12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation


Session
Addressing mental health as a social vulnerability
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Advancing the warning paradigm - Exploring potential societal impacts.
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
National Weather Service Initiative: Polygon Alerts for All Hazards
Stephen W. Bieda III, PhD, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Nagele, PhD, M. Armstrong, M. Austin, G. Cooper, PhD, S. B. Smith, D. M. Kingfield, D. D. Nietfeld, E. Bookbinder, S. White, J. Schauer, T. Carter, K. L. Berry, and G. J. Stumpf

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Wave Goodbye to Old Marine Forecasts and Make Waves at the Beach
Melinda Bailey, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Presnell

12:00 AM
NextGen TV Warnings: What Could They Look Like?
Michael S. Michaud, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. Sutton, S. Olivas, H. Obermeier, K. L. Berry, H. Sheridan, G. Cox, N. Johnson, and C. Davis


Atmospheric Rivers: Processes, Impacts, and Communicating Uncertainty
Hosts: (Joint between the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Insights into the Causes and Predictability of the 2022/23 California Flooding
Siegfried Schubert, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Chang, A. M. DeAngelis, Y. K. Lim, N. P. Thomas, R. D. Koster, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Molod, A. Collow, and A. Dezfuli

12:00 AM
Dynamical mechanisms underlying the 2022/23 California flooding: Analysis with a stationary wave model
Anthony M. DeAngelis, GMAO, Bowie, MD; and S. Schubert, Y. Chang, Y. K. Lim, N. P. Thomas, R. D. Koster, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Molod, A. Collow, and A. Dezfuli

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ENSO and MJO Effects on North Pacific AR Speed and Propagation
Margarita Mora, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and L. Fernandes and P. C. Loikith

12:00 AM
Conditional Relationship Between Atmospheric River Moisture, Wind, and Precipitation in Satellite Observations
Emilio Yanez Jr., Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and W. Ma and G. Chen

12:00 AM
Analyzing Atmospheric River Reforecasts: Error Patterns and Synoptic-Scale Settings
Greta Katherine Easthom, NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann, M. J. Molina, L. DeHaan, J. M. Cordeira, and S. Smith

12:00 AM
Differentiating Between Impactful and Non-Impactful Atmospheric River Events in Southeast Alaska
Deanna L. Nash, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, CA; and J. J. Rutz and A. Jacobs


Benefits of a diverse and inclusive weather enterprise
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; and the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Using Social Science to Create More Targeted Local Outreach Programs Focused on Reaching Vulnerable Communities
Erik M. Heden, NOAA, Newport, NC; and I. Kemp and M. Byrd

12:00 AM
Achieving a Weather-Ready Nation Through Equitable Service Delivery
Stephan B. Smith, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. B. Harris, L. Williams, J. S. Lee, V. Were, Ph.D., P. Brown, and D. C. Hilderbrand

12:00 AM
Sense of Belonging, As a Vital Ingredient for STEM Engagement
Christopher Boxe, Howard University, Washington, DC


Effective weather communication to socially vulnerable and underserved communities.
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 33rd Conference on Education; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
How Cultural Diversity in the NWS Workforce is Training AI to Address Chinese Language Accessibility Gaps
Rodney Chai, NWS, Burlington, VT; and B. Johnson, M. L. Bozeman, F. Morrone, and N. Vaz

12:00 AM
How the NWS is Training Artificial Intelligence to Address Language Accessibility Gaps in Weather Information
Monica L Bozeman, NWS Office of Central Processing, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Montanez, C. Rohrbach, J. E. Calkins, R. Chai, B. Johnson, M. Torres, A. Reynes, I. C. Colon-Pagan, R. Vasquez, E. Rodriguez, F. E. Morrone, N. Vaz, M. Bailey, A. L. Lago, K. Farina, C. Moore, L. E. Llewellyn, and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón

12:00 AM
Denver's Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program
Elisabeth A. Cohen, UCAR, Denver, CO

12:00 AM
"From 60 to 90" : A Project to Improve Resilience to Windstorms in Vulnerable Communities Across the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Barry S. Goldsmith, NWSFO, Brownsville, TX; and S. A. Pierce, Ph. D. and A. Arriaga-Salinas

12:00 AM
Investigating the Role of Community Organizations in Communicating Extreme Weather Events in New York City.
Christine Gilbert, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and R. Li, B. A. Colle, and J. Moses


Session
Implications of reliable tornado lead times increasing over the coming decades
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session
Other topics on Building A Weather-Ready Nation
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A Night Derailed: Lessons Learned from the High-Profile Train Derailment in East Palestine, OH
Fred W McMullen II, NOAA, Moon Twp, PA

12:00 AM
An Analysis of NCEP Probabilistic Products
Kyra Schlezinger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; NOAA, College Park, MD; and J. G. Yoe, K. Klockow McClain, and A. Schneck

12:00 AM
The National Weather Service's Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Collaborative Forecast Process (CFP) Demonstration: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Frank Alsheimer, NWS, West Columbia, SC; and T. Johnstone, D. C. Young, and B. J. Miretzky

12:00 AM
Communicating Probabilistic Threat Information for Severe Storms and Flooding
Christopher Strong, NWS, Sterling, VA; and B. LaSorsa and K. Rodriguez

12:00 AM
Evaluation of NWS Probabilistic Snowfall Graphics and NBM Snow Percentiles in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Christian Spallone, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and C. Belak

12:00 AM
An Update on the Work of VORTEX-USA to help build a WeatherReady Nation
Alan Gerard, NSSL, Norman, OK

12:00 AM
Creating an Enhanced Flash Flood Climatology and Catalog of Flash Flood Prone Areas to Aid Forecast and Warning Operations
Barrett Smith II, NWS, Raleigh, NC; and D. Leins

12:00 AM
Comparing WRF-Derived Methods for Estimating Tornado Outbreak Casualties in the US Deep South
Anna Crumbacher, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

12:00 AM
From Forecaster to Decision Maker: Examining Information Sharing Practices of Emergency Managers
David Hogg, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Wanless, S. Stormer, J. Ripberger, M. Krocak, and A. Fox


Session
Private Facility Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Mitigation
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Public Safety Weather Education Assessment, Training, and Needs
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Creating a Weather Ready Nation for our Neurodiverse Communities
JP Kalb, NWS Hanford, Hanford, CA; NWS Hanford, Hanford, CA; and W. South and F. Castro

12:00 AM
Rating the Risk of the Rip: Public Risk Perception of Rip Currents in the United States
Zoey Rosen, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Krocak and J. Ripberger


Session
Reducing communication access barriers across the weather enterprise
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
NWSChat 2.0 - A Transformation in NWS Communication and IDSS with its Partners!
Brian J. Miretzky, NWS, Silver Spring, MD


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Reducing the barriers to natural disaster mitigation
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Road weather and transportation impacts (e.g., self driving cars on snowy roads).
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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The Intersection of Climate and Weather
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
SHOW ME THE DATA!!! Finding innovative ways to visualize NOAA NCEI information and tell your story towards a Climate Ready Nation.
Jared J. Rennie, CCM, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC

12:00 AM
Impact-Based Climate Risk Communication: Building a Toolbox
McKenna Lee Eichenauer, NOAA, Fort Worth, TX

12:00 AM
Slow Burn: Developing a Framework for Exercising Drought
David Hogg, CIWRO - Cooperative Institute for Severe and High Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Dise and A. Hammer

12:00 AM
Building a Climate-Ready Nation: Case Studies on Enhancing National Resilience Against High-Impact Weather Events with Holistic Approach
Panu Partanen, Vaisala, Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland


Session
The Next Generation of the Weather Enterprise: What if…
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Going to extremes in weather and climate science and services: Being ready for managing through the new abnormal
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. R. Kluck, D. Todey, M. D. Svoboda, M. Wolozyn, and R. S. Webb


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Use of Data to Build a more resilient and Weather Ready Nation
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Mesoterps: A University Micronet for Environmental Monitoring and Community Safety
Maria Nikolaitchik, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Maas, T. Boyle, M. Brown, and T. Canty

12:00 AM
Downdraft Convective Available Potential Energy and Downdraft Convective Inhibition with Warning Decision Making in central California
Kristian Andrew Mattarochia, NWSFO, Hanford, CA

12:00 AM
Using Probabilistic Impact Decision Support Services along the Pacific Crest Trail
Kristian Andrew Mattarochia, NWSFO, Hanford, CA; and E. Williams and S. Boerke

12:00 AM
Starting the Conversation: Emergency Manager perspectives on the SPC Convective Outlook
Anna Cecilia Wanless, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Stormer, J. Ripberger, M. Krocak, D. Hogg, and A. Fox

12:00 AM
A data-driven framework for the identification of winter storms over CONUS: Integrating existing event reports and atmospheric reanalysis data
Andreas Prevezianos, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Eversource Energy Center, Storrs, CT; and S. Emmanouil, P. Watson, X. Zhang, D. Cerrai, D. Pasqualini, and E. Anagnoustou


Session
Visualization techniques of both forecast information and weather impacts (like TWC’s Unreal Engine-driven immersive mixed reality).
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
From Prototype to Operational Decision Support Services - Five Years of Coastal Total Water Level Forecasting in Eastern Region of the National Weather Service
Laurie G. Hogan, NOAA, Bohemia, NY; National Weather Service, Bohemia, NY

12:00 AM
Collaborative Innovations in Coastal Flood Forecasting: NWS Eastern Region's Total Water Level Program and Partnerships with the Modeling Community
Eric A. Allen, NWS Eastern Region Headquarters, Bohemia, NY; and L. G. Hogan


Session
WRN Asks: What If…?
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Weather Continuity of Operations (Internal)
Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Forecasters Supporting Forecasters: The Increase of Mutual Aid Programs within the National Weather Service
Aaron A Treadway, NWS, Norman, OK; NWS, Norman, OK

12:00 AM
Continuity of operations and weather impacts to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency functions: The importance of a Weather-Ready Ambassador stewardship
Daniel Dix, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN


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Weather and finance: Exploring impacts on industries and commerce.
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Weather information delivery methods (future of TV weathercasting, cell phone apps and hazard alerts).
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Expanding nationally by staying local, how one newspaper group has pivoted into the future of digital weather communications
Joseph Martucci, Lee Enterprises, Linwood, NJ; and M. S. Sublette


Weather-Ready Nation: Measuring Progress and Value across the Enterprise
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Philosophy in Atmospheric Science? How NWS Burlington is Reimagining Academic Partnerships in the Social Sciences
Rodney Chai, NWS, Burlington, VT

12:00 AM
Quantifying the Effects of Social Vulnerability on Weather Outcomes
Jacob Reed Fooks, CIRA, Wilmington, DE