Use-case specification template

Flood warning

Specify rainfall, stage, water-level, telemetry, power, and alerting requirements for flood-warning networks.

1. Procurement decision

Define whether the system supports public warning, road closure, pump operation, reservoir operation, stormwater management, or post-event analysis.

2. Measurements and scope

Rainfall amount and intensity
Water level or stage
Optional flow, velocity, camera, or soil moisture context
Telemetry latency and alert thresholds
Backup power and local data storage
Site metadata, datum, mounting height, and sensor offset

3. Climate and site exposure

Submergence, debris impact, scour, and sediment
Lightning, high wind, corrosion, and icing
Access during severe weather
Vandalism and animal damage
Communication outage risk
Battery autonomy during long storms

4. Minimum tender requirements

Require measurement range, datum reference, alert thresholds, telemetry interval, maximum latency, backup autonomy, enclosure rating, mounting survivability, local storage, diagnostics, and maintenance access.

5. Acceptance tests and scoring evidence

Require site acceptance tests, datum checks, telemetry failover test, alert-delivery test, backup-power test, calibration certificates, and sample event data files.

6. Detailed specification clauses

Open flood-warning specification clauses