The National Weather Service (NWS), in partnership with the City of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management and the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC), will present a regional, multi-agency, interactive Winter Storm Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.  The location of the workshop/exercise will be at the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC), 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive, Kernersville, NC.

This workshop will provide an overview of the winter weather products and services available from the National Weather Service before, during, and after winter storms.  After the presentations are concluded, a tabletop exercise that focuses on high winds and wintry precipitation types will be conducted.  Participants should plan to bring their laptops with them, as the exercise will include online activities that will require retrieving winter weather data and mock communications utilizing online tools.  

There will be two sessions. Session 1 from 8:30 AM until Noon will be for emergency management personnel, public safety, and first-response organizations. Session 2 from 1 PM until 4:30 PM will be for public information officers, nonprofit and volunteer organizations, language access offices, municipal staff, and other community partners.  Both workshops are open to the aforementioned personnel and officials from the following 12 counties: Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Yadkin, Forsyth, Guildford, Alamance, Davie, Davidson, Randolph, and Montgomery.  Registration for each session is available on NC TERMS and will be limited to 80 people, so please do not delay registering for either session if you are interested in attending.