Walt Zaleski, the NWS Southern Region Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) oversees the hazardous weather warning, preparedness, and coordination programs for the region. Walt is program manager for the following programs:

• Severe weather,
• Hurricanes,
• Winter weather,
• Flash floods, and
• Service backup.

Walt also formulates regional policy within those programs and provides support to WCMs at the 32 Weather Forecast Offices within Southern Region of the NWS. This web site serves as a clearing house for information regarding each of these programs.

Walt Zaleski
Southern Region WCM
Ph: 817.978.1100 x106

Severe Weather Awareness

Severe Weather

Floods/Flash Floods

Fire Weather

Tropical Weather

Winter Weather

Excessive Heat

Convective Outlooks - Forecast containing the area(s) of expected thunderstorm occurrence and expected severity over the contiguous United States, issued by the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. They are sent out as both a narrative and a graphic covering a period of up to 8 days in advance. These serve as guidance to advise you of the possibility of severe weather. The terms approaching, slight risk, moderate risk, and high risk are used to describe severe thunderstorm potential. Read more about these outlooks.

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Prepardness Information

• FEMS's Emergency Preparedness Materials
• Red Cross:Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages
• StormReady website
• NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards website | En Español
• Online Weather Education at JetStream

Multi-media

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Watch vs. Warning (From NWS Fort Worth, TX)	.wav (5 mb)	.mp3 (200k)		.mp4 (2 mb)	.wmv (2 mb)
Watch vs. Warning (From NWS Brownsville, TX)			.ram (3 mb)		.wmv (3 mb)
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NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (From NWS Fort Worth, TX)	.wav (5 mb)	.mp3 (200k)		.mp4 (2 mb)	.wmv (2 mb)
Watch vs. Warning Public Service Announcements: English | Spanish

Brochures and Downloadable Information

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