AWOC Instructional Component

IC Core 4: Conveying Warnings and Public Response

General Information

Estimated Completion Time

2.5 hours

Description

Radar, satellite, spotter reports, ground truth and VCP Explorer are some of the topics that will be covered in this IC. Emphasis will be on the impacts of poor data quality, strengths and limitations of various sensors, and optimum utilization of the various sensors to improve/mitigate data quality issues.

Prerequisite(s)

None

Lessons

Lesson 1: Mitigating Potential Errors in Spotter Reports
Description	This lesson discusses the sources of spotter reports, the sources of errors with those reports, and some steps forecasters can take to mitigate the impact of those errors on warning operations.
Estimated Completion Time	20 min.
Delivery Method	Online
Resources
Exercises	None
Review Sheets / Hand Outs	Hand out of slide presentation with instructor's notes.
Student Guide	None
Reading Material
Required	None
Recommended	None

Lesson 2: The Warning Response Process
Description	This lesson will outline the social-psychological process that people go through from the time a first warning is heard to the time people respond. This warning forecaster's understanding of this warning response process can influence the public's actions.
Estimated Completion Time	20 min.
Delivery Method	Online
Resources
Exercises	Short Exercises are embedded in presentation.
Review Sheets / Hand Outs	Review is embedded in presentation
Student Guide	Printed copy of presentation with speaker notes provided
Reading Material
Required	None
Recommended	Communication of Emergency Public Warnings --A Social Science Perspective and State-of-the-Art Assesment....Dennis S. Mileti and John H. Sorenson

Lesson 3: Effective Warnings
Description	Variations in the nature and content of warnings have a large impact on whether or not the public heeds the warning. In this lesson we will disuss the elements of an effective warning, and discover ways to deliver effective warnings.
Estimated Completion Time	40 min.
Delivery Method	Online
Resources
Exercises	Short Exercises are embedded in presentation.
Review Sheets / Hand Outs	Review is embedded in presentation
Student Guide	Printed copy of presentation with speaker notes provided
Reading Material
Required	None
Recommended	Communication of Emergency Public Warnings --A Social Science Perspective and State-of-the-Art Assesment....Dennis S. Mileti and John H. Sorenson (Chapter 3 (19 pages) and Chapter 5 (16 pages)) NWS Instruction 10-511 WFO Severe Weather Products Specification, October 2003 NWS Instruction 10-922 WFO Hydrologic Products Specification, February 2004

Lesson 4: Social Science Lessons: What We Have Learned From Recent Floods and Warnings
Description	The lesson looks at studies of public response to warnings, and what we have learned from these studies.
Estimated Completion Time	45 min
Delivery Method	Online
Resources
Exercises	Short Exercises are embedded in presentation.
Review Sheets / Hand Outs	Review is embedded in presentation
Student Guide	Printed copy of presentation with speaker notes provided
Reading Material
Required	None
Recommended	None

IC Testing

Testing for Instructional Components (IC) is provided to the student using the NWS Learning Management System (LMS). If testing is required, the test must be successfully completed in order to complete the IC.

Pretest

No Practice Test

Test Out

Post Test

Test is Required. Passing Score: 70 %

Contact

Email

IC CORE 4 Team