HEC-HMS: Agenda


HEC-HMS: Agenda

This course will be offered in a virtual format. All times listed below are Eastern time. 

April 14, 2025

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET 

Topics Included Today: 

  • Welcome & Introductions  
  • Hydrologic Design for Dams 
  • Introduction to HEC-HMS  
  • Basin Rainfall – Historical Events 
  • Basin Rainfall – Hypothetical Events 
  • Basin Rainfall – Temporal Distributions 
  • Workshops 1 and 2  

Breaks at approximately 12:30 - 1:00 PM and 3:00 - 3:30 PM. Other small breaks may be included during the day.  

April 15, 2025 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET 

Topics Included Today: 

  • Basin Rainfall –Entry in HEC-HMS 
  • Loss Rate Methods 
  • Estimating NRCS CN 
  • HEC-DSS 
  • Synthetic Unit Hydrographs and Timing Parameters 
  • Workshops 3 and 4 

Breaks at approximately 12:45 -1:15 PM and 3:00 - 3:15 PM. Other small breaks may be included during the day.  

April 16, 2025  

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET 

Topics Included Today: 

  • Channel Routing  
  • Estimates of Frequency Storms 
  • Gage Analysis Example 
  • The Basics of Calibration  
  • Case Study  
  • Workshops 5, 6, and 7 

Breaks at approximately 12:30-1:00 and 3:00-3:30. Other small breaks may be included during the day.  

April 17, 2025

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET 

Topics Included Today: 

  • Reservoir Routing Part 1 and 2 
  • Uncertainty in Hydrologic Modeling  
  • Workshops 8 and 9 

Breaks at approximately 12:30 - 1:00 PM and 3:00 - 3:30 PM. Other small breaks may be included during the day.  

*Registered attendees will be provided with a detailed agenda before the course.