Episode 43: Are Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Overused? (w/ Joe Lauria)

 

Weather warnings are the bread and butter of weather communication, but is it possible to have too many weather warnings? Can there be too much of a good thing? We're joined by broadcast meteorologist Joe Lauria from Fox4 in Kansas City, who had a hunch that too many severe thunderstorm warnings were affecting his viewers. On this episode of WeatherHype, Joe tells us all about his investigation into the number of severe thunderstorm warnings that are issued around the country. We finish up the episode by discussing short-term and long-term goals for overcoming this overwarning, in hopes of starting a conversation about this topic in our community. You do not want to miss this episode of WeatherHype, so stick around because a weather warning episode is coming your way! 

Thanks to Mark Jelinek from the What is it About the Weather? Podcast for his help with this episode's Weather Ready Nation preparedness message for Spring weather. For more information, please visit weather.gov/WRN

 

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Modifications were made for the Introduction and transition music "Baby, I'm Bad Weather" by Toussaint Morrison: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and "Secret Garden" by Scott Holmes: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ as well as "Rain and Thunderstorm at Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner" by Samuel Corwin: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and "Arch" by Ketsa: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/