Download or read book Adequacy of the National Weather Service s Hurricane and Flood Warning System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adequacy of the National Weather Service s Hurricane and Flood Warneing System written by United States. Congress. House. Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adequacy of National Weather Service s Hurricane and Flood Warning System Hearing Before Subcommittee 92d Congress 2d Session June 29 1972 written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adequacy of the National Weather Service s Hurricane and Flood Warning System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Nation s River and Flood Forecasting and Warning Service written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Operations of the National Weather Service written by United States. National Weather Service and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessment of Hydrologic and Hydrometeorological Operations and Services written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-01-03 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods are by far the most devastating of all weather-related hazards in the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) is charged by Congress to provide river and flood forecasts and warnings to the public to protect life and property and to promote the nation's economic and environmental well-being (such as through support for water resources management). As part of a modernization of its technologies and organizational structure, the NWS is undertaking a thorough updating of its hydrologic products and services and the activities that produce them. The National Weather Service Modernization Committee of the National Research Council undertook a comprehensive assessment of the NWS' plans and progress for the modernization of hydrologic and hydrometeorological operations and services. The committee's conclusions and recommendations and their related analysis and rationale are presented in this report.

Download or read book Information for Local Officials on Flood Warning Systems written by H. James Owen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book To Investigate the Adequacy and Effectiveness of Federal Disaster Relief Legislation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Disaster Relief and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communications Handbook written by United States. National Weather Service and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Building Better Warning Partnerships written by Christopher R. Adams and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main focus of the Forum was on discussion groups working in four areas: (1) warning coordination and decision making, (2) communications technologies and formats, (3) critical information needs, and (4) warning dissemination to the public warning.

Download or read book To Investigate the Adequacy and Effectiveness of Federal Disaster Relief Legislation Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Disaster Relief written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Toward a New National Weather Service written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Weather Service Modernization and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Natural Hazard Warning Systems in the United States written by Dennis S. Mileti and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weather Forecasting written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using advanced systems and trained specialists located in 122 weather forecast offices throughout the country, the National Weather Service (NWS) provides storm and flood warnings and weather forecasts to protect life and property and to enhance the national economy. To improve the efficiency of its operations, in November 2006, NWS approved an effort to develop a prototype of an alternative way of operating. Under this prototype, weather forecasting offices would share selected responsibilities. GAO (1) determined the status of and plans for the prototype, (2) evaluated whether the prototype's justification was sufficient, (3) determined whether NWS's plans to evaluate the prototype are adequate, (4) evaluated whether NWS is sufficiently involving stakeholders in its prototype plans, and (5) determined how NWS plans to ensure that there will be no degradation of service during and after the prototype. To do so, GAO analyzed agency documentation and interviewed program officials and stakeholders. NWS's prototype is currently on hold pending a reevaluation of the agency's approach. The agency had just begun the first phase of its three-phased prototype to demonstrate a new concept of operations over a 2-year period when, in late March 2007, the Department of Commerce's Under Secretary suspended the prototype because of concerns about the agency's approach. In the first phase, NWS established a program manager and began planning for the next two phases. During the remaining phases, NWS planned to have 20 weather forecasting offices share responsibilities in 2-office pairs and then in 4-office clusters. NWS then planned to decide whether to implement the new concept of operations on a national basis. The justification for the prototype was not sufficient. Before the prototype was suspended, the agency had approved moving forward with its prototype without conducting a cost-benefit analysis. NWS estimated that the prototype would cost approximately $9.3 million and would offer qualitative benefits, such as increased efficiency and an improved ability to focus on severe weather events, but did not quantify benefits or the expected return on its investment. If NWS were to proceed with the prototype without a cost-benefit analysis, it would lack assurance that its approach would be a cost-effective investment for the agency. NWS identified goals and selected measures to evaluate during its prototype activities, but it did not establish a rigorous evaluation plan. Specifically, NWS did not define a full set of needed measures, how it planned to compare prototype results with baseline performance, or how its selected measures supported the prototype goals. If NWS were to proceed without a rigorous evaluation plan, the agency would run an increased risk of not sufficiently measuring the impact of changes on its performance and could make decisions affecting the nation's weather on the basis of incomplete or flawed data. Although NWS involved internal stakeholders in planning its prototype, it did not (1) involve external stakeholders or (2) establish a plan that identified key stakeholders, the stakeholders' responsibilities, and a time line for involving stakeholders and addressing their comments. If NWS were to proceed with its prototype without such a plan, it could not ensure that stakeholder interests would be identified and addressed. NWS planned to mitigate the risk of degradation during and after the prototype by conducting laboratory exercises to understand the impact of the prototype, using a dedicated workstation in each office so that the office could switch to original systems if warranted, and monitoring its systems and products during the prototype. NWS officials stated that should the agency decide to implement the prototype on a national basis, it has standard procedures for testing and validating systems and software to avoid any degradation of service.