Directory of Useful Links

Major Categories

• Revised Job Aid Manual: updated May 2003
• A brief description of the major duties performed by the WCM as per NOAA Human Resources
• GS-13 WCM Position description from NOAA Human Resources
• GS-14 WCM position description from NOAA Human Resources

WCM References

• SOO/WCM Directory: phone numbers of all MICs, SOOs and WCMs
• WCM Resource Center: where our presentations and great ideas are shared

Directives on Service Outreach: NWSI - 10-18

• Warning Coordination and Hazard Awareness NWSI Directive 10-1801
• StormReady and TsunamiReady Recognition Programs NWSI Directive 10-1802
• Service Education and Feedback NWSI Directive 10-1803
• Service Outreach Reporting Requirements NWSI Directive 10-1804

Dissemination

• NWS dissemination home page: information on NWR, NWWS, EMWIN, IWIN, NOAAPORT, Family of Services and commercial weather information vendors

National Weather Service

• National Weather Service Directives and Regional Supplements
• NWS Strategic Plan
• NOAA Strategic Plan
• Performance Measures: (need storm data verification page password and username to access)
• Office of Climate, Weather and Water Services (OCWWS)
• Storm Prediction Center home page
• National Interagency Fire Center home page
• Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center home page
• Climate Prediction Center home page
• Individual NWS office home pages

Verification

• StormData NWSI 10-1605
• NCDC Homepage
• NCDC Storm statistics Web page
• OCWWS Natural Hazards Statistics web page
• Farm Service Agency directory by state and by county

National Digital Forecast Database Web Sites

• National NDFD "toolbox": NDFD outreach materials
• National Digital Forecast Information site
• Graphical National Digital Forecast page (experimental)

Post-Storm Data Acquisition (PSDA) and Relevant Procedures

• PSDA surveys - NWSI 10-1604
• NWS PSDA web page : contains PSDA reports for major events
• OFCM National PSDA Plan
• Tornado F-scale damage assessment guide
• NOAA/NWS Service Assessments home page: contains past service assessments
• Quick Response Teams operational procedures: sanitized and abbreviated
• Civil Air Patrol/NWS Memorandum of Understanding
• Civil Air Patrol home page

StormReady

• StormReady: everything you need to know including forms to download

Tsunami and TsunamiReady

• TsunamiReady home page: everything you need to know including forms to download
• Links to various tsunami warning and information centers
  
  

NOAA Weather Radio Links

• NOAA Weather Radio page
• NWR transmitter sites listed by state
• NWR coverage maps by state
• NWR SAME codes listed by state

EAS

• A list of state and local EAS plans
• NWS EAS page

Hydrology

• NWS Hydrologic Services
• Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) information toolbox
• US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL)

Safety and Awareness

• NWS lightning safety awareness page
• NWS lightning safety awareness page for WCMs
• NWS lightning safety awareness page for the media
• NWS severe weather awareness page
• NWS hurricane awareness page
• NWS rip currents awareness page
• NWS heat awareness page
• NWS winter weather awareness page

NWS Outreach Materials

• Significant weather event maps for presentations
• Brochures and publications and how to get them
• PowerPoint Template for producing slide show with blue NOAA background
• PowerPoint Template for producing slide show with blue NWS background

NWS and NOAA Publications

• Aware online newsletter
• NWS Focus online newsletter
• AccessNOAA online newsletter
• NOAA Public Affairs home page
• NOAA's online news page

Emergency Management

• Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) home page
  
• National Emergency Management Agency's (NEMA) home page
• International Association of Emergency Managers' (IAEM) home page
• Links and phone directories for state emergency management agencies
• Disasters.gov: informative site for disasters of every kind
• National Association of Counties: You can find your county's government officials here
• Citizen Corps: FEMA and national voluntary organization active in disasters
• The American Red Cross home page

Professional Development

• National Weather Service Training Center
• NWSTC Leadership Academy
• E-Learning@NOAA: business/professional development, leadership and management courses
• OPM's Federal Executive Institute and Management Development Centers home page
• NWS Supervisor Job Aid and Recommended Reading List

Diversity

• NWS Diversity home page