Questions? Contact the guys below for help. Social Media Information

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1 Questins? Cntact the guys belw fr help. Scial Media Infrmatin G t any NWS ffice website and click n the scial media buttn n the tp left f the page. That will take yu t the lcal ffice pages where yu can like, fllw r subscribe.

2 Scial Media infrmatin autmated bts Prvides an autmated feed f infrmatin including all warnings, statements and watches pushed t yur mbile device r desktp, etc. Each ffice has a bt that pushes ffice inf ut including warnings, watches, strm reprts and mre t twitter r anther twitter feed prgram like htsuite r twitter, etc. is Wichita s bt. is Ddge City s. is Kansas City s. is Gdland s. is Springfield. is Hastings. is the Strm Predictin Center

3 Useful Weather Links Fr Situatinal Awareness and Decisin Supprt including all types f hazardus weather NWS Ddge City, KS: NWS Gdland, KS: NWS Hastings, NE: NWS Tpeka, KS: NWS Wichita, KS: NWS Kansas City, MO NWS Springfield, MO MOBILE NWS webpages Fr Severe Weather Outlks frm The Strm Predictin Center Fr Winter Weather Outlks including snw and/r ice amunts Fr Rainfall Frecasts fr the next 1 5 days and excessive rainfall frecast Fr River Frecast graphs, impacts and current stages acrss Kansas (entire state f Kansas) Fr Fire Weather Infrmatin including spt frecast requests (click n yur lcatin in KS)

4 Tactical Tls fr SA and Cmmunicatin 1. NWSChat (ask yur WCM fr help if yu dn t have accunt) T sign up fr an accunt, visit Once yu have an accunt use the fllwing website t access the ffice chat rms Using NWSChat with Andrid Phnes (jabiru) Using NWSChat with Andrid Phnes (Xabber) Using NWSChat with iphnes (ne team app) (r just just brwser with nwschat live) 2. InteractiveNWS (inws) This applicatin suite allws NWS partners t receive Natinal Weather Service prducts in new and innvative ways, such as text messaging and mbile enabled webpages. Visit t sign up fr this service MHz radi system Pleasant Hill A Event 2 (nt active due t lcatin) MERS in Metr Tpeka NE5 B Event 2 ACTIVE Hastings C Event 2 (nt active due t lcatin) Gdland NW14 D Event 2 ACTIVE Ddge City SW11 E Event 2 ACTIVE Wichita SC10 F Event 2 ACTIVE Springfield H Event 2 (nt active due t lcatin)

5 SPC Day 1, 2 and 3 Cnvective Outlk Inf The Day 1, 2 and 3 Cnvective Outlks cnsist f a narrative and graphic depicting severe thunderstrm threats acrss the cntinental United States. The Day 1 and 2 Outlks als include a frecast where thunderstrms are expected. The utlk text are written in technical language and intended fr sphisticated weather users. Three risk categries (SLGT, MDT, and HIGH) are used t symblize the cverage and intensity f rganized severe weather such as supercells, squall lines, and multicell thunderstrm cmplexes. A SLGT risk implies well-rganized severe thunderstrms are expected, but in small numbers and/r lw cverage. A MDT risk indicates a ptential fr a greater cncentratin f severe thunderstrms than the slight risk, and in mst situatins, the strms and assciated severe weather are mre intense. A HIGH risk area suggests a majr severe weather utbreak is expected, with the expectatin f either a cncentratin f strng trnades r an enhanced likelihd f a lng-lived wind event (derech) with the ptential f higher end wind gusts (80+ mph) and structural damage. On days when the severe strm cverage r intensity is nt expected t be sufficient fr a SLGT risk, but sme threat exists, a SEE TEXT label will be placed n the graphic where a 5% severe prbability exists. The SLGT, MDT and HIGH categries are dependent n the prbabilities used t determine the severe threat. The Tables belw shw the cnversin frm prbabilities t the apprpriate categrical utlk fr the Day 1, 2 and 3 Outlks. The Day 1 Outlks cntains individual severe prbabilities fr wind, hail and trnades, while the Day 2 and 3 Outlks nly frecast the cmbined prbability f all three types f severe

6 weather. Whether a cmbined r individual prbability, the values represent the chance f severe weather ccurring within 25 miles f any pint, which is abut the size f a majr metrplitan area. As an example, if yu were lcated within an area that had a 15% prbability fr trnades, this means yu have a 15% chance f a trnad ccurring within 25 miles f yur lcatin. This may seem lw, but severe weather is uncmmn at any ne lcatin, s yur chances f getting hit by a trnad r ther severe weather are small. Hwever, a 15% chance f a trnad within 25 miles f a pint means a trnad ccurring nearby is prbably at least 15 times greater than climatlgy and shuld be taken seriusly. The prbabilities fr hail and wind are likely t be higher than trnades in mst frecasts, since hail and wind ccur much mre frequently than trnades. Smetimes, a blue hatched area will be verlaid with the severe prbabilities. This blue hatched area indicates a 10% r greater prbability fr significant events ccurring within 25 miles f any lcatin in the area. A significant event includes any f the fllwing: Trnades rated EF2 r greater, Thunderstrm Wind Gusts at 65 kt r higher, Hail 2 inches r larger in diameter. Fr the cmbined Day 2 and Day 3 Outlks, the blue hatched area means there is a 10% r greater chance fr significant trnades, and/r damaging winds and/r hail. On the Day 1 Outlk (abve example), the hatched area will be n the specific hazard graphic (trnad) which the enhanced threat exists.

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