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General Training Modules and Important Documentation

This page provides easy access to WDTB's training modules and/or pertinent documentation not associated with a defined course, train-the-trainer workshop, or build training. Click on the appropriate link below to access the module, presentation, or paper of your choice.

| NWS Forecaster Training | Important Documentation | WDTB Collaborator Training |
| General Staff Training | NWS Partner Training |

WDTB Training Lessons for NWS Forecasters

  1. VCP Training
  2. Advanced Storm-Based Warning Training
  3. Storm-Based Warning Training
  4. Warning Operations and Workload Management
  5. Dual-Pol Training Modules
  6. Learning From History: Warning Decision Making Implications from Significant Events

Important Documentation for NWS Forecasters

  1. Severe Convection Forecasting & Warnings Professional Development Series (PDS)
  2. Cognitive Task Analysis of the Warning Forecaster Position
  3. Mesocyclone Characteristics of Mini Supercell Thunderstorms
  4. Hall/White County Tornado Tutorial
  5. Salt Lake City Tornado Tutorial
  6. Tornado Warning Guidance
  7. Understanding WSR-88D Signatures for the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado
  8. Analysis of Tornado Damage on May 3rd, 1999 Using Remote Sensing and GIS Methods on High-Resolution Satellite Imagery
  9. Warning Decision Making Process During the 3 May 1999 Tornado Outbreak
  10. Evaluating Warning Verification Statistics and Methodologies for Displaced Real-Time (DRT) Scenarios
  11. Staffing Strategies and Severe Weather Operations Plans

Training by WDTB Collaborators for NWS Forecasters

  1. 2007 National Air Quality Forecasting Capability: Progress Toward National Implementation

WDTB Training for NWS General Staff

  1. Effective Meeting Management
  2. Team NOAA

Online Training for NWS Partners

  1. Spotter Report Data Quality: Data Sources, Possible Errors, and Mitigation IdeasDownload the ZIP file for the Spotter Report Data Quality presentation
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