This presentation was made before the 27th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association on 21 Oct 2002.

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Table of contents

The IEM-KCCI-NWS Partnership: Working Together to Save Lives and Increase Weather Data Distribution

PROJECT REVIEW

ON-AIR AWARDS

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

EXPLAINING THE SENSORS

MEDIA COVERAGE

Slide 7

BARON DISPLAY

TV DISPLAY

Slide 10

Slide 11

Slide 12

Now What?

Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Value added data

IEM Data Services

IEM Tracker

Where’s it raining?

Improved NWS Data, Service and Education

Benefits of Sharing

Operational Data & Applications

Hourly SHEF Messages

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Slide 24

Communication

AWIPS Alerts within seconds

Severe Weather Detection and Verification

Observations of Wind Gusts > 58 mph

Observations of Wind Gusts of 50-57 mph

Education & Preparedness

IEM Research and Climatology

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