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North and Central Georgia (Atlanta) Integrated Warning Team /
Partners Workshop
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Georgia Tech Research Institute – Conference Center
What is an Integrated Warning Team (IWT)?
An IWT is an ad-hoc “team” of people/entities who are involved in the preparedness and response to high-impact weather event.
An IWT Workshop is a meeting of IWT team members to discuss best practices, challenges, and ways to improve preparedness and response, and specifically to disseminate a unified message during severe/high-impact weather events.
Who is part of an IWT?
An IWT primarily consists of the National Weather Service (NWS), Emergency Management (EM) (local, state, and federal) and broadcast media.
The IWT also includes (though is not necessarily limited to) school/university officials, first responders, transportation officials (ground and air), healthcare officials/organizations, power companies, forestry and agricultural groups, the U.S. Geological Survey, amateur radio operators, officials with large event/outdoor venues, and private companies (especially those involved with weather, safety/security, and emergency management). Again, anyone involved in the preparedness and response to high impact weather.
One of the primary objectives of these workshops is to bring together these diverse groups of decision makers that depend on, and help relay, critical weather information. We also want to continue learning (and sharing) roles, responsibilities, and challenges that face our emergency managers, our TV, radio, and print media, and even our private sector partners. New insight to this year's winter outlook, along with evolving decision support services (IDSS) that the National Weather Service (NWS) is providing will also be discussed.
2017 IWT Agenda:
Click here to view the agenda.
Presentations:
Notes for Entire Event (click here)
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Workshop Pictures --
> IWT Group (settling in to GTRI Conference Center)
> Year In Review (Keith Stellman -- Meteorologist In Charge / NWS Peachtree City)
> Hurricane Harvey "Chat" (Mr. Bill Wheeler / OEM - Harris County TX)
> IWT Perspective - January 2017 Winter Storm (Lara Pagano - NWS Peachtree City)
> IWT Perspective - January 2017 Winter Storm (David Chandley - Chief Meteorologist / FOX-5 Atlanta)
> IWT Perspective - January 2017 Winter Storm (Mike Singleton - Fayette County EMA)
> IWT Perspective - January 2017 Winter Storm (Bryan Haines - GDOT)
> Winter Overview - Adam Baker & Dave Nadler (NWS Peachtree City)
> Panel Discussion - Decision Support during Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
> Panel Discussion - Customer Needs, Resources and Utilization of NWS Products
> Breakout Sessions - NWS Initiatives (2018)
> Breakout Sessions - Radar Interpretation (Steve Nelson / NWS Peachtree City)
> Breakout Sessions - Impact-Based Decision Support Services (Jason Deese & Dave Nadler / NWS Peachtree City)
THANK YOU from the IWT Planning Team!!
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