AWOC Instructional Component

IC Core 5: Societal Impacts and Public Perception

General Information

Estimated Completion Time

1 hours and 30 minutes

Description

This instructional component will explore the place of weather warnings in a sociological context, and identify elements of an effective warning.

Prerequisite(s)

None

Lessons

Lesson 1: 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 minutes
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	Nothing required
Recommended	Communication of Emergency Public Warnings --A Social Science Perspective and State-of-the-Art Assesment....Dennis S. Mileti and John H. Sorenson

Lesson 2: 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 minutes
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	Nothing required.
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 3: 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 minutes
Delivery Method	Online
Resources
Exercises	None
Review Sheets / Hand Outs	Review of the topics are embedded in the presentation.
Student Guide	The printed presentation with speaker notes is available in the AWOC Student Guide.
Reading Material
Required	None
Recommended	Toward Improved Understanding of Warnings for Short Fused Weather Events USWRP Warm Season Precipitation Wrokshop March 2002

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 5 Team