Building A Weather-Ready Nation Steve Runnels National Weather Service Springfield, MO` Photo Credit: Tim Marshall
122 National Weather Service Offices
NWS Offices Service Missouri and Warning Coordination Meteorologist KC/Pleasant Hill Davenport/Quad Cities St Louis Paducah Springfield Memphis
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
Warning Decision System Forecast Detection Dissemination Response
Current Systems Designed By:
NWS Hazardous Weather Products
Situational Awareness
What s Wrong With This Picture?
Lightning SA When thunder Roars Go Indoors
Historical Tornado Tracks
Does This Demonstrate Good SA?
Joplin, Missouri May 22, 2011 International Association of Emergency Managers 59th Annual Conference November 13-17, 2011 Las Vegas, NV
We Need a Bigger Boat
Flood SA Turn Around Don t Drown
Flash Flood
Decision Support Services For Extremes Spring of 2008/2011: Record Flood Decision Support Branson Landing Table Rock Lake Dam
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)
We Need a Bigger Boat
Integrated Decision Support Services - Partners - EOC Public
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
Enhancing Traditional Services Hazardous Weather Outlook
Severe Weather Watch
Severe Weather Warning Polygon
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.
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
Questions To Ask Preparedness Are we REALLY Putting Kids in the Safest Locations?
Questions To Ask Readiness Do We Know When A Bigger Boat Is Required? http://nwschat.weather.gov Internal collaboration between partners Enhance not replace official communication Content may be technical and speculative
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
Questions To Ask Is Anyone Trained To Interpret Radar, Spot, Report?
StormReady! 2130 SR communities across all 50 states 1013 Counties, 820 Communities 323 SR Supporters
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.
StormReady Criteria GL1: WP/EOC GL2: Info Reception Commercial media Email/APPs NWSChat NWR HAM Radio GL3:Monitor Weather Radar: NWS, TV Weather Station River, Flood, Rain Gauge
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.gov/stormready (click on How to Apply and fill Word Doc)
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.dubberke@noaa.gov St Louis Jim Kramper 636 447-1876 james.kramper@noaa.gov Springfield Steve Runnels 417 863-8028 steve.runnels@noaa.gov Paducah Rick Shanklin 270 744-6440 rick.shanklin@noaa.gov Memphis Ben Scott 901 544-0399 ben.scott@noaa.gov