Session 2 Understanding EM Needs: Forecast Thresholds and Decision Support Insights

Monday, 13 January 2025: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
342 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair:
Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management
Cochairs:
Jase E. Bernhardt, PhD, Hofstra University, Geology, Environment, and Sustainability, Hempstead, NY; Daniel Dix and Abby Lee Bitterman, Center for Risk and Crisis Management, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Papers:
10:45 AM
2.1
Striving for a Weather-Resilient Tennessee with Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Core Partnerships
Krissy Hurley, NWS, Old Hickory, TN; and M. Schargorodski

11:00 AM
2.2
EMPOWER– Integrating Social and Built Environment Vulnerabilities with Mesonets to Enhance Emergency Preparedness and Response to Extreme Weather
Daniel Van Hoesen, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. P. Bassill, B. Behlendorf, D. Bennett Gayle, A. Silver, E. Stern, K. J. Sulia, C. D. Thorncroft, and J. Wang

11:15 AM
2.3
Forecasts in Action: How Emergency Managers use Decision Thresholds and NWS Forecasts in their Operations
Anna Cecilia Wanless, ; and M. Krocak, D. Hogg, and J. Ripberger

11:30 AM
2.4
Enhancing Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) through a Systematic Study of Emergency Management Workflows
Elizabeth Fairchild Meister, Univ. of Oklahoma, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; and M. Krocak, D. Hogg, J. Ripberger, and A. C. Wanless

11:45 AM
2.5
Emergency Managers Perspective of Probabilistic Information during the 2024 Watch-to-Warning Experiment
Miranda K. Silcott, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; CIWRO/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. Hogg, E. D. Loken, K. M. Calhoun, T. Sandmael, R. Martz, P. A. Campbell, R. B. Steeves, C. N. Satrio, A. J. Clark, J. Martin, J. W. Monroe, J. G. Madden, P. S. Skinner, P. C. Burke, P. Heinselman, T. J. Galarneau, K. L. Berry, and A. W. Lyza

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