Session: (Dis)continuity in Weather Warnings and Message Consistency (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Thursday, 16 January 2020: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM

151B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Cochairs:

Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania, Communication, Design, and Culture, California, PA and Castle Williams, The University of Georgia, Atmospheric Sciences Program - Department of Georgraphy, Athens, GA

Description:

This session seeks abstracts from a wide range of practitioners--NWS operations to private sector professionals, social scientists to organizational communication staff, managers to researchers--whose work examines weather warning messaging practices or raises key questions about what innovation is needed to develop reliable and easily managed communication practices, including those that might be adopted by practitioners across the weather enterprise.

Papers:

8:30 AM

11A.1

Should Severe Weather Graphics Wear Uniforms? Understanding the Effects of Inconsistent Convective Outlook Graphics on Members of the Public

Castle Adam Williams, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. J. Grundstein and J. So

8:45 AM

11A.2

Public Perception and Comprehension of the Extended Forecast Graphic in Television Weather Broadcasts

Jacob Ryan Reed, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and J. C. Senkbeil

9:00 AM

11A.3

Same Warning Message - Different Recipients: Experiences at a Small/Medium Sized Weather Service