Using Quick Response Surveys to Build a Public Perception and Response Database

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Quick Response Surveys (Flash Flood, Winter Wx, Tornado) Form	Modified
Longitudinal Wx Surveys (Severe, Winter, & Tropical) Form	Removed
0648-0805 30-Day 90 FR 39184 2025-0814.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-08-14
0648-0805 Supporting Statement Part B.docx Supporting Statement B	2025-08-12
0648-0805 Supporting Statement Part A.docx Supporting Statement A	2025-08-12
Pub Law 115-25 Weather Research & Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-08-07
0648-0805 60-day 90 FR 14247 2025-0331.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-08-07

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
251522	Quick Response Surveys (Flash Flood, Winter Wx, Tornado) Form	Modified
251521	Longitudinal Wx Surveys (Severe, Winter, & Tropical) Form	Removed

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0805	ICR Reference No: 202508-0648-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202202-0648-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No: 0648-WxSD
Title: Using Quick Response Surveys to Build a Public Perception and Response Database
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/14/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2025
Responses	33,675	37,650
Time Burden (Hours)	5,613	7,140
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: This is a request for revision and extension of an approved information collection. The previously approved collection is called Phase I and the revision and extension are called Phase II. The Phase II collection is also sponsored by the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI). The collection is permitted under 15 USC Ch. 111, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation, that directs NOAA to focus on improving its understanding of how the public receives, interprets, and responds to warnings and forecasts of high impact weather events that endanger life and property. The purpose of the collection is to improve how the NWS communicates risks posed by hazardous weather or water events to the public that are most likely to result in action to mitigate the risk. Information from this collection will help the agency meet its mission to “provide weather, water and climate data, forecasts, warnings, and impact-based decision support services for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.” Phase II will continue the work using an online survey system for collecting data on the publics’ perception and response to four different hazards: tornados, thunderstorm winds over 70 miles per hour (mph), flash floods, and winter weather. The online surveys provide event-based reports on hazardous weather events for National Weather Service Forecast Offices, and are building blocks for a multi-year, cross-sectional organized collection of human perception and response data. The survey system enables individual National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) to disseminate Quick Response Surveys (QRS) soon after a hazardous event occurs to collect perishable data on the publics’ perceptions and response to the event. WFOs distribute the QRS using web links on NWS social media and core partners’ social media or email lists. Surveys ask the public questions on timing, location, weather information sources, motivations and influences for taking protective action to gain insights into how NWS warning communications interact with these factors to result in protective action behaviors. The collection is being revised to remove the longitudinal Weather and Society Surveys. The agency no longer collects information using these longitudinal surveys.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 115 - 25 101-110 Name of Law: Weather Research & Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 14247	03/31/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 39184	08/14/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Longitudinal Wx Surveys (Severe, Winter, & Tropical)	N/A, N/A, N/A	Tropical Weather Instrument ,   Severe Weather Instrument ,   Winter Weather Instrument
Quick Response Surveys (Flash Flood, Winter Wx, Tornado)	N/A, N/A, N/A	NWS Flood Survey ,   NWS Tornado Survey ,   NWS Winter Weather Survey

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	33,675	37,650	0	0	-3,975	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,613	7,140	0	0	-1,527	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The longitudinal Weather & Society surveys were removed from this collection as these surveys are no longer being conducted. The number of respondents for the Quick Response Surveys has increased as more NWS offices are seeking to use this collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $144,024

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 08/14/2025

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