Precision Weather Warnings Putting the National Weather Services improvements in warning specificity to work •WeatherCall •WeatherCall Mobile •WeatherCall Enterprise . Educating the Public About Storm-Based Warnings: Lessons Learned From 2008 and 2009 How can we improve the system to work for Flash Flood Warnings?
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Precision Weather Warnings
Putting the National Weather Services improvements in warning
Subscribers have no understanding of their flash flood vulnerabilities
• Because flash flood warnings do not reflect any terrain influences, they are created to reflect precipitation coverage, NOT the impact of that heavy rainfall on the ground.
• Users were unknowingly selecting the flash flood notification, even though their physical address might be on a mountaintop.
• They would be called unnecessarily when they were not in danger, due to lack of knowledge of their flash vulnerabilities.
WeatherCall Mobile (Web-based)WeatherCall Mobile GPS
WeatherCall Mobile Lightning
New Mobile products WILL deliver flash flood warning phone call notifications.
• The very nature of the product implies the user has the opportunity to “travel” with the device.
• If a user doesn’t know their home’s flash flood vulnerability, the chances of them knowing a temporary location’s risk is even less.
We seek input from industry professionals on improving how flash
flood warning delivery can be improved.
• Use our client communications to try and better educate users.
• Cross-reference addresses to FEMA flood potential tables.
• Someday, have terrain and elevation incorporated in warning creation.
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