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Audience Participants Needed for NWA Interactive Town Hall Meeting!

| September 8, 2011 @ 3:20 pm | 4 Replies

Alabama is no stranger to storms. But the events of April 27th were historic in every sense of the word. The tornadoes caused a death toll that we never thought we would see again. Many things worked well that tragic day: the system was forecast well in advance, tornado watches were posted early in the day and the killer tornadoes were preceded by warnings that had an average lead time of 24 minutes, all of which undoubtedly saved many lives. Still, 243 people died. Meteorologists, broadcasters, emergency managers and social scientists want to know “what went wrong” so that the deaths tolls in future tornado outbreaks can be lowered.

The National Weather Association will host a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 from 7-9 p.m. at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover. The event will bring together professionals involved in the severe weather enterprise to listen to the thoughts and opinions of a scientifically chosen sample of everyday people who experienced that fateful day here in Central Alabama.

The National Weather Association is seeking two hundred people to participate in the audience and give input for scientific research into the severe weather warning process. Social scientists and a professional moderator will lead a focus group of ten audience members on the stage while the remainder of the group answers multiple choice questions utilizing hand held audience response devices.

Potential audience members can register for a chance to be selected for the audience group by answering a twenty three question online questionnaire about their demographics and severe weather experience. The information will not be shared outside the research team.

The research team is seeking the widest possible pool to choose from for the audience, so please pass this information to anyone who is interested that was in Central Alabama on April 27th.

Those who are selected for further consideration may be asked to take part in a short telephone interview in mid-September. Finalists will be notified in late September. The ten focus group members will receive the questions by October 8th.

Those interested in participating in the Town Hall may fill out the questionnaire at https://www.nwa2011.com/townhall.

About the National Weather Association Annual Meeting

The National Weather Association will hold its Annual Meeting in Birmingham at the Wynfrey Hotel October 15-21, 2011. Over five hundred meteorologists, including forecasters, broadcasters, researchers and academicians will attend five days of presentations on the latest meteorological research. There will also be a public Weather Fest at the McWane Center and an Aviation Safety Seminar at the Southern Museum of Flight on Saturday October15th. The National Weather Association is the largest professional association for operational meteorologists, with over three thousand members. To learn more about the NWA conference in Birmingham this October, go to: https://www.nwas.org/meetings/nwa2011/. For more information about the National Weather Association, go to: https://www.nwas.org/about.php.

Category: Alabama's Weather

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Bill Murray is the President of The Weather Factory. He is the site's official weather historian and a weekend forecaster. He also anchors the site's severe weather coverage. Bill Murray is the proud holder of National Weather Association Digital Seal #0001 @wxhistorian

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