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NWS Operations During & After Hurricane

Learn how our team at WFO Corpus Christi ensures public safety before, during, and after hurricanes. We provide critical services 24/7, from forecasting to emergency response coordination. Media interviews welcomed.

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NWS Operations During & After Hurricane

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  1. NWS Operations During & After Hurricane By John Metz Warning Coordination Meteorologist

  2. Our primary mission is to protect lives of the citizens we serve!

  3. Open 24 x 7 We are here to serve YOU!

  4. WFO Corpus Christi Responsible for 15 counties and the Gulf of Mexico out 60 nm

  5. Before & During a Hurricane We Launch Balloons every 6 hours

  6. Before & During a Hurricane Staff working 12 hour shifts Social Media

  7. Staff Positions • Storm Coordinator • Weather Briefings • Media Interviews • Long & Short Term Forecasts • Warning Operations • Balloon Launches • Hurricane Statements • Social Media • Communicators • IT • Electronics Repair • Amateur Radio Shift Change 8am & 8pm

  8. Tools to Communicate • Web (weather.gov/corpuschristi) • Daily Briefings on Web & YouTube • Briefings posted to Facebook & Twitter • E-mail Briefings • GoToMeetingWebinars with EMC’s • NWS Chat

  9. NWSChat - Tool of Choice https://nwschat.weather.gov/live/

  10. Media is welcome to conduct live interviews before, during, & after the storm

  11. We will ride out the storm at our facility

  12. Emergency Response Meteorologists Deployed To Victoria & Corpus Christi EOC’s

  13. If our office goes down, the NWS in New Braunfels, Houston, or Mobile AL will take over.

  14. After the Storm • Continue to provide daily forecasts and warning operations 24 x 7. • Organize and dispatch Storm Survey Teams • Coordinate and ride along with Emergency Managers • Assemble Post Storm Report

  15. Survey Tornado Tracks

  16. Storm Damage Viewer http://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/

  17. http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=jax&product=PSH&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=jax&product=PSH&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1

  18. Personal Lives • Extra staffing brought in from other offices. • Time off to repair homes and get lives back in order.

  19. Questions?

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