Building A Weather-Ready Nation

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1 Building A Weather-Ready Nation Steve Runnels National Weather Service Springfield, MO` Photo Credit: Tim Marshall

2 122 National Weather Service Offices

3 NWS Offices Service Missouri and Warning Coordination Meteorologist KC/Pleasant Hill Davenport/Quad Cities St Louis Paducah Springfield Memphis

4 Building a Weather-Ready Nation Vision & Mission Vision A Weather-Ready Nation: Society is Prepared for and Responds to Weather- Dependent Events Mission Protect life and property Enhance national economy

5 Warning Decision System Forecast Detection Dissemination Response

6 Current Systems Designed By:

8 NWS Hazardous Weather Products

9 Situational Awareness

10 What s Wrong With This Picture?

11 Lightning SA When thunder Roars Go Indoors

12 Historical Tornado Tracks

13 Does This Demonstrate Good SA?

14 Joplin, Missouri May 22, 2011 International Association of Emergency Managers 59th Annual Conference November 13-17, 2011 Las Vegas, NV

15 We Need a Bigger Boat

16 Flood SA Turn Around Don t Drown

17 Flash Flood

18 Decision Support Services For Extremes Spring of 2008/2011: Record Flood Decision Support Branson Landing Table Rock Lake Dam

19 August 2-10, 2013 Severe Flash Flooding E Miller / W Maries Counties (7th) Waynesville (6th) Newburg (7th) Conway(10th) Blue Eye / Roaring River(8th) Hollister(8th)

20 We Need a Bigger Boat

21 Integrated Decision Support Services - Partners - EOC Public

22 Traditional VS Decision Support Traditional we make decisions for you Text only Generic time and area X% chance of rain, heavy rain possible Decision Support we interpret, define impact Text, Graphic, Video, GIS Time and areal resolution What is it going to do (including our confidence) Where is it going to happen When (arrival, ending) Why

23 Enhancing Traditional Services Hazardous Weather Outlook

24 Severe Weather Watch

25 Severe Weather Warning Polygon

Impact Based Warning Experimental Product TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED TORNADO...OBSERVED TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT.

Tornado is confirmed by spotters, law enforcement, etc. Tornado Damage Threat Tag There is credible evidence that a tornado, capable of producing considerable damage, is imminent or ongoing.

26 Impact Based Warning Experimental Product TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED TORNADO...OBSERVED TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC Tornado Tag Evidence on radar and near storm environment is supportive of a tornado. A tornado may be developing or ongoing, but no confirmation has been received. Tornado is confirmed by spotters, law enforcement, etc. Tornado Damage Threat Tag There is credible evidence that a tornado, capable of producing considerable damage, is imminent or ongoing. A severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from a tornado is occurring. This will only be used when reliable sources confirm a violent tornado. Tornado Tag In Severe Thunderstorm Warnings TORNADO...POSSIBLE A severe thunderstorm has some potential for producing a tornado although forecaster confidence is not high enough to issue a Tornado Warning.

27 Certainty of the Event Does This System Work? high low Outlook Be Alert 2 to 7 days Watches Get Prepared 1 to 6 hours Warnings Take Immediate Action! 1 hour or less

28 Questions To Ask Preparedness Are we REALLY Putting Kids in the Safest Locations?

29 Questions To Ask Readiness Do We Know When A Bigger Boat Is Required? Internal collaboration between partners Enhance not replace official communication Content may be technical and speculative

30 Questions To Ask What is our Weather Situational Awareness Ability to receive warnings TV / Radio NOAA Weather Radio Text Services / Weather APPs Wireless Emergency Alerts

31 Questions To Ask Is Anyone Trained To Interpret Radar, Spot, Report?

32 StormReady! 2130 SR communities across all 50 states 1013 Counties, 820 Communities 323 SR Supporters

34 StormReady Supporters Businesses, schools, hospitals, and other entities that establish severe weather safety plans and actively take part and promote severe weather safety awareness activities.

35 StormReady Criteria GL1: WP/EOC GL2: Info Reception Commercial media /APPs NWSChat NWR HAM Radio GL3:Monitor Weather Radar: NWS, TV Weather Station River, Flood, Rain Gauge

36 StormReady Criteria GL4: Release Warnings Sirens Cable Override Emergency Vehicle Telephone Trees Pager/Alert System Area Wide Radio Flood Warning System GL5:Community Prep Safety Talks Awareness Weeks Spotter Training

Guideline 6: Administrative www.nws.noaa.

37 Guideline 6: Administrative (click on How to Apply and fill Word Doc)

38 NWS Social Media

NWS Offices Service Missouri and Warning Coordination Meteorologist KC/Pleasant Hill Andy Bailey 816 540-5147 andy.bailey@noaa.gov Davenport/Quad Cities Donna Dubberke 563 386-3976 donna.

39 NWS Offices Service Missouri and Warning Coordination Meteorologist KC/Pleasant Hill Andy Bailey Davenport/Quad Cities Donna Dubberke St Louis Jim Kramper Springfield Steve Runnels Paducah Rick Shanklin Memphis Ben Scott

Impact Based Warning Tornado - Infrastructure

National Weather Service Impact Based Warning Tornado - Infrastructure Jim Kramper Warning Coordination Meteorologist St. Louis, MO NOAA s National Weather Service 2011 was a devastating year for tornado