Session 5 Special Situations: Warning Information at School and on the Road

Friday, 24 June 2011: 10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Ballroom D (Cox Convention Center)
Host: The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication
Chair:
J. T. Johnson, Weather Decision Technologies, 1818 W. Lindsey, Norman, OK

Papers:
10:30 AM
5.1
A survey of signal strength and overall usability of NOAA Weather Radio receivers installed in the public schools of Pitt County, North Carolina: Implications for preparedness officials
William C. Nelson, East Carolina University, Fountain, NC
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
5.2
Weather information use and preferences in decision making during severe weather events in K-12 schools and institutions of higher education
Amy C. Nichols, Social Science Woven Into Meteorology, Norman, OK; and S. Hoekstra
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
5.3
Schools and winter weather: communication needs and networks in North Carolina
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and J. L. Losego, C. Smith, K. Galluppi, and K. Mulder
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
5.4
Innovations in Impact-Based Wintertime Road Weather Warnings in Utah
Leigh Jones, Utah DOT, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. Merrill, K. Barjenbruch, R. Graham, J. Williams, B. Hansen, S. Patterson, G. Blackwelder, D. Herrscher, W. S. Jones, N. Easton, and W. Hansen
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5.5
Tomorrow's Forecast: Informed Drivers
Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Chapman and P. A. Pisano
Recorded Presentation

5.6
What were they thinking? Using YouTube to observe driver behavior while crossing flooded roads

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