NWS Central Region Impact Based Warning Experimental Product

[Mike Johnston]

Thanks for the info, John.

I had just hoped, given this project was supposed to be an experiment, that NWS would have laid out the criteria with which it would be measured and then followed up and made the measurements known. Appreciate that some stats were released to a meteorological conference, but by not releasing them generally it really isn't transparent and that's a shame. Goodness knows that taxpayer money was spent on promoting this idea up front, why the need for secrecy about the results now? After the first year, I thought some independent study was supposed to be made, IIRC by a group from University of North Carolina. Maybe it exists, but I haven't been able to find it.

Also, if you read back through this thread, it was implied that the FAR for the two higher-tiered warnings should essentially be zero. For those that were so sure of themselves about the virtues of this project, and so dismissive of some of us who were skeptical of it, I'd really like to hear what they think now.

 

[rdale]

After the first year, I thought some independent study was supposed to be made, IIRC by a group from University of North Carolina.

It was studied through the WxEM program (I think that's at UNC.) I have never seen that publicly released.

Also, if you read back through this thread, it was implied that the FAR for the two higher-tiered warnings should essentially be zero.

And it still should... I don't think that has changed?

Thankfully the only really valuable part of the warning, the tags at the end for computer use, are spreading to other offices.