Session 5B |
| | Societal Impacts of Weather Forecasts |
| | CoChair: R., Bruce Telfeyan, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE
Chair: Kelly Mahoney, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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| 1:30 PM | 5B.1 | The impact of the Little Sioux Scout Ranch tornado of 11 June 2008 
Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/NWSFO, Valley, NE; and R. Griffis |
| 1:45 PM | 5B.2 | The 22 May 2008 Weld County, Colorado tornado: Analysis of meteorological conditions and the communication of weather information 
Russ S. Schumacher, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. T. Lindsey, A. B. Schumacher, J. Braun, S. D. Miller, and J. Demuth |
| 2:00 PM | 5B.3 | Utility Sector Wind Power Forecasting: Status and Measurement Needs
Marc Schwartz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and E. Ela |
| 2:15 PM | 5B.4 | Assessment of weather-related non-recurring congestion on Utah's highways: Investigation of event impacts from the winter of 2008-09'
Ralph Patterson, Utah Dept of Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Graham, K. Barjenbruch, G. Blackwelder, B. Hansen, M. Holts, J. Miller, M. Seaman, J. Williams, and A. Yocom |
| 2:30 PM | 5B.5 | Estimating potential severe weather societal impacts using probabilistic forecasts issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center
Russell S. Schneider, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and A. R. Dean |
| 2:45 PM | 5B.6 | Next generation warning services in the National Weather Service
Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK ; and J. T. Ferree and E. Jacks |