We are Your U.S. National Weather Service… The nation’s air/land/sea weather infrastructure partner for “All-Hazards” decision support 2012 IAEM-USA Mid-Year Meeting FEMA Emergency Management Institute Friday, June 8, 2012, Emmitsburg, MD Bill Proenza, Regional Administrator National Weather Service, Southern U.S.
We are Your U.S . National Weather Service… The nation’s air/land/sea weather infrastructure partner for “All-Hazards” decision support. 2012 IAEM-USA Mid-Year Meeting FEMA Emergency Management Institute Friday, June 8, 2012 , Emmitsburg , MD Bill Proenza , Regional Administrator - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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We are Your U.S. National Weather Service…The nation’s air/land/sea weather
infrastructure partner for “All-Hazards” decision support
Bill Proenza, Regional Administrator National Weather Service, Southern U.S.
Western U.S. Central U.S.
Southern U.S.w/ 27% of NWS offices
Eastern U.S.
Alaska Region
Pacific RegionHawaii & Guam
National Weather Service:only six regions with 4
very large CONUS regions.
Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands
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Your U.S. National Weather Service…Born in1870 by President Grant ‘s executive order and an Organic Act of 1890,
codified as amended in section 313 of title15 of the federal statutory code (United States Code) missions the National Weather Service to issue and distribute warnings of environmental hazards. In summary the National
Weather Service (NWS) provides 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. NWS data and products form a
national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the
global community. In addition, the National Weather Service supports the Emergency Alert System and provides, in coordination with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, public dissemination of critical pre-event and post-event information of all hazards, including natural disasters and terrorist events. The National Weather Service all-hazards support
authority emanates primarily from the National Response Framework as authorized by The Homeland Security Act of 2002, codified predominantly
as amended in sections 101 to 557 of title 6 of the United States Code, and The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, codified as
amended sections 5121 to 5206 of title 42 of the United States Code.
Your National Weather Service (NWS) directly provides 24x7 products, services, data gathering and dissemination/distribution, bulletins, outlooks, forecasts and warnings from its WFOs, RFCs, ROCs, Tsunami Centers, CWSUs, guidance & prediction centers for air, land, sea, climate and space services!
Attribution is imperatively important in our representative form of government to properly fund the NWS based on performance & mission!
Your U.S. National Weather Service clearly has the Congressionally mandated authority to issue
• Better All-Hazards Decision Support with critical Emergency Response Meteorologists “ER-Mets” at
– ROC Regional Operations Center in Ft. Worth– WFO in Tampa, FL– WFO in New Orleans– WFO in Baltimore/Wash. – WFO in Charleston, WV– NWS Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD
Staffing “pilot” projects for a Weather-Ready Nation
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Radar Improvement and its Next Generation
Dual-Pol Radar (Currently being installed) Finer resolution of storm structure & pinpointing
Phased Array (10 yrs) 30 second complete “volume scans” adding
precious minutes to warning lead-times ! Higher resolution on velocity data, storm
structure imaging, precipitation intensity
National Weather Service EMWIN info:http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/winven.htm
EMWIN: Emergency Management Weather Information Network !
• Minimal costs! PC, dish and receiver (under $2000)• No monthly fees whatsoever !• Speed and Reliability (via GOES satellite)• Updated Info Received Instantly - 24 / 7 • Portable - Mobile (work, home or road) 1 meter dish• Software – programmable to receive your needs• Alarm Capable - Visible & Audible• Retransmission - Automatically retransmittable
WFO staff members who worked shifts during tornado outbreak period (April 25-30, 2011)
with less than 10-hour rest !
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Listed by Southern Region WFO
FAA Responds to 2011 air traffic safety concerns with rest policy changes:
“Research shows us that giving people the chance for even an additional one hour of rest during critical periods in a schedule can improve work performance and reduce
the potential for fatigue.” ----- FAA Administrator, 2011
• There will be a minimum of two controllers on-duty at all shift assignments even during less active late night shifts.
• Traffic controllers will no longer be able to switch to an unscheduled midnight shift following only a day off.
What is “ER-MET”?The Emergency Response Meteorologist
This NWS initiative provides EMs faster 24x7 decision-support with all hazards weather information from your nearby WFO or having an ER-MET deployed to
your event’s command site!
-advocating more National Weather Service branding …not only essential to annual budget support but also for a warning credibility that builds our national resiliency.
-the “fair-weather” staffing levels at the nation’s network of NWS warning offices’ can be vulnerable to our mission. Both NWS technology infusion and the 3-person ER-MET add-on staffing is needed at all WFOs for a weather-ready national resiliency.
-questioning us why is NWS so underfunded ? …despite demonstrated life saving warnings and cost/beneficial performances ? …and, despite what was a $22 million FY-12 increase in NWS appropriations for FY12 ?
NWS hears EMs…
A Weather-ReadyNation…
..avoids having to learn from tragedy !
Bill Proenza, Regional AdministratorU.S. National Weather Service, Southern Region