Evaluation of the National Weather Service Extreme Cold Warning Experiment in North Dakota

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ID22331908
AutoresCindy H Chiu (National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia), Cindy Chiu de Vázquez (0000-0003-2226-2776, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Sara J Vagi (0000-0003-2943-9167, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Amy F Wolkin (National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia), Amy Wolkin (0000-0003-4307-7641, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), John Martin (0000-0002-3209-7340, NOAA National Weather Service), John Paul Martin (0000-0002-6850-9079, NOAA/National Weather Service/Weather Forecast Office, Bismarck, North Dakota), Rebecca S Noe (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Año2014
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas22-31
Fecha de publicación2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWeather, Climate, and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1948-8327 • E-ISSN: 1948-8335
EditorialAmerican Meteorological Society (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1175/wcas-d-13-00023.1
PMID27239260
OpenAlexW2098950644
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas7

Dangerously cold weather threatens life and property. During periods of extreme cold due to wind chill, the National Weather Service (NWS) issues wind chill warnings to prompt the public to take action to mitigate risks. Wind chill warnings are based on ambient temperatures and wind speeds. Since 2010, NWS has piloted a new extreme cold warning issued for cold temperatures in wind and nonwind conditions. The North Dakota Department of Health, NWS, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborated in conducting household surveys in Burleigh County, North Dakota, to evaluate this new warning. The objectives of the evaluation were to assess whether residents heard the new warning and to determine if protective behaviors were prompted by the warning. This was a cross-sectional survey design using the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) methodology to select a statistically representative sample of households from Burleigh County. From 10 to 11 April 2012, 188 door-to-door household interviews were completed. The CASPER methodology uses probability sampling with weighted analysis to estimate the number and percentage of households with a specific response within Burleigh County. The majority of households reported having heard both the extreme cold and wind chill warnings, and both warnings prompted protective behaviors. These results suggest this community heard the new warning and took protective actions after hearing the warning

Climate change · Climatology · Cold weather · Environmental health · Extreme Cold · Extreme weather · Geography · Meteorology · National weather service · Telecommunications · Warning system · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock · Engineering · Medicine · Wind and Air Flow Studies