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Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

2021 Deep East Texas Virtual
Integrated Warning Team Meeting

 

Presentations from the Deep East Texas IWT workshop are listed below in order from the meeting agenda. Click the link below each presentation for the PDF file corresponding to the presenter's slide deck. 

 

What is an IWT/Expectations

Matt Hemingway, Meteorologist, NWS Shreveport

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/Deep%20East%20Texas%20Virtual%20IWT%20Expectations%203-8-21.pdf


Seasonal Tornado Climatology for Deep East Texas

Jason Hansford, Senior Meteorologist, NWS Shreveport

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/Deep%20East%20TX%20IWT%20Tornado%20Climo.pdf

 

NWS Review of Lovelady Tornado and Radar Coverage

Dan Reilly, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Houston/Galveston

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/RadarLimitations_Lovelady2014Tornado.pdf

 

A Look Back: 2011 Texas Drought and Record Heat

Brad Hlozek, Chief Meteorologist, KTRE-TV

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/2010-2011%20Texas%20Drought%20and%20Record%20Heat.pdf

 

A Guide to the Texas Fire Potential Weekly Update

Luke Kanclerz, Fire Analyst, Texas A&M Forest Service

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/NWS_DeepETXIWT_Feb2021.pdf

 

Streamlining the Damage Survey Process Among Agencies

 

National Weather Service (NWS) Perspective

Charlie Woodrum, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Shreveport

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/Streamlining%20Damage%20Survey%20Process%20-%20NWS.pdf

 

Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Perspective

Rachel Stepp, Region 2 Coordinator, Disaster Recovery Task Force (DRTF)

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/IWT%20-%20NOAA.pdf

 

American Red Cross Perspective

Matthew Brown, Senior Disaster Program Manager, American Red Cross

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/Presentation%20to%20NWS%203_8_21%20on%20DA.pdf

 

New Severe Thunderstorm Warning Criteria for Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) Notifications

/media/shv/iwt/2021_DeepETX_IWT/New%20SVRs%20for%20WEA.pdf