This forum provided an opportunity for local, state & Fed. emergency managers (EM) to jointly discuss their weather & flood warning info., coordination, & communication needs. This report summarizes the presentations & group discussions from the forum. It includes the key issues & recommended action plan from these EM. It was convened to enhance the short-term warning goals to: provide no surprisesÓ prediction of hazardous events; achieve fail-safeÓ communication of hazard-event info.; & ensure no-regretsÓ response to developing natural hazards.