Session 1 Risk Communication and Perception in Warnings

Wednesday, 26 June 2013: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Two Rivers (Sheraton Music City Hotel)
Host: Second Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication
Chair:
Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, MMM, Boulder, CO

How to communicate the warning to maximize understanding and action, including studies of how people receive, internalize, and react to warnings

Papers:
3:30 PM
1.1
How Real People React in a Tornado Warning
Michael R. Smith, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, Inc., Wichita, KS

3:45 PM
1.2
False Alarms and Missed Events: The Impact and Origins of Perceived Inaccuracy in Tornado Warning Systems
Joseph T. Ripberger, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Silva, H. Jenkins-Smith, M. James, and K. Herron
4:00 PM
1.3
Emergency warning system: Factors influencing citizen decision-making
Stephen Guillot Jr., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; and J. Kenkre and P. Jarvis

4:15 PM
1.4
Social and Behavioral Influences on Weather-Driven Decisions Made by Emergency Managers
Kenneth Galluppi, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. L. Losego, B. E. Montz, J. Correia Jr., and R. E. Riley
4:45 PM
1.6
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner