Federal Partnered Collaborations Helping to Build a Weather Ready Nation Victor Hom NOAA National Weather Service Silver Spring, Maryland Kris Lander NOAA National Weather Service Fort Worth, Texas ASFPM 2017 Kansas City, MO Session F7 Wednesday May 3, 2017
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Federal Partnered Collaborations Helping to Build a Weather Ready Nation
Victor HomNOAA National Weather Service
Silver Spring, Maryland
Kris LanderNOAA National Weather Service
Fort Worth, Texas
ASFPM 2017 Kansas City, MO Session F7 Wednesday May 3, 2017
National Weather Service
Outline
PART 1. Weather Ready Nation (WRN) Initiative
• NWS Motivation for WRN
• Goals and Objectives
• Current Status
PART 2. Federal Partner Activities to Help Build a Weather and Water Ready Nation
• References on Pertinent Tools, Resources, and Webpages
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PART 1Weather Ready Nation
(WRN) Initiative
National Weather Service
Increase in Extreme Events“Average” Year and Trends in the U.S.
6 Atlantic Basin Hurricanes
1,300 Tornadoes 5,000 Floods26,000 Severe Thunderstorms
650 Deaths$15B in Losses
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• Increasing population
• Increasing vulnerability
• More infrastructure at risk
• Signs of climate change
• Improved forecasts of extreme events 4-8 days in advance
• Need to take these forecasts to the next level for effective decision support
National Weather Service 5
Climate Adaptation ExampleObserved Change in Very Heavy Precipitation Events
SOURCE: USGCRP updated from Karl et al. 2009
Between 1958-2012
National Weather Service
Floods are Dangerous and Costly
30 Year Flood Loss Averages 82 fatalities and $7.96 Billion damages/yr*
*Annual Adjusted
National Weather Service
NWS Strategic Outcome:
A Weather-Ready Nation
Becoming a Weather-Ready Nation is about building community resiliency in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather, water, and climate events
“Ready, Responsive, Resilient”
REQUIRES NWS TO PRODUCE:
• Better Forecasts and Warnings
• Consistent Products and Services
• Actionable Environmental Intelligence
NWS needs to address the “last mile” that connects forecast to critical national,
state and location decisions
• Provide Impact-based Decision Support Services (IDSS)
• Deliver through Multiple and Reliable Dissemination Pathways
• Work with Partners to gain needed response; includes Embedding NWS in Emergency
Operations Centers and Incorporating Social Sciences
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Involves entire US Weather Enterprise WORKING TOGETHER
to achieve far-reaching national preparedness for weather events
National Weather Service
Commerce Strategic Plan NOAA Shared Priorities NWS Priorities
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• Build a Weather-Ready Nation
• Open Data & Services
NWS Strategic Plan:6 Goals directed toward a
Weather-Ready Nation
• Build a Weather-Ready Nation
• Evolve the NWS
Agency Priorities Aligned
Weather-Ready Nation embraced by NAPA: “We Can’t do it Alone”
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
AMERICA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
STRATEGIC PLAN | FISCAL YEARS
2014-2018
commerce.gov
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PART 2Federal Partner
Activities to Help Build a Weather and Water
Ready Nation
Integrated Water Resources Science and Services
(IWRSS): Partners and Missions
Water Science: to collect and disseminate reliable, impartial,
and timely information needed to understand the Nation's water
resources in order to minimize loss of life and property from natural
disasters
US Army Corps
of Engineers
Water Prediction: to provide weather, hydrologic, and climate
forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy
IWRSS Partnership
will expand over time
IWRSS Partnership
will expand
over time 10
Water Management: to strengthen our Nation's security,
energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters
FEMA
Response and Mitigation: to support our citizens and first
responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards