March 4 – 6, 2010
Norman/Oklahoma City Area - Venue to be announced in November
A Decade of Sharing Information about Weather Emergencies, Communications, and Response.
This will be the 10th year that a workshop geared toward weather information sharing is held in Norman, Oklahoma. Emergency managers, weather enthusiasts, teachers, students, meteorologists, broadcasters, and vendors in weather data and information will gather, present, and discuss important inter-related topics over a 3-day period in early March. Some of the subjects that will be highlighted during the next National Severe Weather Workshop in Norman include:
- Hazardous weather mitigation strategies
- Continuity of operations (business and government sectors)
- Forecast verification measures and meanings
- Event alerting technologies and issues
- National Weather Service products, services, and outreach
- Latest in severe storm research and modeling
- Weather radar updates and technology
- Relating uncertainty and confidence information to decision makers
- EF-Scale tornado rating updates and new tools for damage surveys
- Weather Trade and Technology Expo (see below)
Enterprising companies will have tables and information kiosks set up at the National Severe Weather Workshop Trade & Technology Expo. Vendors attending the workshop this year will be highlighted in future additions to this web page.
Questions about the workshop agenda can be directed to Greg Carbin at the NWS Storm Prediction Center. Registration and lodging information will be added to the appropriate tabs, above, as this information content is updated and added to the site. For further information, please contact Linda Crank.
The agenda for the 2009 National Severe Weather Workshop is located here. Last year’s vendor list can be accessed here (please note, pricing is not current).
Websites from prior years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. Note: we started using the blog website in 2009 and the archived agenda is now saved as a link from the current year’s home page.
