*** Updated on Friday, March 13, 2009 ***

National Severe Weather Workshop 2009 Program

Thursday, March 5, 2009

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7:00a-8:00a Registration / Check-in (Also available Wednesday afternoon, 3:30p-6:00p, for Embassy Suites guests only.)

Norman Embassy Suites Ballroom ABC

8:15a Presentation of the Colors by Carl Albert Jr. ROTC and National Anthem sung by Norman North High School Choir

8:20a-8:30a Planning Committee Introductions, Greg Carbin, NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK

8:30a-9:00a Keynote Address by Lynn Maximuk*, Regional Director, NWS Central Region, Kansas City, MO (*Speaking for Vickie Nadolski, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NWS)

Session I – Understanding Communities at Risk

Moderators: Mr. Bryan Smith, NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK and Mr. Kevin Scharfenberg, NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK

9:00a-9:30a Societal Impacts of the Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak of February 5-6, 2008, Julie Demuth, NCAR Associate Scientist, Boulder, CO and Dan Nietfeld, Science Operations Officer, NWS Omaha, NE

9:30a-10:00a Nighttime Kansas Tornado Outbreak of June 11, 2008, Jennifer Stark, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Topeka, KS

10:00a-10:30a Break, sponsored by Mackay Communications in Ballroom GH

10:30a-11:00a Extreme Wind Safe Room Guidelines, R. Kent Baxter, Senior Specialist-Hurricane/Earthquake Program Manager, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region VI, Denton, TX

11:00a-11:30p What if the 3 April 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak in North Alabama Occurred Now?, Mike Coyne, NWS Meteorologist-in-Charge, Huntsville, AL, Tim Troutman, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Morristown, TN and Dr. Greg Gaston, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL

11:30a-12:00p Graphical Severe Weather Warnings in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area, Bill Bunting, NWS Meteorologist-in-Charge, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

12:00p-1:00p Lunch / Presentations in Ballroom F

Session IIA – Tools for Hazardous Weather Assessment

Moderators: Mr. Jeff Evans, NWS Storm Prediction Center and Mr. Ashton Robinson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1:00p-1:30p What Environments Do Severe Storms Form In?, Dr. Harold Brooks, Research Meteorologist, NOAA National Severe Storm Laboratory, Norman, OK

1:30p-2:00p Primer on Ensemble Modeling Systems, David Bright, Techniques Development Meteorologist, NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK

2:00p-2:30p Using GIS Applications to Assist in Decision Support, Brian Walawender, Technique Development Meteorologist, NWS Central Region Headquarters, Kansas City, MO

2:30p-3:00p Break sponsored by Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management in Ballroom GH

3:00p-5:00p Breakout Sessions, pick two to attend. Please note: NWS Chat, Career Opportunities and SKYWARN breakout sessions will be held once each day. The SKYWARN session will run from 4:00p-5:30p today and again on Friday.

Breakout Sessions / Ballroom AB

Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk with Robert Goldhammer, Senior Emergency Management Specialist, Dewberry & Davis LLC, Gayland Kitch, City of Moore, OK, and Dale Morris, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK (repeated again at 4pm)

Breakout Sessions / Ballroom C

Maintaining Situation Awareness During Unexpected Events with Elizabeth Quoetone, Meteorologist Instructor, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, NWS/OCWWS Norman, OK (repeated again at 4pm)

Breakout Session / Ballroom I

Career Opportunities in Emergency Management, NWS, and Private Sectors with Dr. Kevin Kloesel/OU School of Meteorology, Chris Walsh/Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Andy Wallace/KOCO-TV, David Manning/NWS Eastern Region, and Amy Buhl/Weathernews America, Inc. (3pm-4pm today and again on Friday)

Breakout Session / Ballroom J

NWS-Chat with Faith Borden, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Las Vegas, NV and Darone Jones, NWS Meteorologist, Western Region, Salt Lake City, UT (3pm-4pm today and again on Friday)

Breakout Session / Ballroom J

The NWS SKYWARN Spotter Program with Tanja Fransen, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Glasgow, MT and Chris Novy, Canadian County EM Severe Weather Analyst and Training, Coordinator and member of Oklahoma University’s Center for Risk and Crisis Management Community Advisory Board (4pm-530pm today and again on Friday)

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Thursday Evening

7:00p Banquet in Ballroom F (Sponsored by ViaRadio) and Guest Speaker, The Honorable Ann Dixson, District Magistrate Judge with the State of Kansas, Greensburg, Kansas. Judge Dixson will talk about surviving the Greensburg EF5 tornado of May 4th, 2007 and the community’s commitment to rebuilding.

Friday, March 6, 2009

7:15a-7:45a Registration / Check-in (For workshop attendees arriving today.)

Norman Embassy Suites Ballroom ABC

Session IIB – Tools for Hazardous Weather Assessment

Moderators: Mr. Jeff Peters and Mr. John Hart, NWS Storm Prediction Center

8:00a-8:30a NWS ER Mets-Providing EMs All-Hazard Decision Support for a More Resilient Homeland, Bill Proenza, Regional Director, NWS Southern Region, Fort Worth, TX

8:30a-9:00a Next Generation Warning Products and Services, John Ferree, NWS Severe Storm Service Leader, NWS/OCWWS, Norman, OK

9:00a-9:30a Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) from HPC, Michael Eckert, Senior Branch Forecaster, NWS Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, Camp Springs, MD

9:30a-10:00a A Constitution for Personal Responsibility in Flood Safety, Jon W. Zeitler, NWS Science and Operations Officer, Austin/San Antonio, TX

10:00a-10:30a Break sponsored by TRC Disaster Solutions in Ballroom GH

10:30a-11:00a Preliminary Insights into Operational Benefits of Phased Array Radar, Pam Heinselman, Research Scientist, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK

11:00a-11:30a Dual Polarization: Coming Soon to a Radar Near You, Paul Schlatter, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, NWS/OCWWS Norman, OK

11:30a-12:00p Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI): Experiments in Short-term Hazardous Weather Information at NSSL, Kristin Kuhlman, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma and Greg Stumpf, NWS Meteorological Development Lab/Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

12:00p-1:00p Lunch / Presentations in Ballroom F

Session III – Communications and Significant Events

Moderators: Mr. Dan Nietfeld, Science Operations Officer, NWS Omaha, NE and Dr. Eve Gruntfest, SSWIM, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1:00p-1:30p Amateur Radio Support of the NWS, Dennis Dura, American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Newington, CT

1:30p-2:00p Community-Based Approaches to Communicating Weather Information, H. Dan O’Hair, Presidential Professor and Director, Center for Risk and Crisis Management, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

2:00p-2:30p The Historic Iowa Floods of 2008–It Can’t be Worse than 1993, Can It?, Jeffrey Zogg, NWS Senior Service Hydrologist, NWS Des Moines, IA

2:30p-3:00p Break, sponsored by ESi 911 in Ballroom GH

3:00p-5:00p Breakout Sessions, pick two to attend. Please note: NWS Chat, Career Opportunities and SKYWARN breakout sessions will be held only once today. The SKYWARN session will run from 4:00p-5:30p today.

Breakout Sessions / Ballroom AB

The StormReady Community Designation Program with Rick Smith, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Norman, OK and Steve Piltz, NWS Meteorologist-In-Charge, Tulsa, OK (repeated again at 4pm)

Breakout Sessions / Ballroom C

The HazCollect System with Kevin Scharfenberg, NWS OCWWS and Mike Mach, NWS Southern Region NOAA Weather Radio Program Manager (repeated again at 4pm)

Breakout Session / Ballroom I

Career Opportunities in Emergency Management, NWS, and Private Sectors with Dr. Kevin Kloesel/OU School of Meteorology, Chris Walsh/Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Dan Threlkeld/KJRH-TV, David Manning/NWS Eastern Region, and Amy Buhl/Weathernews America, Inc. (3pm-4pm)

Breakout Session / Ballroom J

NWS-Chat with Faith Borden, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Las Vegas, NV and Darone Jones, NWS Meteorologist, Western Region, Salt Lake City, UT (3pm-4pm)

Breakout Session / Ballroom J

The NWS SKYWARN Spotter Program with Tanja Fransen, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Glasgow, MT and Chris Novy, Canadian County EM Severe Weather Analyst and Training, Coordinator and member of Oklahoma University’s Center for Risk and Crisis Management Community Advisory Board (4pm-530pm)

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Friday Evening

7:00p-9:00p Amateur Radio License Examining Session and tours at the National Weather Center (NWC). Sign-up for tours will be at Embassy Suites during Thursday and Friday morning. Please sign-up as we need an accurate head count to assure sufficient staff at the NWC on Friday evening. Click here for information about the amateur radio testing.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

7:30a-8:20a Registration / Check-in (For attendees arriving for morning sessions only.)

Norman Embassy Suites Ballroom ABC

Session IV – General Session

Saturday Morning Session Moderators: Ms. Renee Curry, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Oklahoma and Mr. Brent Macaloney, NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Silver Spring, MD

8:20a-8:40a Flood Inundation Mapping Using GIS, Moon Kim, Hydrologist, USGS, Indianapolis, IN

8:40a-9:00a Impact Planning Aids for Major Storms (IPAMS), Dave Knapp, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands, NM

9:00a-9:20a Studies in Visual Interpretation of Complex Forecast Information, Gina Eosco, Research Assistant, Center for Risk Management, SSWIM, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:20a-9:40a Changes with TV Digital Conversion, Dan Threlkeld, Chief Meteorologist, KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK

9:40a-10:00a The EF-Scale as a Severe Weather Awareness Tool, Anthony Richey, NWS Forecaster, Jackson, KY

10:00a-10:30a Break in Ballroom GH

10:30a-10:50a Communicating Risk and Community Response of an Extreme Wind Event, Catherine M. Zapotocny, NWS Meteorologist, Omaha/Valley, NE

10:50a-11:10a Surveying Techniques for the Long-track EF4 Tornado in Arkansas on Feb. 5, 2008, John Robinson, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Little Rock, AR

11:10a-11:30a The Integrated Warning Team and an Attempt at Improving Public Response to Warning, Andy Bailey, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Pleasant Hill/Kansas City, MO

11:30p-12:00p Parkersburg EF5 Tornado – An Operational Perspective and Damage Survey Experience, Part 1, Jeff Johnson, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist and Part 2, Karl Jungbluth, NWS Science and Operations Officer, Des Moines, IA

12:00p-1:00p Lunch in Ballroom F

12:30p-12:55p Registration / Check-in (For afternoon session only.)

Free Storm Observation Training

Saturday Afternoon Session planned and managed by Mr. Rick Smith NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Norman, OK

1:00p-1:30p VORTEX-2 Preview, Don Burgess, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK

1:30p-2:15p Electronic Storm Spotting and Emerging Technologies, Scott Blair, NWS Forecaster, Topeka, KS

2:15p-2:30p Break in Ballroom GH

2:30p-3:15p Severe Weather Meteorology, Patrick Burke, NWS Forecaster, Norman, OK

3:15p-4:30p Storm Spotting Operations and Safety, Chris Novy, Canadian County EM Severe Weather Analyst and Training, Coordinator and member of Oklahoma University’s Center for Risk and Crisis Management Community Advisory Board

*** Have a safe trip home. See you in March 2010! ***