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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Survey

We invite you to provide feedback on the Bureau of Meteorology's severe thunderstorm warning services, and have prepared the following short survey to collect your comments.

3. Are the Bureau of Meteorology's severe thunderstorm warnings available in time to meet your requirements?
Yes - Always
Yes - Most of the time
As often Yes as No
No - Not often enough
No - Never
Don't know

4. Do you find severe thunderstorm warnings easy to understand?
Yes (go to q6)
No (go to q5)

5. Why do you find severe thunderstorm warnings hard to understand?
I don't understand the terms used
I'm unsure if my area is under threat from severe thunderstorms
I'm unsure what time severe thunderstorms will affect my area
Other (please specify)

6. In general, how do you rate the accuracy of the Bureau of Meteorology's severe thunderstorm warnings?
Always accurate
Usually accurate
Accurate as often as inaccurate
Usually inaccurate
Always inaccurate
Don't know

7. In general, how do you rate the usefulness of the severe thunderstorm warning service compared to one year ago?
More useful
No different
Less useful
Don't know

9. Have you used the Bureau of Meteorology's website to obtain graphical severe thunderstorm warnings (warnings accompanied by a map showing the area affected, currently available only for NSW, ACT, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland)?
Yes
No (go to end and submit survey)

10. Do you think that the graphical section of the severe thunderstorm warnings:
Improves the warning
Makes no difference
Makes the warnings confusing

11. Did you find the graphical section of the severe thunderstorm warning easy to understand?
Yes (go to q13)
No (go to q12)

12. Why did you find the graphical section of the severe thunderstorm warning hard to understand?
I didn't understand the symbols used
The graphic was hard to read
I was unsure if my area was under threat from severe thunderstorms
I was unsure what time severe thunderstorms would affect my area
Other (please specify)

13. What additional features would make the graphical severe thunderstorm warnings issued for your region more useful for you?
None required
Please specify

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1. Please select the location you will be referring to when answering this survey.
New South Wales (Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong)
New South Wales (Other)
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria (Melbourne)
Victoria (Other)
Queensland (SE Queensland)
Queensland (Other)
Western Australia (Perth)
Western Australia (Other)
South Australia (Adelaide)
South Australia (Other)
Tasmania (Hobart)
Tasmania (Other)
Northern Territory (Darwin)
Northern Territory (Other)

2. Please nominate an activity or a reason for which you use severe thunderstorm warnings.
Personal reasons and/or leisure activities (For example: storm chasing, sedating pets, making travel decisions, storm phobia, moving cars under cover, bringing in washing, sport, boating)
Primary production activities
Construction industry activities
Government (local/state/federal) emergency services activities
Other government (local/state/federal) activities
Provision of weather services
Engineering/Oil/Mining activities
Trades/Services activities
Retail industry activities
Manufacturing industry activities
Media/Broadcasting activities
Financial industry activities
Other activities (please specify)

8. Do you mainly use the Bureau website to obtain severe thunderstorm warnings or do you mainly rely on other media?
I mainly use the Bureau website
I mainly rely on another website
I mainly rely on ABC radio
I mainly rely on commercial radio
I mainly rely on TV or cable TV
I mainly rely on newspapers
I mainly rely on recorded telephone messages
I mainly rely on fax messages
I mainly rely on SMS messages
I mainly rely on email messages
I mainly rely on other means (please specify)

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Survey

1. Please select the location you will be referring to when answering this survey.

2. Please nominate an activity or a reason for which you use severe thunderstorm warnings.

3. Are the Bureau of Meteorology's severe thunderstorm warnings available in time to meet your requirements?

4. Do you find severe thunderstorm warnings easy to understand?

5. Why do you find severe thunderstorm warnings hard to understand?

6. In general, how do you rate the accuracy of the Bureau of Meteorology's severe thunderstorm warnings?

7. In general, how do you rate the usefulness of the severe thunderstorm warning service compared to one year ago?

8. Do you mainly use the Bureau website to obtain severe thunderstorm warnings or do you mainly rely on other media?

9. Have you used the Bureau of Meteorology's website to obtain graphical severe thunderstorm warnings (warnings accompanied by a map showing the area affected, currently available only for NSW, ACT, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland)?

10. Do you think that the graphical section of the severe thunderstorm warnings:

11. Did you find the graphical section of the severe thunderstorm warning easy to understand?

12. Why did you find the graphical section of the severe thunderstorm warning hard to understand?

13. What additional features would make the graphical severe thunderstorm warnings issued for your region more useful for you?