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11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms Opening Remarks
| J0.0 | PAPER WITHDRAWN |
Session 1 Technological advances in operations and warnings
| 10:30 AM | 1.1 | The Infrasound network (ISNet): Background, design details, and display capability as a 88D adjunct tornado detection tool   Alfred J. Bedard, Jr., NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and B. W. Bartram, A. N. Keane, D. C. Welsh, and R. T. Nishiyama | |
| 10:45 AM | 1.2 | A Comparison of ISNet Data with Radar Data for Tornadic and Potentially Tornadic Storms in Northeast Colorado Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Bedard, Jr., E. Thaler, and R. Glancy | |
| 11:00 AM | 1.3 | Acoustic Energy Measured From Mesocyclones and Tornadoes in June 2003 Jeffrey E. Passner, U. S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and J. M. Noble | |
| 11:15 AM | 1.4 | Using Lightning Mapping Array data to predict the onset of cloud to ground lightning V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. D. Hondl, D. R. MacGorman, and T. M. Smith | |
| 11:30 AM | 1.5 | Flash Flood Warning Technology and Metrics Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and R. Koehler | |
| 11:45 AM | 1.6 | Maintaining Operational Readiness in a Warning Environment: Development and Use of the Situation Awareness Display System (SADS) Elizabeth M. Quoetone, Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra, Jr., M. P. Foster, S. E. Nelson, and E. Mahoney |
Lunch Break
Session 2 Tornado and Severe Storm Environments I
Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break
Poster Session 1 TORNADO AND SEVERE STORM ENVIRONMENTS
| P1.1 | Effective bulk shear in supercell thunderstorm environments Richard L. Thompson, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and C. M. Mead and R. Edwards | |
| P1.2 | Assessment of anticyclonic supercell environments using close proximity soundings from the RUC model Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and R. L. Thompson and C. M. Mead | |
| P1.3 | Tornadoes in a Deceptively Small CAPE Environment: The 4/20/04 Outbreak in Illinois and Indiana Albert E. Pietrycha, NOAA/NWS, Romeoville, IL; and J. M. Davies, M. Ratzer, and P. Merzlock | |
| P1.4 | An early morning mid-Atlantic severe weather episode: short-lived tornadoes in a high-shear low-instability environment Alan M. Cope, NOAA/NWSFO, Mount Holly, NJ | |
| P1.5 | The Father’s Day 2002 severe weather outbreak across New York and Western New England Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY | |
| P1.6 | A multiscale examination of the 31 May 1998 Mechanicville, New York, tornado Kenneth LaPenta, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., and M. J. Dickinson |
Poster Session 2 HAZARD MITIGATION, SOCIETAL IMPACTS, AND WARNINGS
| P2.1 | The Weather Event Simulator and opportunities for the severe storms community Michael A. Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. M. Said, N. Levit, and X. Yu | |
| P2.2 | The Advanced Warning Operations Course (AWOC) John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. M. Quoetone and M. A. Magsig | |
| P2.3 | The graphical severe weather warning initiative at the Fort Worth National Weather Service Office William F. Bunting, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX; and L. Bucklew, P. Kirkwood, and S. Rae | |
| P2.4 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P2.5 | Severe Local Storm Warnings: Challenges from the 04 March 2004 Event Gregory R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and G. Woodall | |
| P2.6 | The role of litigation in the discovery of a probable undocumented F1 tornado in Munster, Indiana (27 June 1995) Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research Inc., Fort Collins, MN | |
| P2.7 | Nonmeteorological factors in warning verification Sarah Marie Davis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. LaDue | |
| P2.8 | Overview of the ISNet data set and conclusions and recommendations from a March 2004 workshop to review ISNet data Alfred J. Bedard, Jr., ETL, Boulder, CO; and B. W. Bartram, B. Entwistle, J. Golden, S. Hodanish, R. M. Jones, R. T. Nishiyama, A. N. Keane, L. Mooney, M. Nicholls, E. J. Szoke, E. Thaler, and D. C. Welsh | |
| P2.9 | Infrasonic atmospheric propagation studies using a 3-D ray trace model R. Michael Jones, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. S. Gu and A. J. Bedard, Jr. | |
| P2.10 | Building damage issues in tornadoes Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX |
Session 3A Tornado and Severe Storm Environments II
Session 3B Hazard Mitigation, Societal Impacts, and Warnings
| 4:30 PM | 3B.1 | Potential insurance losses from a major tornado outbreak: the 1974 Super Outbreak example Kyle A. Beatty, Risk Management Solutions, Inc., Newark, CA | |
| 4:45 PM | 3B.2 | The enhanced Fujita (EF) scale Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX; and J. R. McDonald and G. S. Forbes | |
| 5:00 PM | 3B.3 | Turn Around Don't Drown (TM) Hector Guerrero, NOAA/NWS, San Angelo, TX; and K. Boyd, D. Cain, and L. Chapman | |
| 5:15 PM | 3B.4 | Interactive mesoscale objective analysis in the National Weather Service’s Graphical Forecast Editor J. Brad McGavock, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and S. F. Piltz and J. M. Frederick | |
| 5:30 PM | 3B.5 | Analysis of tornadoes casualties using the census tract tornado path dataset Kevin M. Simmons, Austin College, Sherman, TX; and D. Sutter | |
| 3B.6 | PAPER WITHDRAWN |
sessions end for the day
Icebreaker Reception
Weather Event Simulator Demonstration
Session 4 Results from the BOW Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX) I
| 8:00 AM | 4.1 | An Overview of the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX) Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and M. L. Weisman | |
| 8:30 AM | 4.2 | An assessment of convective system structure, cold pool properties, and environmental shear using observations from BAMEX George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. A. Davis, M. L. Weisman, and R. Przybylinski | |
| 8:45 AM | 4.3 | Radar and damage analysis of bow echoes observed during BAMEX Dustan M. Wheatley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp and N. T. Atkins | |
| 9:00 AM | 4.4 | MIPS Observations of Bow Echoes during BAMEX Dustin Phillips, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp | |
| 9:15 AM | 4.5 | DAMAGING SURFACE WIND MECHANISMS WITHIN THE 10 JUNE 2003 ST. LOUIS BOW ECHO EVENT DURING BAMEX Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. Bouchard, R. Przybylinski, R. J. Trapp, and G. Schmocker | |
| 9:30 AM | 4.6 | Rear-inflow evolution in a non-severe bow-echo observed by airborne Doppler radar during BAMEX David P. Jorgensen, NOAA, Norman, OK; and H. Murphey and R. M. Wakimoto | |
| 9:45 AM | 4.7 | Structure and evolution of an intense squall line with trailing stratiform precipitation Justin T. Walters, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp |
Coffee Break
Session 5 Results from the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX) II
| 10:30 AM | 5.1 | Mesoscale convective vortices observed during BAMEX, Part I: Kinematic and thermodynamic structure Christopher Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier | |
| 10:45 AM | 5.2 | Mesoscale convective vortices observed during BAMEX. Part II: Influences on convection initiation Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis | |
| 11:00 AM | 5.3 | DOPPLER OBSERVATIONS OF MCV STRUCTURE DURING BAMEX IOP1 Paul D. Reasor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. T. Montgomery and M. M. Bell | |
| 11:15 AM | 5.4 | The long-lived MCV of 11-13 June 2003 during BAMEX Thomas J. Galarneau, Jr., SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart | |
| 11:30 AM | 5.5 | Assimilation of BAMEX Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Z. Meng, D. Hawblitzel, C. A. Davis, and C. Snyder | |
| 11:45 AM | 5.6 | System-relative distribution of atmospheric soundings obtained during BAMEX D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Bryan, C. A. Davis, J. C. Knievel, S. B. Trier, and M. Weisman |
Lunch Break
Joint Session 1 Joint Session with 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms and 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
| 1:30 PM | J1.1 | Thunderstorm initiation and evolution during IHOP: implications for aviation thunderstorm nowcasting James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Roberts | |
| 1:45 PM | J1.2 | Prediction of Fort Worth Tornadic Thunderstorms using 3DVAR and Cloud analysis with WSR-88D Level-II Data Ming Hu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, K. Brewster, and J. Gao | |
| 2:00 PM | J1.3 | Hail detection during the Joint POLarization Experiment (JPOLE) Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov | |
| 2:15 PM | J1.4 | Forecasting Convective Initiation by Monitoring the Evolution of Moving Cumulus in Daytime GOES Imagery Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, S. J. Paech, T. Berendes, and U. S. Nair | |
| 2:30 PM | J1.5 | A new approach for mesoscale surface analysis: the space-time mesocale analysis system Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, N. Wang, J. A. McGinley, P. A. Miller, and S. Albers | |
| 2:45 PM | J1.6 | A 13-km RUC AND BEYOND: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE PLANS Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, K. Brundage, S. S. Weygandt, T. L. Smith, B. Schwartz, D. Dévényi, J. M. Brown, and G. A. Grell |
Session 6 Mesoscale Convective Systems
| 1:30 PM | 6.1 | A discretely propagating nocturnal Oklahoma squall line: Observations and numerical simulations Robert G. Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and B. Rubin-Oster and S.-H. Kim | |
| 1:45 PM | 6.2 | The interaction of simulated squall lines with idealized terrain Jeffrey Frame, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Markowski | |
| 2:00 PM | 6.3 | Simulated convective lines with parallel precipitation Matthew D. Parker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE | |
| 2:15 PM | 6.4 | A High Resolution Numerical Simulation of a Midwestern Quasi-Linear Convective System Jason T. Martinelli, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and R. W. Pasken and Y.-J. Lin | |
| 2:30 PM | 6.5 | Environmental precursors to mesoscale convective system development Israel L. Jirak, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton | |
| 2:45 PM | 6.6 | The 49th Parallel severe rainstorm - An example of elevated thunderstorms and their impact, June 8 to 11, 2002 James D Cummine, MSC, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and B. P. Murphy and R. P. Ford |
Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break
Poster Session 3 Results from the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX)
| P3.1 | Dynamics and Predictability of MCVs Estimated through High-Resolution Deterministic and Probabilistic (Ensemble) Forecasts Dan Hawbliztel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang, Z. Meng, and C. A. Davis | |
| P3.2 | Convective cold pool structure from BAMEX dropwindsonde and surface analysis James Correia, Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt | |
| P3.3 | Characteristics and storm evolution associated with the 30 May 2003 tornadic event over central Illinois Edward Holicky, NOAA/NWSFO, Lincoln, IL; and R. W. Przybylinski | |
| P3.4 | Investigation of the 31 May 2003 MCS with leading stratiform precipitation from BAMEX Brandon A. Storm, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Parker | |
| P3.5 | 22 June 2003 BAMEX observations of a convective line with parallel precipitation Eve A. Halligan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Parker | |
| P3.6 | Observations of turbulence during BAMEX missions Diana L. Bartels, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena, B. D. Jamison, S. E. Koch, and E. I. Tollerud | |
| P3.7 | Some caution on the use of severe wind reports in post-event assessment and research Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. M. Wheatley, N. T. Atkins, and R. W. Przybylinski |
Poster Session 4 Mesoscale Convective Systems and Convectively Driven High Wind Events
| P4.1 | Post mesoscale convective system convection James LaDue, NOAA/NWS/WDTB, Norman, OK | |
| P4.2 | Mesoscale analysis of the cavendish, VT bow-echo tornado on 21 July 2003 Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and B. Taber | |
| P4.3 | MESOCYCLONE INDUCED SEVERE WINDS WITHIN DERECHO PRODUCING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS (DMCSs) Shawn M. Liebl, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and R. E. Peterson | |
| P4.4 | Derecho families Walker S. Ashley, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote and M. L. Bentley | |
| P4.5 | Cellular structures in simulated squall lines with moist absolutely unstable layers George Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rotunno | |
| P4.6 | Observations From The 13 April 2004 Wake Low Damaging Wind Event in South Florida Robert R. Handel, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and P. Santos | |
| P4.7 | A preliminary investigation of derecho-producing MCSs in environments of very low dewpoints Stephen F. Corfidi, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. A. Imy, S. J. Taylor, and A. Logan | |
| P4.8 | A multi-platform analysis of the Central Texas floods of May 13, 2004 Lon Curtis, KWTX-TV, Waco, TX; and A. R. Moller | |
| P4.9 | The severe thunderstorm outbreak in Finland on 5 July 2002 Ari-Juhani Punkka, Finnish meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Teittinen |
Poster Session 5 CLIMATOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SEVERE STORMS
Session 7A Convectively Driven High Wind Events
| 4:30 PM | 7A.1 | Using RUC-2 analysis parameters to identify severe convective wind environments Evan L Kuchera, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and M. D. Parker | |
| 4:45 PM | 7A.2 | Hazards of long-lived, convectively generated high wind events in the United States Walker S. Ashley, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote | |
| 5:00 PM | 7A.3 | MIPS Observations of a Heat Burst Event Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and J. Walters | |
| 5:15 PM | 7A.4 | Severe thunderstorm radar signatures of 5 July 2002 derecho in Finland Jenni Teittinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and A.-J. Punkka | |
| 5:30 PM | 7A.5 | The Interaction of a High-Precipitation Supercell Thunderstorm and Bow Echo to Produce a Prolonged Severe Wind Event in East Central Missouri James E. Sieveking, Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Saint Charles, MO; and R. Przybylinski | |
| 5:45 PM | 7A.6 | Extreme wind events observed in the 2002 Thunderstorm Outflow Experiment Kirsten D. Gast, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder |
Session 7B Climatological Studies of Severe Storms
| 4:30 PM | 7B.1 | Climatological aspects of convective parameters from the NCAR/NCEP reanalysis Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. R. Anderson | |
| 4:45 PM | 7B.2 | Proposals for modernizing definitions of tornado and severe thunderstorm outbreaks Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and R. L. Thompson, C. Crosbie, J. A. Hart, and C. A. Doswell, III | |
| 5:00 PM | 7B.3 | Leveling the field for tornado reports through time: Inflation-adjustment of annual tornado reports and objective identification of extreme tornado reports Stephanie M. Verbout, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, H. E. Brooks, and S. L. Bruening | |
| 5:15 PM | 7B.4 | A preliminary climatology of tornado events with closed cold core 500 mb lows in the central and eastern United States Jonathan M. Davies, Wichita, KS; and J. L. Guyer | |
| 5:30 PM | 7B.5 | The Tornadoes in Ontario Project (TOP) David M. L. Sills, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. J. Scriver and P. W. S. King | |
| 5:45 PM | 7B.6 | Lower Michigan MCS Climatology: Trends, Pattern Types, and Marine Layer Impacts Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS, Grand Rapids, MI; and M. L. Bentley, J. A. Sparks, B. Dukesherer, and J. S. Evans |
sessions end for the day
Video Session
Session 8B Radar and Multi-Sensor Applications
| 8:00 AM | 8B.1 | Tornado spectral signature observed by WSR-88D Tian-You Yu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro, D. S. Zrnic, M. P. Foster, D. L. Andra, Jr., R. J. Doviak, and M. B. Yeary | |
| 8:15 AM | 8B.2 | WSR-88D radar characteristics of quasi-linear convective system tornadoes using the NSSL Severe Storm Analysis Program Kevin L. Manross, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. J. Trapp and G. J. Stumpf | |
| 8:30 AM | 8B.3 | Polarimetric Radar Observations of Tornadic Debris Signatures Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, D. W. Burgess, and D. S. Zrnic | |
| 8:45 AM | 8B.4 | Integration of the Warning Decision Support System - Integrated Information (WDSS-II) into the NOAA Storm Prediction Center Jason J. Levit, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan, K. L. Manross, and R. Schneider | |
| 9:00 AM | 8B.5 | A quasi-objective method for discrimination of supercell archetypes using the WSR-88D Kyle A. Beatty, Risk Management Solutions, Inc., Newark, CA; and J. M. Straka, E. N. Rasmussen, and L. R. Lemon | |
| 9:15 AM | 8B.6 | A four-dimensional radar analysis tool for AWIPS Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NWS/MDL, Norman, OK; and M. T. Filiaggi, V. Lakshmanan, W. F. Roberts, M. J. Istok, and S. B. Smith | |
| 9:30 AM | 8B.7 | Overview of spring 2004 WDSS-II demonstration at WFO Norman Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Miller, D. L. Andra, Jr., and M. Foster | |
| 9:45 AM | 8B.8 | Comparison of Infrasonic data and Doppler velocity radar data: A case study of the 16 June 2004 tornadic supercell over the southeast Colorado plains Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO |
Session 8A High-Resolution Numerical Modeling and Prediction of Severe Storms and Tornadoes I
Coffee Break
Session 9 High-Resolution Numerical Modeling and Prediction of Severe Storms and Tornadoes II
| 10:30 AM | 9.1 | Analysis of simulated supercell tornadogenesis Glen Romine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Wicker and M. S. Gilmore | |
| 10:45 AM | 9.2 | The influence of temporally-varying vertical wind shear on numerically simulated convective storms Jaclyn Kost, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson | |
| 11:00 AM | 9.3 | The sensitivity of a simulated supercell to emulated radiative cooling beneath the anvil Paul Markowski, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. Harrington | |
| 11:15 AM | 9.4 | Numerical simulations of the 29 June STEPS supercell Kristin M. Kuhlman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, C. Ziegler, D. MacGorman, and J. M. Straka | |
| 11:30 AM | 9.5 | Evolution of tornado-like vortices in a numerically simulated supercell thunderstorm Leigh Orf, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; and R. B. Wilhelmson | |
| 11:45 AM | 9.6 | Tornadogenesis within a Simulated Supercell Storm Ming Xue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
Lunch Break
Session 10 Synoptic and Mesoscale Processes and Severe Convection
Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break
Poster Session 6 High Resolution Numerical Modeling and Prediction of Severe Storms and Tornadoes
| P6.1 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P6.2 | An evaluation of "RKW Theory" using a model intercomparison George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Knievel and M. D. Parker | |
| P6.3 | Idealized simulations of the 20 April 2004 Utica, IL supercell Adam L. Houston, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. S. Romine, L. M. Cronce, M. S. Gilmore, B. F. Jewett, and R. B. Wilhelmson | |
| P6.4 | Evaluation of high-resolution forecasts of severe weather: case study examples James F. Bresch, NCAR, Boulder, CO | |
| P6.5 | Behind the "supertwister": experiences in science education at NCSA Matthew S. Gilmore, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. Patterson, G. S. Romine, L. J. Wicker, R. B. Wilhelmson, A. Betts, D. Cox, L. Cronce, M. Hall, L. Leonard, S. Levy, and M. A. Straka |
Poster Session 7 Radar and Multi-Sensor Applications
Poster Session 8 Synoptic and Mesoscale Processes and Severe Local Storms Forecasting
Poster Session 9 Flooding and Hailstorms
Session 11A Severe Local Storms Forecasting
Session 11B Flooding and Hailstorms
| 4:30 PM | 11B.1 | Record hail event -- Examination of the Aurora, Nebraska supercell of 22 June 2003 Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and R. Ewald | |
| 4:45 PM | 11B.2 | Climatological aspects of south-eastern Australian hailstorms and applications using Radar data Sandra Sigrid Schuster, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and R. J. Blong and M. S. Speer | |
| 5:00 PM | 11B.3 | An analysis of severe hail swaths in the Southern Plains of the United States Daniel R. Cheresnick, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and E. D. Mitchell | |
| 5:15 PM | 11B.4 | Three Decades of In Situ Observations Inside Thunderstorms Andrew Detwiler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and P. L. Smith, G. N. Johnson, D. V. Kliche, and T. A. Warner | |
| 5:30 PM | 11B.5 | The impact of tropical rainfall rates on flash flood detection Robert S Davis, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 5:45 PM | 11B.6 | Comparing Analysis on 3-D Kinematic Structure of Rainfall on Mei-yu Front by Dual- and Triple-Doppler Radar Haiguang Zhou, Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China |
sessions end for the day
Banquet - Hyline Dinner Cruise
Thur 7 October
Session 12 Studies of the May 2003 tornado outbreaks
Coffee Break
Session 13 Supercells and Tornadic Storms
| 10:30 AM | 13.1 | Surface observations in the forward-flank downdraft of a tornadic and nontornadic supercell Chris Shabbott, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. Markowski | |
| 10:44 AM | Paper 13.2 moved to Session 14. New paper number 14.4a. | ||
| 10:45 AM | 13.2a | The 'Owl Horn' radar signature in developing Southern Plains supercells (formerly poster P10.1) Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWS, Amarillo, TX; and H. B. Bluestein, A. L. Pazmany, and J. D. Tuttle | |
| 11:00 AM | 13.3 | High-resolution dual-Doppler analysis of a cyclic supercell Jeffrey Beck, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder, J. Wurman, and C. Alexander | |
| 11:15 AM | 13.4 | Comparison between DOW observed tornadoes and parent mesocyclones observed by WSR-88Ds Curtis R. Alexander, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Wurman | |
| 11:30 AM | 13.5 | Doppler radar analysis of the 28 April 2002 La Plata, MD tornadic supercell David R. Manning, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and S. M. Zubrick | |
| 11:45 AM | 13.6 | Growth of Circulation around Supercell Updrafts Robert Davies-Jones, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
Lunch Break
Session 14 Tornadogenesis
| 1:30 PM | 14.1 | Vortex sheets, vortex rings, and a mesocyclone David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL | |
| 1:45 PM | 14.2 | Precipitation, the Rear Flank Downdraft, and Tornadoes Mark Askelson, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. M. Straka and E. N. Rasmussen | |
| 2:00 PM | 14.3 | Evolution of the hook echo and low-level rotation in the 17 May 2000 Brady, NE supercell Michael A. Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell | |
| 2:15 PM | Paper 14.4 moved to poster session 10. New paper number P10.8 | ||
| 2:16 PM | 14.4a | Infrared thermal imagery of cloud base in tornadic supercells (formerly paper 13.2) Robin L. Tanamachi, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, S. Moore, R. Madding, and C. R. Alexander | |
| 2:30 PM | 14.5 | Terrain-Influenced tornadogenesis in the Northeastern United States: An examination of the 29 May 1995 Great Barrington, Massachusetts, tornado Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. D. LaPenta, A. Seimon, and M. J. Dickinson | |
| 2:45 PM | 14.6 | Tornadogenesis and the role of a lake breeze boundary on 14 June 2003 in northwest Illinois Ray A. Wolf, NOAA/NWS, Davenport, IA |
Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break
Poster Session 10 Supercells and Tornadic Storms I
| Poster P10.1 has been moved to Session 13. New paper number 13.2a. | ||
| P10.2 | Subtle Radar Signatures in the West Brookfield, MA Tornado of 23 July 2002 Glenn A. Field, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA; and D. R. Vallee | |
| P10.3 | Mobile, dual-Doppler analysis of tornadogenesis: The 15 May 2003 supercell in Shamrock, Texas Michael M. French, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, M. R. Kramar, and A. L. Pazmany | |
| P10.4 | Examination of Tornadic and Non-tornadic Supercells in Southwest Virginia on 28 April 2002 Stephen J. Keighton, NOAA/NWS, Blacksburg, VA; and K. Kostura and C. Liscinsky | |
| P10.5 | An Analysis of the June 23rd, 2002, Brown County, South Dakota Tornadic Cyclical Supercell Scott Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Porter and J. P. Monteverdi | |
| P10.6 | The May 11, 2003 severe weather null case across the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States Michael L. Jurewicz, Sr., NOAA/NWS, Johnson City, NY; and M. Evans, M. Cempa, and S. Rogowski | |
| P10.7 | Presumable cause of tornado evolution Alex Guskov, Institute of Solid State Physics of Russian Academy of Science, Chernogolovka, Russia | |
| P10.8 | PAPER WITHDRAWN |
Poster Session 11 Supercells and Tornadic Storms II
Poster Session 12 Supercells and Tornadic Storms III
Poster Session 13 Results from the International H2O Project (IHOP)
| P13.1 | Multiple-Doppler radar observations of vertical wind profile heterogeneity in convective boundary layers Paul Markowski, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and Y. Richardson | |
| P13.2 | Multiple-Doppler radar observations of the structure and evolution of vortices in a convective boundary layer Paul Markowski, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and C. Hannon | |
| P13.3 | Performance of real-time and post-IHOP mesoscale models in determining storm type and evolution for the IHOP-2002 experimental period Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and B. L. Shaw and J. M. Brown |
Poster Session 14 Lightning
| P14.1 | Overview of the 2003 and 2004 field program phases of the Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment (TELEX) Dave Rust, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. MacGorman, T. Schuur, E. Bruning, J. Straka, B. Rison, T. Hamlin, P. Krehbiel, C. Ziegler, T. Mansel, M. Biggerstaff, K. Eack, and B. Beasley | |
| P14.2 | Lightning and radar observations of two storms observed during STEPS Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and K. C. Wiens and S. A. Rutledge | |
| P14.3 | The use of Lightning Mapping Array data in WDSS-II |