For all interesed Public Safety Partners in the Piedmont Triad Region:
The National Weather Service (NWS), in partnership with the City of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management and the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC), will present two regional, multi-agency, interactive Flooding Tabletop Exercises on August 15th, 2025. The location of the workshop/exercise will be at the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC), 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive, Kernersville, NC.
This workshop will provide an overview of the flooding and flash flooding products and services available from the National Weather Service before, during, and after storm events. After the presentations, a tabletop exercise focusing on making potentially life-saving weather preparedness and safety decisions will be conducted. Participants should bring their laptops with them, as the exercise will include online activities requiring the retrieval of severe weather data and mock communications utilizing online tools.
There will be two sessions. Session 1 from 8:30 AM until Noon, and Session 2 from 1 PM until 4:30 PM. The program will be for emergency management personnel, public safety, and first-response organizations. Also, for public information officers, nonprofit and volunteer organizations, municipal staff, and other community partners. Both workshops are open to the personnel above and officials from the following 12 counties: Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Yadkin, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance, Davie, Davidson, Randolph, and Montgomery.
Registration for each session is available on NC TERMS. The session is limited to 45 people, so please do not delay registering for either session if you are interested in attending.
AM session: https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=175278
PM Session: https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=175279
For any questons, please contact
Nicholas "Nick" Petro, WX3H, Warning Coordination MeteorologistX-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
National Weather Service
Raleigh Forecast Office
1005 Capability Dr. Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27606
Cell: (919) 326-1047
For all interesed Public Safety Partners in the Piedmont Triad Region:
The National Weather Service (NWS), in partnership with the City of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management and the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC), will present two regional, multi-agency, interactive Flooding Tabletop Exercises on August 15th, 2025. The location of the workshop/exercise will be at the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC), 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive, Kernersville, NC.
This workshop will provide an overview of the flooding and flash flooding products and services available from the National Weather Service before, during, and after storm events. After the presentations, a tabletop exercise focusing on making potentially life-saving weather preparedness and safety decisions will be conducted. Participants should bring their laptops with them, as the exercise will include online activities requiring the retrieval of severe weather data and mock communications utilizing online tools.
There will be two sessions. Session 1 from 8:30 AM until Noon, and Session 2 from 1 PM until 4:30 PM. The program will be for emergency management personnel, public safety, and first-response organizations. Also, for public information officers, nonprofit and volunteer organizations, municipal staff, and other community partners. Both workshops are open to the personnel above and officials from the following 12 counties: Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Yadkin, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance, Davie, Davidson, Randolph, and Montgomery.
Registration for each session is available on NC TERMS. The session is limited to 45 people, so please do not delay registering for either session if you are interested in attending.
AM session: https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=175278
PM Session: https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=175279
For any questons, please contact
Nicholas "Nick" Petro, WX3H, Warning Coordination MeteorologistLOCATION:Piedmont Triad Regional Council\, 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive Kernersville\, North Carolina 27284 CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
National Weather Service
Raleigh Forecast Office
1005 Capability Dr. Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27606
Cell: (919) 326-1047