“What the weather will do” – results of a survey on impact-oriented and impact-based warnings in European NMHSs

Abstract

Abstract. European NMHSs are progressing from warnings based on fixed thresholds or climatology-based thresholds to impact-oriented and impact-based warnings. This publication gives an overview of warning implementation as surveyed at 32 of the 37 NMHSs participating in the EUMETNET Meteoalarm project. The report addresses these topics: warning format, legislation and production process of warnings, dissemination and verification of warnings, impact databases, warning strategy and cooperation, legal obstacles and cross-border collaboration. Potential obstacles are identified and possible trends are discussed.