2023 Hurricane Awareness Webinars

2023 Hurricane Awareness Webinar Series - Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART)

Be sure to register for each webinar using the links below. See the many topics of interest below.

It takes you! Building a Weather-Ready Nation through the WRN Ambassador Program
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time and duration: 2:00-3:00 PM ET (1 hour duration)
Speaker: Doug Hilderbrand, Preparedness and Resilience Program Lead, NWS
Webinar overview: Do you love weather? Are you glued to your phone looking at the latest weather developing? Tune in to learn about the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Program and how you can be part of it!
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Behind the scenes of NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft
Date: Monday, May 8, 2023 
Time and duration: 2:00-3:00 PM ET (1 hour duration)
Speaker: Nick Underwood, Programs and Integration Engineer, Aircraft Operations Center
Webinar overview: Have you ever wondered what it takes to fly into the eye of a hurricane? How do the science instruments and computers all work together to gather data and transmit it? Nick Underwood will share his insights and experiences. 
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A look back at Hurricane Ian: Decision support and shared experiences
Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Time and duration: 2:00-3:00 PM ET (1 hour duration)
Speaker: Brian LaMarre, Meteorologist-in-Charge, NWS Weather Forecast Office Tampa Bay Area, FL, 
Webinar overview: In 2022 category 5 Hurricane Ian made landfall in the southwest coast of Florida. Ian made a lasting impact that is still felt today. Tune in for this powerful presentation about how the National Weather Service forecasters work day in and out issuing forecasts and then assessing the damage.
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Inland Flooding - What happens when the rain has nowhere to go?
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Time and duration: 2:00-3:00 PM ET (1 hour duration)
Speaker: Todd Hamill, Service Coordination Hydrologist, River Forecast Center
Webinar overview: Sometimes hurricane impacts can be felt well inland. During this presentation you will hear about the NOAA’s Southeast River Forecast Center and how they assess inland river flooding and storm rainfall.
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