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