546 Fatalities from1,748 Tornadoes
Historic U.S. Floods
6 Million Acres Burned
2011: A Year of Extremes~600 Fatalities and $50 Billion in Economic Losses
Devastating Blizzards
Pacific Tsunami
Source: Property Claims ServiceMR NatCatSERVICE
U.S. Thunderstorm Loss TrendsAnnual Totals 1980 – 2010 vs. First Half 2011 U.S. Thunderstorm Loss TrendsAnnual Totals 1980 – 2010 vs. First Half 2011
Average thunderstorm losses have increased fivefold since 1980.Average thunderstorm losses have increased fivefold since 1980.
First Half 2011 $16.4 bn
• Extreme impacts from weather, water, climate events
• Population growth and demographic changes
• Technological dependence
• Water Availability—too much, too little, quality
A Changing World
Society Increasingly Vulnerable
A Changing World
Society Increasingly Vulnerable
Is the U.S. Weather-Ready?
The Vision:Build a Weather-Ready Nation
Is the U.S. Weather-Ready?
The Vision:Build a Weather-Ready Nation
Building a Weather-Ready Nation
A Weather-Ready Nation: Society is Prepared for and
Responds to Weather-Dependent Events
Vision
Provide weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and
warnings • Protect life and property
• Enhance national economy
Mission
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• Improve warning accuracies and lead times for high-impact weather and water events
• Exploit probability information to communicate uncertainty
• Improve community emergency preparedness and response
GOAL 1: Improve weather decision services for events that threaten
lives and livelihoods
Meeting the Nation’s Needs
Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Meeting the Nation’s Needs
Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Test Projects
• A total of nine test projects have been planned to support the key concepts of the NWS Roadmap
• Plans are underway to launch six this fall:– National Operations Center– Regional Operations Center– WFO Provision of IDSS in Coastal Environment– WFO provision of IDSS in Urban Environment– Ecological forecasting
– Warn-on-forecast test
8Making the extraordinary ordinary
The SR ROC Pilot Project
• Support to our field offices• Support to partners
– States– FEMA– National Media
• Support to our agency leadership• Helping to communicate Decision Support
Services throughout the NWS
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