Session 12A Warning Communication and Public Threat Perception

Wednesday, 15 January 2025: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
345 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) )
Cochairs:
Cassandra Shivers-Williams and Michelle E. Saunders, Mississippi State University

Papers:
4:30 PM
12A.1
Microsoft Weather: Leveraging AI and Microsoft's Platform to Empower Billions with Weather Knowledge.
Matt Corey, Microsoft Weather, Loveland, CO

4:45 PM
12A.2
Public Perceptions of Evolving Probabilistic Tornado Forecasts and Warnings
Christopher D. Wirz, NSF NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Demuth, R. Prestley, R. E. Morss, S. Joslyn, C. Qin, and S. Savelli

5:00 PM
12A.3
What’s that Warning?: Testing Public Responses to Alternative Convective Hazard Alerts
Sean Robert Ernst, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman OK, OK; and J. Ripberger, M. Krocak, and A. C. Wanless

5:15 PM
12A.4
What’s in a Message? Flood Warning Information Sharing Within Community Organizations
Elizabeth Doran, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; and L. E. Taylor, J. Brown, A. J. Jefferson, B. Luukinen, C. Johns, S. DeBree, B. G. Southwell, and G. Van Houtven

5:30 PM
12A.5
National Weather Service Initiative Update: Community-Centric Warnings
Stephen W. Bieda III, PhD, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. M. Gravelle, N. P. Kurkowski, S. B. Smith, and G. Cooper

5:45 PM
12A.6
Analysis of "Re-Alert" Areas Resulting from Free Form Polygon-Based Convective Warnings
Bradley Ernest Power, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Understanding Tornado Warnings: An Analysis of Trends in Risk Communication and Lead Time Performance

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