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NCDC User & Engagement Services Branch Briefing of “Storm Data and the Storm Events Database”

NCDC User & Engagement Services Branch Briefing of “Storm Data and the Storm Events Database”. Presenter: Stuart Hinson – UESB/CMD Jan 23, 2014. *. Data Contacts. UESB Brief – Storm Data. *. Producer : National Weather Service

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NCDC User & Engagement Services Branch Briefing of “Storm Data and the Storm Events Database”

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  1. NCDC User & Engagement Services BranchBriefing of “Storm Data and the Storm Events Database” Presenter: Stuart Hinson – UESB/CMD Jan 23, 2014 * UESB Brief – Storm Data

  2. Data Contacts • UESB Brief – Storm Data *

  3. Producer:National Weather Service Parameters:data contain a chronological listing, by state, of hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, floods, drought conditions, lightning, high winds, snow, temperature extremes and other weather phenomena. Formats: 1950-1992 ~ SPC ASCII files coded from the CDNS and Storm Data Pub 1993-1995 ~ Word Perfect 5.0 files provided on 3.5” floppy diskettes 1996-09/2006 ~ Paradox Database files 10/2006-current ~ csv data dumps from NWS Storm Database in Windows SQL Time Period: 1950-1955 ~ Tornadoes only 1955-1992 ~ Tornadoes, Thunderstorm Winds & Hail only 1992-current ~ All Storm Events as reported in Storm Data that could be assigned into one of 48 NWS Event Types Data Overview • UESB Brief – Storm Data *

  4. Spatial Coverage: CONUS, AK, HI, PR, VI, Pacific Territories • Spatial Resolution:State FIPS, County FIPS, NWS Forecast Zones • Temporal Resolution: Data are mostly reported by month, day, hour minute • Update Frequency: NCDC pulls data from the NWS on the 15th of every month for data ending 75 days prior (Example: January data are pulled April 15. Data that are entered or changed after this date/time are gathered in an additions/corrections file, far data entered to any prior month that are not already received) • Source of the data: NWS Forecast Offices collect information from the local community, storm spotters, law enforcement and emergency managers, FEMA, etc. • Access (by everyone or restricted): Everyone, no restrictions… • Accessible forms/media (paper from pdf, ascii, text files, ftp, etc): • NCDC Storm Events Database web page ~ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ • Storm Events Database csv page ~ ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/ • Storm Data Archive ~ • DSI-3910-01 Older Legacy Data 1950-09/2006 • DSI-3910-02 Raw data files as received from the NWS • DSI-3910-03 Current Database csv file dump • Storm Data Publication on IPS Data Overview, Cont.

  5. Storm Data – Data Flow NWSFO NWSFO NWSFO NWSFO NWSFO NWS HQ Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2003 manual download of csv file NCDC NCDC Operator PC cdo-dev cdo-test NCDC Archive DSI-3910_02 (csv files) NCDC Storm Events Database (cdo-db) NCDC Archive DSI-3910_03 (database output files) NCDC Web Access www NCDC Storm Data Publication

  6. Users and usages:These data are heavily used by the general public, insurance adjusters, litigators, severe weather climatologists Quality Assurance/Control description:These data are received and archived with little to no QC or alterations. Data from previous versions are modified/normalized to fit the existing database schema, ie date formats, event type names Citations/Papers:Storm Data Powerpoint • http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/Storm%20Data.pptx User Description • UESB Brief – Storm Data *

  7. Access • Discovery Service: • Data Access System: Storm Events Database • http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ • Notional Dissemination Volume: • User Documentation: • Archive ~ with the archive • Storm Events Database ~ • FAQ:http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/faq.jsp • National Weather Service Directive 10-1605 “Storm Data Preparation”: • http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01016005curr.pdf UESB Brief – Storm Data *

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