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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools to Communicate 1.Web (weather.gov/corpuschristi) 2.Daily Briefings on Web & YouTube 3.Briefings posted to Facebook & Twitter 4. Briefings 5.GoToMeeting Webinars with EMC’s 6.NWS Chat 1.Web (weather.gov/corpuschristi) 2.Daily Briefings on Web & YouTube 3.Briefings posted to Facebook & Twitter 4. Briefings 5.GoToMeeting Webinars with EMC’s 6.NWS Chat 8

NWSChat - Tool of Choice 9

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

We will ride out the storm at our facility 11

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

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

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 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 14

Survey Tornado Tracks

Storm Damage Viewer

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Personal Lives Extra staffing brought in from other offices. Time off to repair homes and get lives back in order. Extra staffing brought in from other offices. Time off to repair homes and get lives back in order. 19

20 Questions?