Storm-Based Warnings Workshop Agenda |
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| Tuesday, December 5 | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration, Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Introductions, logistics and openning remarks -- Gerry Creager, TAMU and Mike Looney, NWS |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Public/private partnerships: Making NWS products more user-friendly -- Melissa Tuttle-Carr, Weater Channel |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. | Map Briefing -- James Tobin, TAMU |
| 9:45 - 10:30 a.m. | Origins of Storm-Based Warnings -- John Ferree, NWS |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel: The 2005 Polygon Test -- Mike Looney, NWS, Ken Waters, NWS, Gerry Creager, TAMU |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Breakout A: Open-Source and Proprietary GIS Approaches to Polygon Representation -- Ken Waters, NWS and Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State |
| Breakout B: Considerations for Text and Verbal Public Warnings -- Gerry Creager, TAMU and John Ferree, NWS |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| Wednesday, December 6 | |
| 7:30 - 8:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 - 9:00 a.m. | Digital Emergency Activation -- Origins, Tests, Futures -- Marty Kirkland, KUHF TV, University of Houston |
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. | Codes and protocols for Warning Dissemination -- Herb White, NWS |
| 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. | Map Briefing -- Brent McRobert, TAMU |
| 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Process of Implementing Storm Based Warnings -- Mike Looney |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Breakout A: Displaying Storm Based Warnings for Public Dissemination -- Daryl Herzmann, IAState, Ken Waters, NWS |
| Breakout B: User Requirements to Better Disseminate Storm-Based Warnings (includes [U]UGC) -- John Ferree, NWS, Gerry Creager, TAMU | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Closing Plenary: Reports from Breakouts, Discussion of Findings,
Action Items for NWS and Private Sector Representatives -- Gerry Creager, TAMU |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |