Integrated Warning Team Workshop

In January 2009, the National Weather Service hosted a three-day Integrated Warning Team workshop in Kansas City. Presentations from this workshop are now available online using the links below.

Wednesday, Jan. 21:
The Integrated Warning Team

• Welcome and Vision for the Workshop
  • Why are we here?
    Andy Bailey, NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill WFO (PowerPoint, 4.3 MB)
  • The Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Approach
    Eve Gruntfest, University of Oklahoma, and Julie Demuth, NCAR (PowerPoint, 2.8 MB)
• Inspirations from Other IWT Members
  Daniel Nietfeld, NWS Omaha/Valley WFO and Nate Johnson, WRAL-TV (PowerPoint, 3.6 MB)
• Component 1 of the IWT: Forecasters
  Andy Bailey, NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill WFO (PowerPoint, 1.6 MB)
• Component 2 of the IWT: Emergency Managers
  Chuck Magaha, Leavenworth County, Kan. (PDF)
• Component 3 of the IWT: Media
  Joe Lauria, Fox 4-TV (Power Point, 0.8 MB)
• The Devil in the Details: A high-impact NC snow event
  Nate Johnson, WRAL-TV
  • PowerPoint (1 MB)
  • Video for Slide 9

Thursday, Jan. 22: Integrating Meteorology and Social Sciences

• Overview of the Roles of Social Science and the State of Societal Response and Impacts
  Eve Gruntfest, University of Oklahoma, and Julie Demuth, NCAR (PowerPoint, 2.3 MB)
• What Weather Forecast Information do People Get, Want, Need, Use?
  Julie Demuth, NCAR, and Daniel Nietfeld, NWS Omaha/Valley WFO (PowerPoint, 1.7 MB)
• Societal Impacts of Weather: Understanding Public Response to Severe Weather Events
  Havidan Rodriguez, University of Delaware (PowerPoint, 3.2 MB)
• Communication, Communication, Communication! Message Intent, Consistency and Effectiveness
  Gina Eosco, University of Oklahoma (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Societal Aspects of the 2008 Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak
  Julie Demuth, NCAR, and Kevin Barjenbruch, NWS Salt Lake City WFO (PowerPoint, 1.4 MB)
• Confronting Prevailing Myts about Flash Flood Warnings and False Alarms
  Eve Gruntfest, University of Oklahoma (PowerPoint, 2.7 MB)
• "Severe" Lessons and Policy Changes from a Neighboring Weather Forecast Office
  Daniel Nietfeld, NWS Omaha/Valley WFO (PowerPoint, 5.9 MB)

Friday, Jan. 23: Moving Forward Together to Better Serve the Public

• Small and Large Group Discussions
• Summary and Actions

 

 

 

 

 

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