Musings on Storm Based Warnings Daryl Herzmann Iowa State University.

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Musings on Storm Based Warnings Daryl Herzmann Iowa State University

Indisputable Fact of Life #1 The weather bureau is currently unable to issue storm based warnings.

The reason why

Oh, you don’t agree?

So I challenge you: Go to your fancy AWIPS station and draw me a storm based warning for a tornado spotted in: – South Yankton – Hamburg Bend Conservation Reserve – St Petersburg, FL

Oh, you still don’t agree? (Or, everyone does agree because this is such a smart office or is adverse to confrontation)

Warning Process Evaluation Garden Variety Tornado We had better warn.

Warning Process Evaluation Yippee, we can use our fine training and draw a polygon!

Warning Process Evaluation I draw my fancy pants polygon out for 30 minutes. I’m done, right?

Warning Process Evaluation Gasp, I’m warning for 5 counties! Sirens will go off In all 5! daryl’s here

Warning Process Evaluation WarnGen clipping to the rescue! daryl’s stays asleep

Warning Process Evaluation Whoa, what happened?

Darn it daryl, I came here for stats (or free food), not altruistic hyperbole.

NWS County SVR/TOR Warnings NEXRAD Storm Based Warnings

1 Oct 2007, warnings changed “Storm-Based Warnings show the specific meteorological or hydrological threat area and are not restricted to geopolitical boundaries.”

But what actually changed? NWS: Ignore the red, use the yellow 291 WUUS53 KDMX SVRDMX IAC /O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W T2302Z T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 602 PM CDT FRI JUN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARITON...OR 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBIA...RUSSELL...MELROSE AND LOVILIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...GET OUT NOW...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROND DON'T DROWN. && LAT...LON TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 300DEG 28KT WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ SMALL

The private sector jumped to action Comic Relief Lifted from Barons and WXC website. Those are county warnings!

Thankfully, we have social media Great job daryl on iembot ! ….. FAIL.…

These aren’t the polygons you’re looking for (Maryland == 26,000 sq km)

Oh daryl, you and your 1% type academic friends always focused on the outliers…. So another altruism: If less than 50% of warnings are “storm based”, can the program still keep its name?

Quiz Question #1 How do you cancel a portion of the warning? Answer: Cancel one of the counties in the warning! IAC /O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W T0000Z T2345Z/...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... IAC /O.CON.KDMX.SV.W T0000Z T2345Z/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION...MONROE...EASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

Quiz Question #2 What’s wrong with this picture?

Bah, that is Texas, we are Omaha, fricken Nebraska

1 Oct 2007 – 23 Mar 2012: Number of Polygon Vertices (SVR+TOR) ~50% ~8%

Average SBW Size Versus County Size per WFO (SVR+TOR shown, Alaska not included)

Lets get quantitative Perimeter Influence – How much of the polygon perimeter coincides with a political boundary Areal Verification – If the LSRs are buffered, what areal percentage verified Size Reduction – How much smaller was the warning than the counties it was issued against.

~ 2 % of all warnings

Nationwide is around 25%

Nationwide Average: 65%

Oh daryl, what about this? Perimeter ratio is small So lets compute another metric measuring distance of vertex to county border County Warning

Overall Average: 75% Overall: 75%

Are warnings centered on the storm? Compute centroid of TIME…MOT…LOC Compare against Polygon Centroid

Does the warning track the storm in space? Compute moving threat TIME…MOT…LOC perpendicular to motion vector, compute report displacement

Most reports are 0-10 km south of the TIME…MOT…LOC

More tracking fun Does storm tracking accuracy decrease with time?

Academic Thought Experiment Take TIME..MOT.LOC and draw my own warning: 1.30 min duration 2.~10 km left 3.~10 and increase to 30 km to the right Which will #win ?

Purple box is the warning from the automated algorithm

Purple box is the warning from the automated algorithm

Omaha’s TORs WEATHER BUREAUACADEMIA Average Size (sq km) Areal Verification13.7%12.1% Vertex County Intersection71%22% Size Reduction72.3%Didn’t Compute Perimeter Ratio33%8% Probability of Detection False Alarm Rate Critical Success Index Did the weather bureau #win?

What is broken? The warnings are constrained by political boundaries! – NWS Office can’t issue outside CWA – Warning product (VTEC) is still bound to UGC codes – Can’t issue SVR/TOR over Marine Zones, why ?!?! No penalty for warning size in verification Warning issuance software Warning dissemination software (bad daryl) Warning display software (bad daryl) Some local NWS Office policies conflict with NWS directives, where’s the sheriff? No topology checks, invalid geometries are OK

Summary ~ 25% of TOR/SVR Warnings are 4 sided Only ~ 2 % of all SVR/TOR warnings are pure county retracements ~ 75% of polygon vertices are guided by county borders SBWs have cut the size of warnings by over 60%, but the number of warnings has increased by 60%. The Cubs will not win the World Series this year

Is this the solution?

Equally, unrealistic solutions Warnings should be data, not products – Computers are the most important readers… – UGC codes should not be included Warnings should come from NWS, not WFOs – NWS should be working as a team, instead of theifdoms Polygons should be limited to 4 to 6 sides. The Cubs develop talent from their farm system and not overpay for free agents that struggle with the rigors of playing left field.

NWS Issues Products Forecaster tries to figure out what the public wants NWS Issues Data Computers deal with various users Disseminates Computer angry! Public doesn’t call Congress. Disseminates Computer happy! Meathead happy!

Time for Questions? Daryl Herzmann