk Assessments
5-signal composite risk score (0–100) for every neighborhood: gage levels, NWS alerts, FEMA zone exposure, historical flood frequency, and rainfall anomaly. Claude AI generates cited narrative assessments with specific gage references and NWS bulletin IDs.
Post-Event Storyboards
The killer feature. After any flood event, FloodPulse generates a 5-phase chronological storyboard: Pre-Event Baseline, Rising Threat, Peak Impact, Recession, and Recovery. Each phase includes timestamped gage readings, NWS alerts, road closures, and AI-cited narrative.
Road Impact Scoring
22 flood-prone road segments across the Houston metro, each linked to upstream gages. Real-time passability scoring based on gage height thresholds. Historical closure frequency and average closure duration for logistics planning.
Natural Language Query
Ask plain English questions: ‘Is Brays Bayou at risk of flooding this week?’ or ‘Show me the last 3 flood events in Meyerland.’ FloodPulse queries its database and returns cited answers with gage data, NWS references, and FEMA zone context.
18-Neighborhood Coverage
Houston metro divided into 4 sub-regions (Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast) with 18 neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has a dedicated risk profile, assigned gages, FEMA zone breakdown, and historical flood event timeline.
Anomaly Detection
Dual-signal anomaly detection: rate-of-rise anomalies (gage level climbing faster than historical norm) and absolute threshold anomalies (gage exceeding flood stage). Alerts fire before NWS warnings in many cases.
MCP Integration
6 MCP tools for Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI. Query flood risk, pull gage readings, retrieve storyboards, and check road status — all from within your existing AI workflow. Build flood-aware applications without a single API call.
From Raw Gage Data to Cited Intelligence — Automatically
Ingest
HCFCD, NWS, USGS, and FEMA data ingested every 5–15 minutes. Normalized into unified gage, alert, and zone schemas.
Detect
Dual-signal anomaly detection: rate-of-rise and absolute threshold checks across all 63+ gage stations.
Score
5-signal weighted composite risk score (0–100) computed for each of 18 neighborhoods.
Generate
RAG pipeline with Claude AI produces cited risk narratives and post-event storyboards.
Present
Map-first UI with live dashboards, PDF export, email alerts, and MCP server for AI tool integration.
The Platform
Real-Time Flood Map
Neighborhood Risk Assessment
Post-Event Storyboard
Data Pipeline Dashboard
4 Government Data Sources. Zero Proprietary Data.
| Source | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HCFCD Flood Warning | Every 5 min | ||
| NWS API | Every 5 min | ||
| USGS Water Data | Every 15 min | ||
| FEMA NFHL | Quarterly | ||
| Post-MVP | |||
| Houston TranStar | — | ||
| NOAA CDO | — | ||
All data sourced from public U.S. government databases. No commercial data licensing required. Every AI-generated claim includes verifiable citations to source gage readings and NWS bulletins.
Built for Houston's Flood-Exposed Organizations
Emergency Management
Post-event storyboards provide the chronological, cited documentation required for FEMA BRIC grant applications and after-action reports. Real-time gage maps give EOCs situational awareness during active events.
Insurance & Claims
Neighborhood-level flood exposure scoring replaces ZIP-code-level guesswork. Storyboards provide timestamped evidence for claims adjudication. FEMA zone overlays show exact policy-relevant flood designations.
Logistics & Supply Chain
22 flood-prone road segments scored for real-time passability. Historical closure frequency and duration data for route planning. Anomaly alerts give advance warning to reroute before road closures hit.
Real Estate & Development
Site-level flood risk assessments combining FEMA zone data, upstream gage proximity, historical flood frequency, and neighborhood composite scores. Due diligence reports generated on demand.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Starter
- ✓3 neighborhoods
- ✓10 risk briefs/mo
- ✓5 storyboards
- —Road Impact Scoring
- —MCP Access
Professional
- ✓10 neighborhoods
- ✓Unlimited/mo
- ✓Unlimited
- ✓Road Impact Scoring
- ✓MCP Access
Enterprise
- ✓All 18+ neighborhood
- ✓Unlimited/mo
- ✓Unlimited + custom areas
- ✓Road Impact Scoring
- ✓MCP Access
- ✓99.9% SLA
- ✓White-label available
Public Sector
- ✓All + custom neighborhood
- ✓Unlimited/mo
- ✓FEMA BRIC aligned
- ✓Road Impact Scoring
- ✓MCP Access
- ✓Custom SLA
All plans include: 4 government data sources, anomaly detection, cited AI narratives, and email alerts. Public sector pricing available via DIR cooperative contracts and HGACBuy.
Enterprise-Grade Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DATA INGESTION │
│ HCFCD (5min) │ NWS API (5min) │ USGS (15min) │ FEMA │
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
│
┌────────▼────────┐
│ ANOMALY ENGINE │
│ Rate-of-Rise + │
│ Threshold │
└────────┬────────┘
│
┌─────────────▼──────────────┐
│ SCORING & RISK ENGINE │
│ 5-signal composite (0-100)│
│ 18 neighborhoods × 4 sub │
└─────────────┬──────────────┘
│
┌─────────────▼──────────────┐
│ RAG + CLAUDE AI ENGINE │
│ Cited risk assessments │
│ Post-event storyboards │
└─────────────┬──────────────┘
│
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────┐
│ PRESENTATION LAYER │
│ Map UI │ Dashboards │ PDF │ MCP(6) │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘Stop Guessing About Flood Risk
Request a personalized demo with live Houston gage data and neighborhood risk assessments.
FloodPulse provides decision support intelligence only — not for engineering, legal, or insurance decisions without independent verification. Always consult official sources (HCFCD, NWS, FEMA) for life-safety decisions.