WDTB on Social Media
Introduction
The Warning Decision Training Branch is using Facebook and Google+ to communicate with, and foster discussions between, NWS forecasters and partners about new training initiatives, upcoming courses, and on-going training topics.
To ensure that members of the public who don't participate with third-party, social media providers can view this content, we are making are posts available on our web site. Please view the links below to see what we are talking about with our "friends" and "followers".
Posts
May 10, 2013: 2013 Tornado Warning Guidance Training Release announcement
April 26, 2013: Information on Radar Operation Center's New Radar Technology page
April 25, 2013: Spring 2013 NEXRAD Now released
April 17, 2013: Sneak peak at 2013 Tornado Warning Guidance Training
April 16, 2013: Repost of Local Storm Report highlighting report from Lebron James
April 5, 2013: Photos of participants from all four DLOC workshops this year
March 14, 2012: Photo of WDTB instructors during DLOC workshop
2012
December 20, 2012: Link to NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory PING Data Display
December 19, 2012:
- December Storm of the Month webinar reminder
- Repost of weather image from NWS Amarillo TX Office
December 5, 2012: December Storm of the Month webinar announcement
November 28, 2012: November Storm of the Month reminder
November 15, 2012: November Storm of the Month webinar announcement
November 13, 2012: Repost of 5th grade class attending Meteorology class at NWC
November 9, 2012: Repost of Dual-Pol radar winter weather example from Boston, MA WFO
October 30, 2012: Link to NWSChat Training from NWS Training Center
October 29, 2012: October Storm of the Month webinar announcement
October 11, 2012: Photo of WDTB receiving NWA award
October 10, 2012: WDTB participation at the NWA Annual Conference announcement
October 9, 2012: Repost of NWS Storm Prediction Support of historic space jump
October 3, 2012:
- Dual-Pol Radar Operations Course completion statistics announcement
- Repost of Google Hangout discussing what a NWS forecast office is like
October 2, 2012: Repost of National Severe Storms Laboratory video on future radar research
September 12, 2012: Radar Operations Center multimedia briefing on ISDP announcement
August 29, 2012: August Storm of the Month post
August 28, 2012: Radar Operations Center multimedia briefing on Differential Reflectivity (ZDR) evaluation repost
August 27, 2012: 30 Days, 30 Ways repost
August 16, 2012: August Storm of the Month announcement
August 15, 2012: That Weather Show repost
August 10, 2012: Morristown, TN Weather Forecast Office tornado imposter repost
July 30, 2012: Radar Operations Center multimedia briefing page repost
July 13, 2012: July Storm of the Month webinar announcement
July 10, 2012: U.S. State of the Climate report repost
July 3, 2012: Dual-Polarization Radar Operations Course status update
June 27, 2012: Lightning Safety Awareness Week post
June 21, 2012: June Storm of the Month webinar post
June 5, 2012: Venus Transit post
June 4, 2012: Rip Current Awareness Week post
May 30 , 2012: AWOC Severe Forecast Challenge post
May 23, 2012: May Storm of the Monthy webinar announcement
May 22, 2012: New NHC Director post
May 21, 2012: National Safe Boating Week post
May 18, 2012: Wireless Emergency Alerts post
May 17, 2012: May Storm of the Month Webinar announcement
May 14, 2012: Video about the National Hurricane Center
May 10, 2012: Video about the National Weather Center Hazardous Weather Testbed
May 3, 2012: Dual-Polarization Radar Training question
April 26, 2012: National Severe Weather Preparedness Week post
April 17, 2012: Re-post of photo from Topeka, KS NWS Weather Forecast Office
April 11, 2012: Re-post of wildfire plume image
April 10, 2012: Correction for photo of 4th DLOC Workshop participants
April 9, 2012:
- Recognizing our 5th DLOC Workshop participants
- Re-post of First Documented Radar Hook Echo story
April 5, 2012: On Detecting Tornadoes with Dual Pol (by Paul Schlatter)
April 4, 2012: Virtual NWC Tour post
April 2, 2012:
- Example of a three-body scatter spike from a dual-polarization WSR-88D site (Topeka, KS)
- Recognizing our 4th DLOC Workshop participants
March 28, 2012: NWS Training Portal post
March 23, 2012:
- Photo of dual-polarization WSR-88D upgrade
- Link to Radar Operations Center WSR-88D dual-polarization upgrade information
March 22, 2012: Course Announcement for "Communicating Risks in High-Impact Events"
March 21, 2012: Announcement about our March Dual-Polarization "Storm of the Month" webinar
March 19, 2012:
- Link to video of lightning near the National Weather Center
- Recognizing 3rd DLOC Workshop Participants
March 14, 2012: Winter 2012 Nexrad Now newsletter post
March 12, 2012: Recognizing 2nd DLOC Workshop Participants
March 6, 2012: Interest in Dual-Polarization Radar post
March 6, 2012: Recognizing 1st DLOC Workshop Participants
February 8, 2012: Recognizing High Impact Hydrometeorological Events course announement post
February 5, 2012: National Weatherperson's Day post
January 31, 2012: National Weather Service web site redesign post
January 25, 2012: Emergency alerts on Google post
January 23, 2012:
- Stop by the National Weather Center booth at the AMS post
- January Storm of the Month webinar post
January 20, 2012: Shared link to Taunton, MA Weather Forecast Office post with dual-pol images
January 19, 2012: Paul Schlatter's talk at American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting announcement
January 18, 2012: Dr. Daphne LaDue's talk at AMS Annual Meeting announcement
January 17, 2012: General AMS Annual Meeting announcement post
January 12, 2012: January "Dual-Pol Storm of the Month" webinar announcement post
January 9, 2012: Dual-Pol talks at Weather and Climate Summit
2011
December 19, 2011: Bufkit beta test request
December 15, 2011: December "Dual-Pol Storm of the Month" webinar announcement post
November 21, 2011: November "Dual-Pol Storm of the Month" webinar announcement post
November 17, 2011: November Dual-Polarization Training News post
November 16, 2011: Dual-polarization radar example from Wichita, KS forecaster Brad Ketcham
November 10, 2011: NWSChat post
November 9, 2011: Introductory Google+ post
November 8, 2011: Center Weather Servuce Units support materials post
October 28, 2011: Facilitation Workshop post
October 3, 2011: Dual-Polarization Radar Training for NWS Partners post
September 15, 2011: Introductory Facebook post
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