Session 7 Weather-Ready Nation High Priority Areas: Hazard Simplification, IDSS, and Probabilistic Forecasting

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
153C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation's Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events

This session will tackle some of the highest priority Weather-Ready Nation projects.

Papers:
10:30 AM
6.1
Testing a Selected Prototype For Change: NWS Hazard Simplification Project
Eli Jacks, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Nagele

11:00 AM
6.3
Evaluating the Role of the Mesoanalyst in Severe Weather Impacts-Based Decision Support Services: Part 2 - Messaging Focus
Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO; and M. Foster, C. M. Gravelle, J. M. Laflin, A. E. Cohen, R. L. Thompson, and K. L. Crandall

11:15 AM
6.4
An Evolving Operational Paradigm for Extratropical Storm Surge and Coastal Inundation at the National Weather Service
Allison L. Allen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Rhome, K. McMahon, D. Wright, J. L. Schauer, and A. Luscher

11:30 AM
6.5
The Future is Here: Incorporating Mesoscale Forecasts into Predictions for a Flood Disaster in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Barry S. Goldsmith, NWSFO, Brownsville, TX; and M. J. Brady, T. R. Speece, C. D. Birchfield, J. J. Schroeder, and A. Lamers

11:45 AM
6.6
Expert Judgment Versus Yours: Understanding Local Flood Risk Perceptions
Amber J. Liggett, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and D. S. Yalda and K. E. Klockow-McClain

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