GIS Activities at NWS Norman with a Focus on the May 2013 Tornadoes Aaron Anderson Information Technology Officer NWS Norman Forecast Office.

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GIS Activities at NWS Norman with a Focus on the May 2013 Tornadoes Aaron Anderson Information Technology Officer NWS Norman Forecast Office

Overview Background on operations and staffing during events Use of GIS during the May tornadoes Other GIS activities both local and NWS wide

The Norman WFO We issue forecasts and warnings for… 48 counties in OK 8 counties in TX 47,546 sq. mi million people

May 20, 2013 WFO Norman Staffing

Tornado Path Application (TPA) Goals Goals – Easy to use operationally – Rapid updates – Simplify dissemination – Standard GIS formats (.shp,.kmz,.kml) Advantages Advantages – Near real time GIS information – Aid first responders – Assist local, state, and federal EM community in planning response

Development Location of rotation signature on radar and tornado on the ground can differ Compared radar signatures to damage surveys Developed algorithm to quantify track uncertainty based on distance from radar

Operational Use Forecaster selects point and radar being used in TPA Updates point in AWIPS with each radar update TPA stores positions, generates, and sends new KML file with each update

May 20 Tornado

Preliminary Damage Path 3:13 PM and 3:43 PM

Radar Path vs Damage Survey May 20 th, 2013 Moore Tornado

Radar Path vs Damage Survey May 31 st, 2013 El Reno Tornado

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate FEMA used prelim tornado track data to deploy additional USAR teams to Moore before they were officially requested

Future Plans Software – Add functionality – AWIPS2 Plugin Integrate and capitalize on GIS architecture – How to best communicate uncertainty area Dissemination – Determine best ways to share data with partners NOAA Geoplatform, Geoserver, etc – Coordinate and collaborate with other NWS projects Hazard Services GIS in AWIPS

Main tornado survey tool Enables rapid assessment of damage points Ability to include photos/narratives for specific damage indicators

Surveyors can enter damage information on smartphones and tablets

DAT Web Interface Real time updates from field teams Quality control Export variety of GIS formats

Use of GIS Data from May Tornadoes EM (planning and response) Media (graphics, etc) Planning aerial flyover assessments Google Crisis Map (integrated with DAT) Research – Lead time by population using Landscan data

97% of the people in the path had 31+ minutes warning

42 minutes 40 minutes 37 minutes

Local GIS Applications Situational Awareness Decision Support Internal Web Apps

AWIPS 2 New operational software – Fully spatially enabled – Open source technologies (PostGIS, GeoTools, etc) – Provides underlying architecture for new capabilities and products

Geoplatform.gov Centralized platform to discover and access GIS data and services Similar to OKMaps but for Fed Govt Early in deployment noaa/noaa-home noaa/noaa-home

Questions? Aaron Anderson