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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
All About Storm
Data - the Official Database of Severe Weather Session Chair: Lt. Col. William R. George, Radar Operations Center |
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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 |
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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 |
Lessons Learned from Recent
& Notable Severe Weather Events Session Chair: Ed Mahoney, Director, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch |
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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.) |
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Concurrent with Free Saturday Afternoon Spotter Training | |
1:00 | [Free] Radar Interpretation |
3:00 | Break |
3:30 | [Free] Storm Spotter Training Ed Calianese NOAA National Weather Service Tulsa Forecast Office PPT |