Experimental Warning Program

TAKE PART IN 2020 ACTIVITIES!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed activities are suspended through at least June 12, 2020.

NOAA FORECASTERS:

  • 2020 Radar Convective Applications Experiment Applications closed
  • 2020 Satellite Convective Applications Experiment Applications closed
  • 2020 Probabilistic Hazard Information Prototype Experiment Applications closed
  • 2020 Hazard Services - Probabilistic Hazard Information (HS-PHI) Interoffice Collaboration Experiment Applications closed
  • 2020 Severe Weather & Society Dashboard Experiment Applications closed

The Experimental Warning Program is a part of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The HWT EWP mission is to improve the nation's hazardous weather warning services by bringing together forecasters, researchers, trainers, technology specialists, and other stakeholders to test and evaluate new techniques, applications, observing platforms, and technologies.

The annual Spring Experiment provides forecasters with a first-hand look at the latest research concepts and products, and immerses research scientists in the challenges, needs, and constraints of front-line forecasters. The EWP helps transition severe weather research and technology to improve the Weather Forecast Office’s severe weather warnings for hail, wind and tornadoes. The EWP tests research concepts and technology specifically aimed at short-fused warnings of severe convective weather.

2019 EWP Training Modules