National Severe Weather Workshop 2005







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Presentation Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005
8:00 a.m. Introductions

Dr. Joseph Schaefer
Bill Proenza PPT
Mike Foster
Ed Mahoney
Lt. Col William R. George PPT PDF
News and Notes About Storm Prediction
Session Chair: Dr. Joseph Schaefer, NOAA SPC
8:30 SPC Overview of Products
Dan McCarthy
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA Storm Prediction Center
PPT
   
9:00 Watch by County
Richard Okulski
Severe Program Leader
NOAA National Weather Service / OCWWS
PPT PDF
9:30

The Future with Polygons
Richard Okulski
Severe Program Leader
NOAA National Weather Service / OCWWS
PPT PDF

10:00 Break
10:30 SPC: Products of the Future
Dave Imy
Operations Branch Chief
NOAA Storm Prediction Center
PPT PDF
11:00 Panel Discussion
11:30 Lunch
News and Notes from the NWS Forecast Offices
Session Chair: X. William Proenza, Director, National Weather Service, Southern Region
1:00 WFO Product Review
Rick Smith
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office
PPT PDF
1:30

21st Century NWS Warning Communications - The Future of Warning Dissemination is Here
Jason Wright
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service Birmingham Forecast Office
and
Tim Troutman
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service Huntsville Forecast Office
PPT

2:00 All Hazards Dissemination
Herb White
NOAA National Weather Service / OCWWS
PPT
and
All Hazards Radio
Mike Mach
NOAA NWS Southern Region Headquarters
PPT
2:30 A New NWS Communication and its Benefits to the Media
Gary Woodall
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service Ft. Worth Forecast Office
and
Kristine Kahanek
WTVT-TV, Ft. Worth, TX
PPT
3:00 Polygon Warnings
Mike Coyne
NOAA National Weather Service Southern Region
PPT

 

 

Presentation Date: Friday, March 4, 2005
All About Storm Data - the Official Database of Severe Weather
Session Chair: Lt. Col. William R. George, Radar Operations Center
8:00 a.m. What happens to your severe weather report: A National Weather Service WFO perspective
Pat Vesper
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service Midland/Odessa Forecast Office
PPT PDF
8:30 Local Damage Surveys
Doug Speheger
NOAA National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office
PPT PDF
9:00 Storm Data & Verification
Brent MacAloney
NOAA National Weather Service / OCWWS Verification
PPT PDF
9:30 SPC Severe Weather Database
Dr. Joe Schaefer
Director
NOAA Storm Prediction Center
PPT PDF
10:00 Break
10:30 Integrating GIS to NWS Products
Gerald Creager
Associate Professor
Texas A&M
PPT PDF
11:00 Panel Discussion
11:30 Lunch
Role of the NWS in Fire Weather Forecasting
Session Chair: Dr. Jeff Kimpel, Director, National Severe Storms Laboratory
1:00 SPC Fire Weather Outlooks
Dr. Phillip Bothwell
NOAA Storm Prediction Center
PPT PDF
1:30 WFO Fire Weather Program and Products
Rhett Milne
NOAA National Weather Service Reno Forecast Office
PPT PDF
2:00 Being an IMET
Rhett Milne
NOAA National Weather Service Reno Forecast Office
PPT
2:30 Remarks
Honorable Ernest J. Istook, Jr.
Fifth District-Oklahoma
US House of Representatives
2:45 San Diego Fire
Jim Purpura
Meteorologist in Charge
NOAA National Weather Service San Diego Forecast Office
PPT

 

 

Presentation Date: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Lessons Learned from Recent & Notable Severe Weather Events
Session Chair: Ed Mahoney, Director, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch
8:00 2004 The Year in Tornadoes
Dan McCarthy
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA Storm Prediction Center
PPT PDF
8:30 Tropical Storm Tornadoes - WFO Perspective
Bart Hagemeyer
Meteorologist in Charge
NOAA National Weather Service Melbourne Forecast Office
PPT
9:00 LaSalle County, IL Tornado (ILX)
Paul Sirvatka
College of DuPage
PPT
9:30 Hallam Tornado
Brian Smith
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service Omaha Forecast Office
PPT
10:00 Break
10:30 What is CASA?
Dr. Kevin Kloesel
College of Geosciences
University of Oklahoma
PPT PDF
11:00 Tsunamis Explained
Dr. Ellen Prager
President
Earth2Ocean, Inc.
PPT PDF
11:30 Lunch
Free Saturday Afternoon Spotter Training
(Attendees should register to assure adequate seating is available.)
Concurrent with Free Saturday Afternoon Spotter Training

Mobile Weather Technology Vehicle Display

1:00

[Free] Radar Interpretation
Dr. Kevin Kloesel
College of Geosciences
University of Oklahoma
PPT
and
Jim LaDue
NOAA National Weather Service Warning Decision Training Branch
PPT

3:00 Break
3:30 [Free] Storm Spotter Training
Ed Calianese
NOAA National Weather Service Tulsa Forecast Office
PPT

 

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