Webinar #61 - Thursday, January 25, 2018

Storm Surge, Run From the Water, Hide from the Wind
Jamie Rhome
Storm Surge Specialist, Team Lead
National Hurricane Center
Miami, Florida

(Biography)

"Jamie Rhome is the Team-Lead of the National Hurricane Center Storm Surge Unit in Miami, Florida, a group that specializes in predicting storm surge inundation heights accompanying land-falling tropical cyclones using the Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) computer model.  The SLOSH model aids the unit in forecasting potential inundation values, posting watches and warnings of possible and expected life threatening surges, conducting post-storm model verification along, and creating the basis for Hurricane Evacuation Studies (HES) conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

Jamie will discuss how hurricane storm surge threatens coastal communities in the United States and abroad, as well as how the NHC Storm Surge Unit forecasts surges from hurricanes using the SLOSH model.  Along with real-time products and surge forecasting discussions, he will present the various risk analysis products available to emergency managers and the public before a storm even forms, and talk about what work has been done to assess and mitigate individual communities' flood risk from storm surges.




View the Webinar by clicking here: https://youtu.be/n7rdAXjpBFE

View Jamie's presentation slides  


Resources:

The National Hurricane Center's Storm Surge Unit