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The Office of Services produces outreach materials to increase the public’s awareness of weather safety and emergency preparedness. Many publications are ONLY available online--there are no printed copies available. These publications say DOWNLOAD. You can order printed copies of SOME of the publications from your Local NWS Office, the NOAA Outreach Unit, or the American Red Cross. There is no charge for any of the publications. You need a free copy of Abobe reader to view pdf files.

Aviation
Boating/Marine
Children
Climate
Digital Service
Emergency Preparedness
Floods
Heat
Hurricanes

Marine
NOAA Weather Radio
Rip Currents
StormReady
Thunderstorms, Lightning, Tornadoes|
Tsunamis
Winter Storms
Storm Spotters
Other Safety and Awareness Links

NOAA PA#

Publication
Aviation
96076 ASOS Guide For Pilots, htm or pdf

Boating/Marine

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Safe Boating Weather Tips, pdf
Marine Service Charts, pdf

Children

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200451
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Billy and Maria Coloring Book, pdf
Owlie Skywarn™: Watch Out...Storms Ahead, pdf
Owlie Skywarn: Tornadoes, pdf
Owlie Skywarn: Hurricane, pdf
Owlie Skywarn: Floods, pdf
Owlie Skywarn: Lightning, pdf
Owlie Skywarn: Winter Storms, pdf
How Do You Make a Weather Satellite, pdf


Climate

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What is Climate Change?
What is Drought? 2 Page Fact Sheet
What is Drought?: 3 Page Fact Sheet
What is El Nino, La Nina and ENSO?: 2 Page fact sheet
What is El Nino, La Nina and ENSO?: 4 Page fact sheet
What is the Local 3-Month Temperature Outlook (L3MTO): short
What is the Local 3-month Temperature Outlook (L3MTO): long
NOAA’s Online Weather Data ( NOWData) Factsheet


Digital Services
Download Digital Services Quadfold Brochure: pdf -- To print: set page scaling to "none," paper to legal)
NWS Digital Services Operations Concept: June 2004, pdf

Emergency Preparedness
20053
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N/A
StormReady, StormReady Info
FEMA's Emergency Preparedness Materials, pdf
Red Cross: Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages, pdf

Floods

200753
200359
200552
200465
200253
200467
20052
96074E
96074S
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Flood Preparation and Flood Safety (Flood Insurance)
Turn Around Don't Drown™ color safety brochure, pdf
Turn Around Don't Drown™, NWS/NSC version, pdf
Tropical Cyclone Flooding: A Deadly Inland Danger
Floods . . . The Awesome Power!, pdf
Flood...The Awesome Power/NSC version, pdf
Hurricane Flooding: A Deadly Inland Danger, pdf
The Hidden Danger: Low Water Crossing: pdf
El Peligro Oculto Cruce de Corrientes Poco Profundes: pdf
Espanol
Red Cross: Are You Ready for a Flood/Flash Flood?, pdf
Red Cross: ¿Está preparado para una inundación o para una inundación súbita? Espanol
Food and Water Safety During Hurricanes, Power Outages,
and Floods
Protección y seguridad del agua y los alimentos en caso de huracán, corte de energía eléctrica e inundaciones


Heat
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Heat Wave: pdf, Heat Wave: text only
Red Cross: Are You Ready for a Heat Wave?
Red Cross: ¿Está usted preparado para una ola de calor? Espanol

Hurricanes
94050
96071
200652
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200465
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Hurricanes...Unleashing Nature's Fury: pdf
Atlantic Hurricane Tracking Chart: pdf
Hurricane Safety Flyer: Before, During and After a Hurricane, trifold pdf
Hurricane Safety Flyer: Before, During and After a Hurricane, flyer pdf
Tropical Cyclone Flooding: A Deadly Inland Danger
La Seguridad de Tiempo: Los Huracanes, pdf or htm Espanol
Hawaiian Hurricane Safety Measures
Central Pacific Tracking Chart

Atlantic Hurricane Names: 2006-2011 in pdf or text only
Red Cross:
Are You Ready for a Hurricane?
Red Cross: ¿Está preparado para un huracán? Espanol
East Pacific Hurricane Tracking Map: 12" x 24"
Pacific Hurricane Names: 2006-2011 in pdf or text only


Marine

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Marine Service Charts: Frequencies, schedules and ocations of station dissesmination NWS products
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)
96053
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NWR Decal
NOAA Weather Radio Brochure (download only)
NOAA Weather Radio: Voice of the National Weather Service, or pdf

Rip Currents

200455
200466

Break the Grip of the Rip brochure™: INDD or PDF,
Resaca! Escapese De La Resaca™: INDD or PDF Espanol

StormReady Program
Download StormReady/TsunamiReady Program Flyer, PDF

Thunderstorms, Lightning, and Tornadoes
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200252
200461
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Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning...Nature's Most Violent Storms: pdf or text only
Fact About Lightning, pdf color
Coaches & Sports Officials Guide to Lightning Safety
Red Cross: Are You Ready For a Tornado? htm or pdf

Tsunami
   
200357
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TsunamiReady: Is Your Community Ready for the Next Tsumani?, pdf
Tsunami the Great Waves, pdf
About Tsunamis, pdf
Tsunami Preparedness Links
International Tsunami Information Centre Brochure, pdf
Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific, pdf
 
Winter Storms
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Winter Storms...The Deceptive Killers, pdf
Red Cross: Are You Ready for a Winter Storm?, pdf

Storm Spotter Materials
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Print/Dwnld
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Sky Watcher Cloud Poster, jpg, pdf, high resolution (27mg)
Guía De Observaciόn de la Nubes (Cloud Poster Spanish), pdf (1.5 mg)
Citizen Scientist: Cooperative Observer and Spotter Programs, pdf
Basic Weather Spotters Guide
, pdf
Advanced Weather Spotter's Guide, pdf
Printed copies of Spotter's Guides available only to NWS staff to distribute at training classes.

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