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Program Chairpersons:
Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University

Compact View of Conference

Monday, 11 October 2010
	9:00 AM-10:20 AM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 1 Severe Weather Climatology I
Chair: Lance Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY
9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks   9:05 AM 1.1 Tornado deaths: what the past tells us about the future   Recorded presentation Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 9:20 AM 1.2 Attribution of interannual variations in tornado frequency to regional atmospheric conditions   Recorded presentation Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 9:35 AM 1.3 Nocturnal tornado climatology   Recorded presentation Amanda K. Kis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Straka 9:50 AM 1.4 A synoptic-scale environment associated with significant nocturnal tornado events in the Great Plains   Recorded presentation Corey M. Mead, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. L. Thompson 10:05 AM 1.5 Tornadoes within weak CAPE environments across the continental United States   Recorded presentation Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and A. R. Dean
	10:20 AM-10:45 AM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Coffee Break
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 2 Mesoscale Convective Systems: Initiation and Structure
Chair: Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
10:45 AM 2.1 Potential vorticity disturbances as a source of severe weather in the Southwest   Recorded presentation Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Melino, S. R. Sukup, S. J. Weiss, J. Racy, R. S. Schneider, E. S. Pytlak, J. E. Matusiak, and D. Bright 11:00 AM 2.2 Observations of a squall line using high-frequency rawinsonde launches during VORTEX2   Recorded presentation George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Parker 11:15 AM 2.3 Mechanisms contributing to MCS development over the southern Plains during BAMEX   Recorded presentation Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. Bosart 11:30 AM 2.4 Observations and numerical simulations of the transition of a banded nocturnal MCS to a daytime squall line   Recorded presentation S. B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Marsham 11:45 AM 2.5 Detailed observations of severe heat bursts: microbursts, intense microscale vortices, and high amplitude gravity waves   Recorded presentation Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Coleman
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Break for Lunch
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 3A Deep Convection: Initiation and Mesoscale Influences
Chair: Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1:30 PM 3A.1 Sensitivity of convective initiation and subsequent convection based on environmental parameters using 500m resolution WRF ARW   Recorded presentation Justin Schultz, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. J. Anderson 1:45 PM 3A.2 A convection initiation case study during COPS: 6 August 2007   Recorded presentation Lindsay J. Bennett, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and T. M. Weckwerth, J. Van Baelen, A. M. Blyth, R. R. Burton, and A. M. Gadian 2:00 PM 3A.3 Using Canadian GEM output for forecasts of thunderstorm initiation on the Canadian Prairies   Recorded presentation Neil M. Taylor, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and W. R. Burrows 2:15 PM 3A.4 The influence of the elevated mixed layer on record high temperatures and severe weather over the Northeast US in April and May 2010   Recorded presentation Jason M. Cordeira, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Galarneau Jr. and L. F. Bosart 2:30 PM 3A.5 Bulk Microphysical Variability of Thunderstorms in Different Climatic Regions: Comparative Predictive Skills of Melting Level, Cloud Base Temperature and Cloud Base Pressure in a Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling Study   Robert E. Schlesinger, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. K. Wang 2:45 PM 3A.6 Impact of initial environmental velocity profiles on numerical-model-based storm-scale analyses of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas cyclic tornadic thunderstorm   Recorded presentation Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, H. B. Bluestein, S. J. Frasier, and K. Hardwick
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 3B Mesoscale Convective Systems: The 8 May 2009 Derecho
Chair: Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 3B.1 The 08 May 2009 Missouri Derecho: Radar Analysis and Warning Implications over Parts of Southwest Missouri   Recorded presentation Ron W. Przybylinski, NOAA/NWSFO, Saint Charles, MO; and J. S. Schaumann, D. T. Cramer, and N. Atkins 1:45 PM 3B.2 Environment and early evolution of the 8 May 2009 derecho-producing convective system   Recorded presentation Stephen F. Corfidi, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio and J. S. Kain 2:00 PM 3B.3 Observations and quantification of counter-rotating mesovortex couplets within the 8 May 2009 southern Missouri derecho   Recorded presentation Angela Lese, NOAA/NWSFO, Louisville, KY; and S. M. Martinaitis 2:15 PM 3B.4 The 8 May 2009 "Super Derecho": Analysis of a 3 km WRF-ARW realtime forecast   Recorded presentation Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO ; and C. Evans and L. Bosart 2:30 PM 3B.5 Vortex development mechanisms associated with the 8 May 2009 Central United States derecho event   Recorded presentation Clark Evans, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Weisman and L. Bosart 2:45 PM 3B.6 An Examination of a Tornado Producing Supercell Behind the Leading Edge of the May 8th, 2009 Historic Wind Storm in Southern Missouri   Recorded presentation Mark F. Britt, NOAA/NWSFO, St. Charles, MO; and R. W. Przybylinski
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 1 Mesoscale Convective Systems Posters
P1.1 Radar and in situ observations in a winter bow echo and associated mesovortices over the Japan Sea area   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Inoue, K. Bessho, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, S. Hoshino, H. Yamauchi, T. Imai, K. Araki, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, Y. Hono, W. Kato, K. Adachi, and T. Takemi   P1.2 September 7, 2009 Souther South America Severe Storms Outbrake: High Resolution Simulation of Mesoscale Convective Systems   Vagner Anabor, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Su, Brazil; and E. de Lima Nascimento and E. Dal Piva   P1.3 Analysis of the 15 May 1998 Iowa/Minnesota derecho   Wesley D. Terwey, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and R. A. Wade   P1.4 Damaging winds produced by cold-season quasi-linear convective systems in the southeast US: preliminary findings and planned research   Calvin Elkins, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P1.5 Examination of An Intense Wake Low Event as a Severe Local Storm   Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P1.6 A case study of a large-amplitude inertia-gravity wave over the Southeast   James H. Ruppert Jr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and L. F. Bosart
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 2 Severe Weather Climatology Posters
P2.1 Ranking and classifying severe weather outbreaks using multivariate indices   Chad M. Shafer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and C. A. Doswell III   P2.2 On the use of kernel density estimation to identify severe weather events   Chad M. Shafer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and C. A. Doswell III   P2.3 Trends in convection over the central United States   Victor A. Gensini, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and J. M. Laflin   P2.4 Climatology of potentially severe convective environments from reanalysis   Victor A. Gensini, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and W. S. Ashley   P2.5 Severe storm assessment using satellite data: Case studies from Iowa in 2009   Kevin Gallo, NOAA/NESDIS, Sioux Falls, SD; and K. Jungbluth and P. N. Schumacher   P2.6 Synoptic composites of tornadic and non-tornadic severe weather outbreaks   Andrew Edward Mercer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and C. M. Shafer, C. A. Doswell III, M. B. Richman, and L. M. Leslie   P2.7 Convective modes associated with significant severe thunderstorms in the contiguous United States   Bryan T. Smith, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. L. Thompson, J. S. Grams, and C. Broyles   P2.8 Climatologies of convective flight environments for use in the development of a storm penetrating aircraft   Shawn B. Honomichl, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD   P2.9 Do cities encourage warm-season thunderstorm formation and intensification?   Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and M. Bentley and T. Stallins   P2.10 Environmental conditions associated with nocturnal severe weather across the northern Plains   Joshua M. Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE; and P. N. Schumacher P2.11 Verification of thunderstorm occurrence using the National Lightning Detection Network   Kristen L. Corbosiero, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and T. J. Galarneau Jr.   P2.12 Severe wind-driven hail events: dependence on convective morphology and larger-scale environment   William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and N. D. Carletta, M. A. Fowle, and D. J. Miller   P2.13 The characteristics of gusty winds in winter season in Shonai Plane, Japan   Kazuhiro Taniwaki, Meteorological Engineering Center, Inc., Osaka, Japan; and K. Sassa, T. Hayashi, Y. Hono, and K. Adachi   P2.14 Comparing Storm Data reports to National Weather Service severe storm watches and warnings   Kiel L. Ortega, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and T. C. Meyer   P2.15 Simultaneous analysis of impacts of human abundance and quasi-cyclic climate conditions in tornado counts with hierarchical Bayesian models   Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. K. Wikle and A. Arab   P2.16 An analysis of spatial tornado density: does Dixie Alley really exist?   P. Grady Dixon, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and A. E. Mercer, J. Choi, and J. S. Allen   P2.17 Spatial Analysis of Tornado Vulnerability Trends in Oklahoma and Northern Texas   Eric M. Hout, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan, J. McIntosh, and C. Weaver   P2.18 Convective Mode of Thunderstorms Producing Significant Cool Season Tornadoes in the National Weather Service's Central Region   Fred H. Glass, NOAA/NWSFO, St. Charles, MO ; and M. F. Britt   P2.19 An Analysis of Clustered Tornado Events   Andrew R. Dean, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK P2.20 Climate Change Impacts on Severe Thunderstorms in Finland   Andrea Vajda, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Rauhala
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 3 Tropical Severe Weather Posters
P3.1 Tropical cyclone tornado records for the modernized National Weather Service era   Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK   P3.2 Objective environmental analyses and convective modes for U. S. tropical cyclone tornadoes from 2003–2008   Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and A. R. Dean, R. L. Thompson, and B. T. Smith   P3.3 A numerical investigation of supercells in landfalling tropical cyclones   Matthew J. Morin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker, K. A. Hill, and G. M. Lackmann   P3.4 Miniature supercells in Hurricanes Gustav (2008) and Ivan (2004): Environments and cell structure   Matthew D. Eastin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC   P3.5 Fine-scale radar observations of boundary layer structures in landfalling hurricanes   Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman   P3.6 The role of convective organization and the low level jet in the overland reintensification of Tropical Storm Erin (2007)   Clark Evans, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Schumacher and T. J. Galarneau Jr.   P3.7 Hailstorm with Very Low Vertical Wind Shear and Tilt over Trivandrum   P. Kumar, MIT, Maharashtra, India
	4:30 PM-5:45 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 4A Supercell and Tornadoes: Tornado Structure, Dynamics, and Damage I
Chair: Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
4:30 PM 4A.1 The Enhanced Fujita Scale: Past, present and future   Recorded presentation Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, J. T. Ferree, K. A. Scharfenberg, C. Maier, and W. L. Coulbourne 4:45 PM 4A.2 Damage survey of the Picher, OK Tornado   Recorded presentation Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX 5:00 PM 4A.3 Damage surveys in the age of Google Street View and polarimetric radar—the August 20th 2009 southern Ontario tornado outbreak   Recorded presentation Arnold Ashton, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Leduc and S. Boodoo 5:15 PM 4A.4 Estimation of Low-Level Wind Structures in a Tornado-like Vortex   PDF file Sean Crowell, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and L. J. Wicker and L. W. White 5:30 PM 4A.5 The detection of low-level misovortices embedded within a quasi-linear thunderstorm complex on 2 April 2010 by CASA radar   Recorded presentation Vivek N. Mahale, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Brotzge and H. B. Bluestein
	4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 4B Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making: Short-Range Forecasting I
Chair: Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK
4:30 PM 4B.1 Preliminary investigation into lightning hazard prediction from high resolution model output   Recorded presentation Stuart D. Miller Jr., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and G. W. Carbin, J. S. Kain, E. W. McCaul Jr., C. J. Melick, and A. R. Dean 4:45 PM 4B.2 A new parameter for forecasting tornadoes in landfalling tropical cyclones   Recorded presentation Matthew Onderlinde, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, S. J. Weiss, and A. I. Watson 5:00 PM 4B.3 A Sounding Analog System to Produce Probabilistic Forecasts of Maximum Hail Size   Recorded presentation Ryan E. D. Jewell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK 5:15 PM 4B.4 Using areal coverage of parameters favorable for severe weather to identify major convective outbreaks   Recorded presentation Chad M. Shafer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and L. M. Leslie, M. B. Richman, and C. A. Doswell III 5:30 PM 4B.5 Forecasts, observations, and warning response for flash floods   Recorded presentation Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Stevermer 5:45 PM 4B.6 Severe weather outlooks and their use for damage prevention and civil protection in Finland   Recorded presentation Ari-Juhani Punkka, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Rauhala
	6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Break for Dinner
	7:30 PM-9:15 PM, Monday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 5 Supercells and Tornadoes: Overview of VORTEX-2
Chair: David Dowell, NCAR, Boulder, CO
7:30 PM 5.1 An overview of the VORTEX2 field campaign   Recorded presentation Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and L. J. Wicker, Y. P. Richardson, E. N. Rasmussen, P. M. Markowski, D. Dowell, D. W. Burgess, and H. B. Bluestein 7:45 PM 5.2 Tornado and tornadogenesis events seen by the NOXP x-band, dual-polarization radar during VORTEX2 2010   Recorded presentation Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, C. M. Schwarz, and B. J. Allen 8:00 PM 5.3 Rapid-Scan DOW radar observations of tornadoes during VORTEX2   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba and P. Robinson 8:15 PM 5.4 A summary of data collected during VORTEX-2 by MWR-05XP/TWOLF, UMass X-Pol, and the UMass W-band radar   Recorded presentation Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, J. B. Houser, J. C. Snyder, R. L. Tanamachi, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, G. D. Emmitt, V. Venkatesh, K. Orzel, R. Bluth, and S. J. Frasier 8:30 PM 5.5 Highlights from the Texas Tech Ka-band Mobile Doppler Radar and StickNet Data Collection During VORTEX2   Recorded presentation Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and D. Dowell 8:45 PM 5.6 Mobile soundings during VORTEX2: Survey and preliminary results   Recorded presentation Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. H. Bryan 9:00 PM 5.7 Unmanned aircraft in VORTEX-2   Recorded presentation Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and B. Argrow and E. W. Frew
	9:30 PM-9:35 PM, Monday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	9:30 PM-11:00 PM, Monday, Centennial Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 6 Supercells and Tornadoes: 5 June 2009 Goshen, County Supercell
Chair: Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
8:00 AM 6.1 Invited Speaker—History of tornado research   Recorded presentation Howard Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 8:30 AM 6.2 The LaGrange Tornado during VORTEX2. Part I: Photogrammetry analysis of the tornado combined with single-Doppler radar data   Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Atkins and J. Wurman 8:45 AM 6.3 The LaGrange, WY Tornado during VORTEX II. Part II: Photogrammetric Analysis of the Tornado Combined with Dual-Doppler Radar Data   Recorded presentation Nolan Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and R. M. Wakimoto, A. McGee, R. Ducharme, and J. Wurman 9:00 AM 6.4 The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Tornadogenesis phase   Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman, Y. P. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. C. Dowell, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis 9:15 AM 6.5 The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Tornado intensification phase   Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman, P. M. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, D. Dowell, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis 9:30 AM 6.6 The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Tornado dissipation phase   Recorded presentation Yvette Richardson, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis 9:45 AM 6.7 Preliminary analysis of the Goshen County tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar and mesonet data   Recorded presentation James N. Marquis, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. Dowell, J. M. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 7A Supercells and Tornadoes: Supercell Structure and Dynamics I
Chair: Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
10:30 AM 7A.1 Characteristics of supercells simulated with tornadic and non-tornadic RUC-2 proximity soundings. Part II: Sounding variables as predictors of simulated low-level rotation   Recorded presentation Matthew S. Gilmore, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and L. Burkett, R. Edwards, and R. L. Thompson 10:45 AM 7A.2 Storm structure and decay process of the 9 June, 2009 Greensburg, KS supercell during VORTEX2   Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, E. R. Mansell, C. M. Schwarz, P. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, and C. C. Weiss 11:00 AM 7A.3 Observational analysis of cyclic mesocyclogenesis during VORTEX2   Recorded presentation Daniel P. Betten, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, C. Ziegler, K. M. Kuhlman, D. R. MacGorman, and L. J. Wicker 11:15 AM 7A.4 Single- and dual-Doppler analyses of a tornadic supercell sampled by NWRT PAR and WSR-88D   Recorded presentation Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. L. Ziegler and L. R. Lemon 11:30 AM 7A.5 Storm mergers. Part 1: Preliminary numerical investigations of merger events   Recorded presentation Ryan M. Hastings, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and Y. P. Richardson 11:45 AM 7A.6 Numerical simulations of interactions between squall lines and supercells   Recorded presentation Adam J. French, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 7B Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making: The Hazardous Weather Testbed
Chair: Kevin Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK
10:30 AM 7B.1 An overview of the 2010 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed spring forecasting experiment   Recorded presentation Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, I. L. Jirak, C. J. Melick, C. W. Siewert, R. Sobash, P. T. Marsh, A. R. Dean, M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, J. Du, D. R. Novak, F. E. Barthold, M. J. Bodner, J. J. Levit, C. B. Entwistle, T. Jensen, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, and R. S. Schneider 10:45 AM 7B.2 Real-time severe convective weather warning exercises at the Experimental Warning Program 2010 (EWP2010)   Recorded presentation Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/MDL, Norman, OK; and B. C. Baranowski, D. M. Kingfield, K. M. Kuhlman, K. L. Manross, C. W. Siewert, T. M. Smith, and S. Stough 11:00 AM 7B.3 CAPS Realtime Storm Scale Ensemble and High Resolution Forecasts for the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed 2010 Spring Experiment   Recorded presentation Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, K. Brewster, J. Gao, X. Wang, S. J. Weiss, A. J. Clark, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, J. Du, T. L. Jensen, and Y. H. Kuo 11:15 AM 7B.4 Real-time, Low-level Wind Analysis including CASA and WSR-88D Radar Data using the ARPS 3DVAR   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, M. Xue, J. Brotzge, K. Thomas, and Y. Wang 11:30 AM 7B.5 Neighborhood-based evaluation of WRF-ARW precipitation forecasts for the 2010 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment   Recorded presentation Kevin W. Manning, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Weisman and A. J. Clark 11:45 AM 7B.6 Warning related satellite products to be demonstrated in the GOES-R proving ground   Recorded presentation James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, C. W. Siewert, M. DeMaria, and G. T. Stano
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Break for Lunch
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 8A Supercells and Tornadoes: Downdrafts and Cold Pool
Chair: Matthew S. Gilmore, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
1:30 PM 8A.1 Rear-flank downdraft dynamics in tornadic and non-tornadic supercell thunderstorms   Recorded presentation Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. P. Betten, C. L. Ziegler, D. R. MacGorman, L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell 1:45 PM 8A.2 Mobile mesonet observations of the rear-flank downdraft evolution associated with a violent tornado near Bowdle, SD on 22 May 2010   Recorded presentation Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and B. D. Lee, M. Grzych, C. D. Karstens, and T. M. Samaras 2:00 PM 8A.3 Thermodynamic and Kinematic Analysis of Supercells using High Resolution In Situ Data from Texas Tech StickNet Instrument Systems   Recorded presentation Bradley R. Charboneau, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss 2:15 PM 8A.4 A preliminary survey of DSD measurements collected during VORTEX2   Recorded presentation Daniel T. Dawson II, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. Romine 2:30 PM 8A.5 Verification of Supercell Cold Pools in High-Resolution WRF Simulations using StickNet In Situ Data   Recorded presentation Anthony E. Reinhart, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and D. C. Dowell 2:45 PM 8A.6 Mesocyclone and RFD evolution in simulated supercell storms with varying wind profiles   Recorded presentation Matthew S. Van Den Broeke, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Straka
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 8B Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making: Nowcasting, Warning, and Verification
Chair: Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK
1:30 PM 8B.1 A realtime weather-adaptive 3DVAR analysis system with automatic storm positioning and on-demand capability   Recorded presentation David J. Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Gao, T. M. Smith, K. Manross, J. Brogden, and V. Lakshmanan 1:45 PM 8B.2 iCAST: A severe storm nowcasting prototype focused on optimization of the human-machine mix   Recorded presentation David Sills, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and N. Driedger, B. Greaves, E. Hung, and R. Paterson 2:00 PM 8B.3 Storm-based convective warning best practices   Recorded presentation Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK ; and J. T. Ferree 2:15 PM 8B.4 Analysis of cell mergers leading to tornadogenesis using 3D rendered radar imagery   Recorded presentation Ray A. Wolf, NOAA/NWS, Davenport, IA 2:30 PM 8B.5 Weather decision support and societal impacts at a large outdoor venue—a case study from the 2010 Beale Street Music Festival   Recorded presentation Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and R. Okulski and J. Howell 2:45 PM 8B.6 A detailed analysis of SPC “High Risk” outlooks, 2003–2009   Recorded presentation Jason M. Davis, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and A. R. Dean and J. L. Guyer
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 4 Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making Posters I
P4.1 Using artificial intelligence to predict Mississippi lightning   Andrew Edward Mercer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and M. E. Brown and C. Babineaux   P4.2 Use and Evaluation of Lightning Data within 2010 Experimental Warning Program and GOES-R Proving Ground   Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield, G. T. Stano, E. C. Bruning, B. C. Baranowski, and C. W. Siewert   P4.3 Application of WRF-based forecasts of total lightning threat to the CONUS   Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL ; and J. L. Case and S. J. Goodman   P4.4 A multi-tiered verification of SPC tornado watches   Aaron Christenberry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. L. Lamers, B. A. Mejia, A. R. Dean, and S. J. Weiss   P4.5 Tornado warning services for misoscale circulations in quasilinear convective systems   Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK ; and D. L. Andra Jr., P. Marsh, K. L. Ortega, and J. Brotzge   P4.6 Numerical modeling of maximum hail in deep convection   Gerhard W. Reuter, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and F. Jia   P4.7 A statistical hail prediction product   Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO   P4.8 WSR-88D Signatures associated with One Inch Hail in the Southern Plains   Dennis E. Cavanaugh, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and J. A. Schultz   P4.9 Severe hail impacts and preparedness   Jari-Petteri Tuovinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Rauhala   P4.10 Reevaluation of a technique for radar identification of large hail in western and central Wyoming   Brett E. McDonald, NOAA/NWSFO, Riverton, WY; and C. N. Jones P4.11 Using Doppler radar to more accurately predict the occurrence of severe hail in the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region   Douglas Butts Jr., NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and C. A. Butts, M. B. Mayeaux, and B. Richardson   P4.12 Examining radar 'side-lobe spikes' for severe hail identification   Kevin L. Manross, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and A. E. Pietrycha   P4.13 Evaluating the use of reflectivity heights for hail detection with high-resolution hail reports   Kiel L. Ortega, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   P4.14 Tornadoes in close proximity to a major winter storm event over East Central Colorado   Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO   P4.15 A storm-scale analysis of the 16 June 2008 significant severe weather event across New York and Western New England   Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY   P4.16 Observations of haboobs associated with mesoscale convective vortices   Joseph W. Jurecka, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and T. T. Lindley   P4.17 Severe Thunderstorm Wind Damage Societal Impacts and Preparedness   Jenni Rauhala, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland   P4.18 Evaluation of CAPS multi-model storm-scale ensemble forecast for the NOAA HWT 2010 Spring Experiment   Fanyou Kong, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, K. Brewster, X. Wang, J. Gao, S. J. Weiss, A. Clark, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, and J. Du   P4.19 GEM LAM Convective Forecasts: How Can they be used in an Operational Forecast Environment?   Heather Rombough, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and H. Greene, B. Niska-Aro, B. Power, D. Schmidt, O. Stachowiak, C. Wielki, and A. Yun   P4.20 Characteristics and Estimated Warning Success Rates of QLCS and Supercell-Produced Significant Tornadoes in the Southeast United States   Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA; and G. D. Combs
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 5 Novel Instrumentation and Data Processing Techniques Posters
P5.1 Intercomparison between Mobile and Stationary Surface Observing Platforms in VORTEX2   Patrick S. Skinner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, P. M. Markowski, and Y. P. Richardson   P5.2 An Improved Aspirated Temperature System for Mobile Meteorological Observations, Especially in Severe Weather   Sean Waugh, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. E. Fredrickson   P5.3 Potential pitfalls in mobile dual-Doppler analyses of complex severe storm wind fields   Yvette Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Marquis, J. Wurman, and P. M. Markowski   P5.4 Effects of radar range and azimuthal resolution on tornadic shear signatures: applications to a tornado detection algorithm   Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan, P. L. Heinselman, and T. M. Smith   P5.5 Evaluation of the Vortex Detection and Characterization (VDAC) technique using multiple-Doppler observations of tornadoes and low-level mesocyclones   Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro   P5.6 A technique for automated selection of multiple Z-R relationships within a single domain   George Limpert, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. L. Houston   P5.7 A survey of real-time 3DVAR analyses conducted during the 2010 Experimental Warning Program spring experiment   Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. M. Kuhlman, K. L. Ortega, K. L. Manross, D. W. Burgess, J. Gao, and D. J. Stensrud   P5.8 A new tornado simulator reproducing flow fields under supercell   Koji Sassa, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan; and S. Takemura and A. Yamasaki   P5.9 Wind measurements within a tornado core   Tim M. Samaras, National Technical Systems, Littleton, CO; and C. D. Karstens, B. D. Lee, and C. A. Finley   P5.10 An overview of the Shonai Area Railroad Weather Project—Toward an automatic hazardous wind alert system for railroad   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Bessho, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, S. Hoshino, H. Inoue, H. Yamauchi, I. Toshiaki, K. Araki, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, H. Yoshihiro, W. Kato, K. Adachi, and T. Takemi
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 6 Supercells and Tornadoes Posters I
P6.1 Verification of the origin of rotation in tornadoes experiment, part 2 (VORTEX2): data from the NOAA (NSSL) x-band dual-polarized radar   Christopher M. Schwarz, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess   P6.2 Highlights of the storm-scale radar data from VORTEX2—2010   Therese E. Thompson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, D. P. Betten, C. L. Ziegler, and M. R. Kumjian   P6.3 GPS-Based Stereo Photogrammetry in VORTEX2   Michael A. Magsig, NOAA/NWS/Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, E. N. Rasmussen, and J. M. Straka   P6.4 Mobile mesonet observations during VORTEX2   Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski, S. Waugh, and S. E. Fredrickson   P6.5 VORTEX 2 operations center: Bridging the gap between research and operations   Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & OU/CIMMS/SoM, Norman, OK; and K. Scharfenberg, K. Kelleher, M. C. Coniglio, L. J. Wicker, J. Purpura, M. J. Hudson, and S. R. Cobb P6.6 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P6.6 The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Pretornadic phase   Paul M. Markowski, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and Y. Richardson, J. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, and P. Robinson   P6.7 A cost-effective photogrammetric and surface data collection research project from 2009-2010 with an emphasis on the 5 June 2009 LaGrange, WY tornado   Daniel R. Cheresnick, Self-Employed, Longmont, CO   P6.8 New quantification of hodograph shape in nocturnal tornadic environments and its application to forecasting   Amanda K. Kis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Straka   P6.9 Synoptic, meso, and storm-scale conditions associated with strong-to-violent nocturnal tornadoes   L. J. Reames, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Straka
	4:30 PM-6:15 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 9 Numerical Weather Prediction: Overview of Modeling/Assimilation Systems
Chair: George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:30 PM 9.1 Invited Speaker - History of modeling-based research on severe storms   Recorded presentation Morris Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO 5:00 PM 9.2 High resolution rapid refresh (HRRR): Recent enhancements and evaluation during the 2010 convective season   Recorded presentation Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES / Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, T. G. Smirnova, S. Benjamin, P. Hofmann, E. P. James, and D. A. Koch 5:15 PM 9.3 Storm forecasts in a convective-scale ensemble system at the Met Office   Recorded presentation Giovanni Leoncini, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and N. Roberts 5:30 PM 9.4 A Nowcasting System Using Full Physics Numerical Weather Prediction Initialized with CASA and NEXRAD Radar Data   Recorded presentation Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. W. Thomas, J. Gao, J. Brotzge, M. Xue, and Y. Wang 5:45 PM 9.5 Ensemble storm-scale data assimilation and prediction for severe convective storms   Recorded presentation David Dowell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Romine and C. Snyder 6:00 PM 9.6 Application of a WRF mesoscale ensemble data assimilation system to severe weather events during springs 2007–2009   Recorded presentation Dustan M. Wheatley, CIMMS, Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud
	6:30 PM-6:35 PM, Tuesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Tuesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Storm Video Night I
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 10 Mesoscale Convective Systems: Interaction with Land Surface and Environment
Chair: Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
8:15 AM 10.1 Invited Speaker - History of MCS research   Recorded presentation Richard Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 8:45 AM 10.2 Environmental factors in the upscale growth and longevity of MCSs derived from Rapid Update Cycle analyses   Recorded presentation Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Hwang and D. J. Stensrud 9:00 AM 10.3 The effects of Lake Michigan on mature mesoscale convective systems   Recorded presentation Nicholas D. Metz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart 9:15 AM 10.4 MCS organization and development along land/lake-induced thermodynamic boundaries near the Great Lakes   Recorded presentation Alan F. Srock, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart 9:30 AM 10.5 An Investigation into a Squall Line over Complex Terrain   Recorded presentation Rodger Wu, EC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. Snyder and J. Goosen 9:45 AM 10.6 Simulated squall lines with and without cloud shading effects   Recorded presentation Andrew Oberthaler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 11 Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making: Advances in the Use of Radar, Satellite, and Lightning Data
Chair: Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
10:30 AM 11.1 Detecting boundary layer moisture convergence with GOES-R ABI bands   Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. T. Lindsey and W. M. MacKenzie Jr. 10:45 AM 11.2 Polarimetric radar characteristics of large hail   Recorded presentation Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and J. C. Picca, S. Ganson, A. V. Ryzhkov, J. Krause, and A. P. Khain 11:00 AM 11.3 ZDR columns as a predictive tool for hail growth and storm evolution   Recorded presentation Joseph C. Picca, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov 11:15 AM 11.4 An operational assessment of the predictability of giant hail events   Recorded presentation Scott F. Blair, NOAA/NWS, Topeka, KS ; and D. R. Deroche, J. M. Boustead, J. W. Leighton, B. L. Barjenbruch, and W. P. Gargan 11:30 AM 11.5 Total lightning trend analysis of low-topped supercells across the Tennessee Valley   Recorded presentation Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and L. Carey 11:45 AM 11.6 Dual-Doppler wind analysis using the vertical vorticity equation: Tests with real and simulated supercell data   Recorded presentation Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Break for Lunch
	1:30 PM-3:15 PM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 12A Severe Weather Climatology II
Chair: Clark Evans, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 12A.1 Invited Speaker—State of the science on climate change and severe weather   Recorded presentation Harold Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 2:00 PM 12A.2 Synoptic Climatology of Tornado Environments in Finland   Recorded presentation Jenni Rauhala, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and D. M. Schultz 2:15 PM 12A.3 Enlarging the severe-hail database in Finland by using a radar-based hail-detection algorithm and e-mail surveys   Recorded presentation Jari-Petteri Tuovinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and D. M. Schultz 2:30 PM 12A.4 Severe storm environments on different continents   Recorded presentation Daniel J. Cecil, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. O. Felix and C. B. Blankenship 2:45 PM 12A.5 A 12-year climatology of severe weather parameters and associated synoptic patterns for subtropical South America   Recorded presentation Ernani L. Nascimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and M. Foss 3:00 PM 12A.6 Relationships between tropical systems and rainfall in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico   Recorded presentation Luis M. Farfán, CICESE, Unidad La Paz, La Paz, Mexico
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 12B Numerical Weather Prediction: Data assimilation, Ensemble Initialization, and Microphysics
Chair: Glen Romine, NCAR, Boulder, CO
2:00 PM 12B.1 Object-oriented clustering analysis of CAPS convective scale ensemble forecasts for the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment: A first step toward optimal ensemble configuration for convective scale probabilistic forecasting   Recorded presentation Aaron T. Johnson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang, F. Kong, and M. Xue 2:15 PM Development of a Hybrid Ensemble and Variational method for Storm Scale   Recorded presentation Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and D. J. Stensrud 12B.2 Improving hail prediction with a new triple-moment hail microphysics scheme   Adrian M. Loftus, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton 2:30 PM 12B.4 Probabilistic precipitation forecast skill as a function of ensemble size and spatial scale in a convection-allowing ensemble   Recorded presentation Adam J. Clark, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, F. Kong, K. Thomas, Y. Wang, K. Brewster, J. Gao, K. K. Droegemeier, J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, D. Bright, M. C. Coniglio, and J. Du 12B.3 Comparison of severe weather guidance derived from single and double moment configurations of a microphysical parameterization in daily forecasts with the WRF model   John S. Kain, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Clark, S. J. Weiss, M. Xue, F. Kong, S. Y. Hong, K. S. S. Lim, and J. Dudhia 2:45 PM 12B.5 High-resolution storm-scale numerical weather prediction using EnKF for the 8 May 2003 Moore Oklahoma tornadic supercell   Recorded presentation Louis J. Wicker, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and E. R. Mansell, D. C. Dowell, and D. T. Dawson II 3:00 PM 12B.6 EnKF analyses of two tornadic supercells using rapid-scan phased array radar data   Recorded presentation Therese E. Thompson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker, P. L. Heinselman, and C. L. Ziegler
	3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 7 Numerical Weather Prediction Posters
P7.1 How midlevel horizontal humidity gradients affect simulated storm morphology   Matthew J. Bunkers, NOAA/NWSFO, Rapid City, SD   P7.2 Three-dimensional Analyses of Several Thunderstorm Cases Observed using Hunan's Regional Radar Network   Chenghao Fu, Human Meteorological Observatory, Changsha, Hunan, China; and J. Gao, Z. Li, C. Ye, L. Xu, and M. Xue   P7.3 Impact of Assimilating Radar Observations on Storm-scale EnKF System within Realistic Mesoscale Environment   Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Wheatley and D. Stensrud   P7.4 The Development of a Hybrid 3DVAR-EnKF Algorithm for Storm-scale Data Assimilation   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and D. J. Stensrud   P7.5 Simulating GOES-R satellite imagery from WRF output   Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and L. Grasso, J. Sieglaff, J. A. Otkin, R. M. Rabin, and J. S. Kain   P7.6 A comparison of the structural evolution and microphysical state of a forecasted MCS using a single and two-moment microphysics scheme   Bryan J. Putnam, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, G. Zhang, Y. Jung, N. Snook, and A. D. Schenkman   P7.7 Impacts of varying the integration depth on performance of updraft helicity as numerical guidance for severe thunderstorms forecasting   Stacey M. Hitchcock, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. T. Marsh and H. Brooks   P7.8 A proposed methodology for model-based feature-specific prediction designed for high impact weather   Jacob R. Carley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and B. R. J. Schwedler, M. E. Baldwin, R. J. Trapp, J. Kwiatkowski, J. Logsdon, and S. J. Weiss   P7.9 Spatial verification of convective systems during the Hazardous Weather Testbed 2010 Spring Experiment   Michelle Harrold, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. L. Jensen, B. G. Brown, S. J. Weiss, P. T. Marsh, M. Xue, F. Kong, A. Clark, K. W. Thomas, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, and R. Schneider   P7.10 Verification of probablistic forecasts for severe weather parameters in the 2010 Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecast System and the operational SREF system   Adam J. Clark, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, K. Brewster, X. Wang, S. J. Weiss, I. L. Jirak, C. J. Melick, P. T. Marsh, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, and J. Du   P7.11 A New Lightning Parameterization and its Implementation in a Weather Prediction Model   Johannes Dahl, North Carolina State University, 27695-8208, NC; and H. Hoeller and U. Schumann
	3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 8 Supercells and Tornadoes Posters II
P8.1 An examination of environmental parameters and radar evolution associated with tornadic supercells in south-central Nebraska on 15 June and 17 June 2009   Jeremy J. Wesely, NOAA/NWS, Hastings, NE; and R. D. Pfannkuch   P8.2 Preliminary analysis of a winter tornadic storm observed with radar and in situ instrumentation   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Inoue, K. Bessho, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, S. Hoshino, H. Yamauchi, T. Imai, K. Araki, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, Y. Hono, W. Kato, K. Adachi, and T. Takemi   P8.3 The Vertical Structures within a winter tornadic storm during landfall over the Japan Sea area   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Inoue, K. Bessho, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, S. Hoshino, H. Yamauchi, T. Imai, K. Araki, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, Y. Hono, W. Kato, K. Adachi, and T. Takemi   P8.4 High-resolution OU-PRIME radar observations of a prolific tornado-producing supercell on 10 May 2010   David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, M. R. Kumjian, and A. V. Ryzhkov   P8.5 Microphysical characteristics in supercell thunderstorms using mobile dual-polarization radars and mobile disdrometers   Katja Friedrich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and F. Masters, J. Wurman, and D. W. Burgess   P8.6 A multiple-wavelength polarimetric analysis of the 16 May 2010 Oklahoma City hailstorm   Joseph C. Picca, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov   P8.7 Polarimetric radar characteristics of a supercell hailstorm on 10 May 2010 in central Oklahoma   Clark D. Payne, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. A. Van Den Broeke, L. R. Lemon, and P. T. Schlatter   P8.8 The structure and time evolution of polarimetric signatures in severe convective storms based on high-resolution numerical simulations and data from a mobile, dual-polarized, X-band Doppler radar   Jeffrey C. Snyder, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, Y. Jung, S. J. Frasier, and V. Venkatesh   P8.9 Supercell Dissipation Observed by VORTEX2 on 9 June 2009 and its Impact on the Understanding of Storm Demise   Casey E. Letkewicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker   P8.10 An examination of varying supercell environments over the complex terrain of the eastern Tennessee River Valley   David M. Gaffin, NOAA/NWSFO, Morristown, TN; and D. G. Hotz P8.11 Mesoscale environments and radar characteristics of three late evening Appalachian tornadic supercells in early May 2009   Stephen J. Keighton, NOAA/NWS, Blacksburg, VA; and M. Chenard and A. Phillips   P8.12 The Effects of Topography and Friction on Mesocyclones and Tornadoes   Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL   P8.13 The 17 June 2010 Minnesota Tornado Outbreak: A Brief Event Overview and Historical Perspective   Thomas R. Hultquist, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and D. J. Miller, B. Bramer, M. Friedlein, T. Krause, A. Graning, A. Lamers, G. Gust, and D. Kellenbenz   P8.14 Classic and HP mini-supercells in southeast Oregon and southwest Idaho on 3 May 2009   Stephen S. Parker, NOAA/NWSFO, Boise, ID   P8.15 Simulations of the supercell outbreak of 18 March 1925   Melissa E. Becker, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and M. S. Gilmore, J. Naylor, J. K. Weber, R. A. Maddox, G. P. Compo, J. S. Whitaker, and T. M. Hamill   P8.16 Storm mergers. Part 2: Observations of merger events from VORTEX2   Ryan M. Hastings, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and Y. P. Richardson, P. M. Markowski, and J. Wurman   P8.17 Impacts of Cell Interaction on Storm Intensification: A Dynamical and Microphysical Perspective   Ann Syrowski, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett and R. B. Wilhelmson   P8.18 Evolution of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas tornadic supercell storm as inferred from mobile, X-band Doppler radar observations   Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and H. B. Bluestein, S. J. Frasier, and K. Hardwick   P8.19 Low-level mesocyclogenesis in the presence of increasing low-level atmospheric stability   Kent H. Knopfmeier, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud   P8.20 Super Tuesday storm variability   Todd A. Murphy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp P8.21 Dual-Doppler Wind Analysis of Low-level Mesocyclones Verified against StickNet Wind Observations   Anthony E. Reinhart, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss P8.22 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P8.22 Initiation and modulation of severe storms along warm fronts   Brian F. Jewett, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. B. Wilhelmson   P8.23 Characteristics of supercells simulated with tornadic and non-tornadic RUC-2 proximity soundings. Part I: Sensitivity to convective initiation mechanisms   Lawrence Burkett, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. S. Gilmore, R. L. Thompson, R. Edwards, J. M. Straka, and R. B. Wilhelmson   P8.24 The 21 January Huntsville tornado: Storm and mesoscale characteristics inferred from combined high-resolution dual-polarization radar data and video images   Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Coleman and E. W. McCaul Jr.   P8.25 Precipitation characteristics of supercell hook echoes   Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and A. V. Ryzhkov   P8.26 Two record breaking Australian hailstorms: storm environments, damage characteristics and rarity   Bruce William Buckley, Insurance Australia Group, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and W. Sullivan, P. Chan, and M. Leplastrier   P8.27 Surface observations of the rear-flank downdraft evolution associated with the Aurora, NE tornado of 17 June 2009   Bruce D. Lee, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and C. A. Finley, C. D. Karstens, and T. M. Samaras   P8.28 (Formerly P10.1) Possible impacts of the Enhanced Fujita Scale on United States tornado data   Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks
	5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Wednesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	5:30 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday Depart for Off-Site Dinner Event
Thursday, 14 October 2010
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 13A Supercells and Tornadoes: Supercell Structure and Dynamics II
Cochairs: Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; Therese E. Thompson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
8:00 AM 13A.1 Invited Speaker—Future of severe storm research   Recorded presentation Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO 8:30 AM 13A.2 Numerical Simulation of Infrasound Generated by Severe Storms   Recorded presentation David A. Schecter, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and M. E. Nicholls 8:45 AM 13A.3 Simulating supercell thunderstorms in a horizontally heterogeneous convective boundary layer   Recorded presentation Christopher J. Nowotarski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, and G. H. Bryan 9:00 AM 13A.4 Doppler lidar observations of the boundary layer near tornadic and non-tornadic supercells   Recorded presentation Jana B. Houser, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Bluestein, G. D. Emmitt, and R. Bluth 13A.5 Examination of the low level polarimetric radar parameters associated with the August 20 2009 southern Ontario tornadic supercells   Mike Leduc, EC, King City, ON, Canada; and S. Boodoo and D. M. L. Sills 9:15 AM 13A.6 Intercomparison between the observed and modeled 21 January 2010 low topped tornado producing thunderstorm in Huntsville, AL   Recorded presentation Elise V. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and C. Kirkpatrick, U. S. Nair, C. J. Schultz, K. Knupp, W. A. Petersen, and L. D. Carey 9:30 AM 13A.7 Electrification and Lightning in Simulations of the 29 May 2004 Geary, OK Storm Using EnKF Data Assimilation   Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, D. R. MacGorman, and M. I. Biggerstaff
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 13B Numerical Weather Prediction: Model Verification
Chair: Louis J. Wicker, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 13B.1 An Overview of the Objective Evaluation Performed During the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) 2010 Spring Experimen   Recorded presentation Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and M. Harrold, B. G. Brown, S. J. Weiss, P. T. Marsh, M. Xue, F. Kong, A. J. Clark, K. W. Thomas, J. S. Kain, R. S. Schneider, D. R. Novak, F. E. Barthold, J. J. Levit, and M. C. Coniglio 8:45 AM 13B.2 A Report and Feature-based Verification Study of the CAPS 2008 Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts for Severe Convective Weather   Amy R. Harless, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss, R. S. Schneider, M. Xue, and F. Kong 9:00 AM 13B.3 Evaluation of the performance and distribution of hourly maximum fields from storm-scale ensemble forecasts   Recorded presentation Israel L. Jirak, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss, C. J. Melick, P. T. Marsh, J. S. Kain, A. J. Clark, M. Xue, F. Kong, and K. W. Thomas 9:15 AM 13B.4 When can high-resolution NWP model forecasts be trusted? Using error characteristics of the initial conditions to evaluate the likelihood of accurate forecasts   Recorded presentation Craig S. Schwartz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Weisman and W. Wang 9:30 AM 13B.5 An environmental climatology of the CAPS Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecast system during the 2010 HWT Spring Experiment   Recorded presentation Christopher J. Melick, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, S. J. Weiss, A. J. Clark, P. T. Marsh, J. S. Kain, M. Xue, F. Kong, and K. W. Thomas 9:45 AM 13B.6 Using traditional and spatial verification methods to evaluate real-time model forecasts of convection   Recorded presentation Derek R. Stratman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio and M. Xue
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 14 Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making: Short-Range Forecasting II
Chair: Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
10:30 AM 14.1 Invited Speaker—Future of severe storm forecasting   Recorded presentation David Stensrud, CIMMS, Norman, OK 11:00 AM 14.2 Assessing the utility of several analysis schemes for diagnosing precursor signals for convective initiation and non-supercell tornadogenesis along boundaries   Recorded presentation Edward J. Szoke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. Albers, Y. Xie, L. S. Wharton, R. Glancy, E. Thaler, D. Barjenbruch, B. Meier, and Z. Toth 11:15 AM 14.3 Using convection-allowing models to produce forecast guidance for severe thunderstorm hazards via a “surrogate severe” approach   Recorded presentation Ryan Sobash, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, A. R. Dean, D. R. Bright, and S. J. Weiss 11:30 AM 14.4 Investigating a fundamental component of a Warn-on-Forecast system in a collaborative real-time experiment   Recorded presentation Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & OU/CIMMS/SoM, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, I. L. Jirak, R. Sobash, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, and M. Xue 11:45 AM 14.5 Forecasting Supercell Storms: Application of Operational Tools and Cutting-Edge Numerical Model Guidance in VORTEX2   Recorded presentation Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, M. C. Coniglio, M. P. Foster, T. P. Marshall, and G. S. Garfield
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Break for Lunch
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 15 Supercells and Tornadoes: Tornadogenesis
Chair: Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1:30 PM 15.1 Near-surface vortexgenesis in idealized three-dimensional numerical simulations involving a heat source and a heat sink in a vertically sheared environment   Recorded presentation Paul M. Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Majcen and Y. Richardson 1:45 PM 15.2 Evolution of a Tornadic Supercell and its Environment Sampled by the NWRT Phased Array Radar and Oklahoma City Micronet   Recorded presentation Rick Hluchan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and R. A. Brown 2:00 PM 15.3 TTUKa Mobile Doppler Radar Observations of Near-Surface Circulations in VORTEX2   Recorded presentation Patrick S. Skinner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, A. E. Reinhart, W. S. Gunter, J. L. Schroeder, and J. Guynes 2:15 PM 15.4 High-resolution radar analysis during tornadogenesis from OU-PRIME on 10 May 2010   Recorded presentation David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, C. Ziegler, and P. L. Heinselman 2:30 PM 15.5 Precipitation properties of a cool-season tornadic storm inferred from C-band dual-polarimetric radar and 2D-video disdrometer observations   Recorded presentation Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, M. Thurai, M. E. Anderson, E. V. Schultz, C. J. Schultz, and K. Knupp 2:45 PM 15.6 Comparing aerosol and low-level moisture influences on supercell tornadogenesis: idealized simulations   Recorded presentation David Lerach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 9 Forecasting Techniques and Warning Decision Making Posters II
P9.1 A study of convective initiation failure on 22 October 2004   Jennifer M. Laflin, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD; and P. N. Schumacher   P9.2 Comparing techniques and reanalysis datasets when diagnosing the relative severity of convective outbreaks   Chad M. Shafer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and A. E. Mercer, M. B. Richman, L. M. Leslie, and C. A. Doswell III   P9.3 An operational approach for integrating multiple high resolution model solutions during a high impact event: the 22 May 2010 EF4 Bowdle tornado   Michael A. Fowle, NOAA/NWS, Aberdeen, SD   P9.4 Composite analysis of environmental conditions favorable for significant tornadoes across eastern Kansas   Joshua M. Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE; and B. E. Mayes, W. Gargan, G. Phillips, and J. Leighton   P9.5 An application of a cutoff low forecaster pattern recognition model to the 30 June–2 July 2009 significant event for the Northeast   Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY; and N. A. Stuart, M. Scalora, L. F. Bosart, and D. Keyser   P9.6 WSR-88D close-range sampling of neighboring supercells: a case of tornadic versus non-tornadic tendencies   Steven R. Cobb, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and T. T. Lindley   P9.7 ZDR column characteristics and trends during the 10 May 2010 severe weather outbreak   Cynthia A. Van Den Broeke, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Payne, L. R. Lemon, and P. T. Schlatter   P9.8 The impact of WSR-88D Super-Resolution data in low-level mesocyclone evaluation   James G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. S. Spannagle, V. L. Holtz, and S. M. Torres P9.9 PAPER WITHDRAWN
	3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom ABC Poster Session 10 Supercells and Tornadoes Posters III
P10.1 moved. New paper number P8.29     P10.1 Using new technologies for damage surveys   John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and R. Smith and J. Robinson   P10.2 Forest damage associated with tornadoes in northern Arizona   David O. Blanchard, NOAA/NWS, Flagstaff, AZ   P10.3 The mystery of the Saragosa, Texas tornadoes: Was Saragosa hit by tornadoes multiple times prior to the 1987 tornado?   Mark R. Conder, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and G. Skwira   P10.4 Taxonomy and analysis of tornado surface marks   M. I. Zimmerman, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV; and D. C. Lewellen   P10.5 On the performance of brick and concrete masonry in windstorms   Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX   P10.6 In Situ and radar observations of low-level winds in tornadoes   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba and P. Robinson   P10.7 A comparison of radar observations to real data simulations of axisymmetric tornadoes   Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Trapp   P10.8 Investigations of Cai's Power Law for Strong Tornados   Douglas P. Dokken, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; and K. Scholz and M. Shvartsman   P10.9 Statistical Mechanics of Tornado Intensity Distributions   Masahisa Nakazato, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Suzuki, K. Kusunoki, H. Yamauchi, and H. Y. Inoue   P10.10 An anticyclonic tornado observed 10 May 2010 with CASA radar   J. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. R. Lemon   P10.11 Analysis of near-surface wind flow in close proximity to tornadoes   Christopher D. Karstens, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and T. M. Samaras, W. A. Gallus Jr., C. A. Finley, and B. D. Lee   P10.12 A new parametric model of vortex tangential wind-profile: Testing and verification   Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. W. White   P10.13 Exploring Doppler radar estimates of tornado intensity   Mallie Toth, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, and K. A. Kosiba   P10.14 Two tornadic thunderstorms in ostensibly weak deep layer shear environments in southeastern Colorado: cyclic supercells of May 25 (Kiowa County) and May 31 (Baca County) 2010   John P. Monteverdi, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA; and M. Umscheid and E. M. Bookbinder   P10.15 Numerical simulation of low-level misocyclones associated with winter convective cells: a case study from the Shonai area railroad weather project   Ken-ichi Shimose, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and S. Hayashi, W. Mashiko, K. Kusunoki, K. Bessho, S. Hoshino, K. Araki, H. Y. Inoue, M. Nakazato, Y. Hono, T. Imai, K. Adachi, H. Yamauchi, and T. Takemi   P10.16 Case of rapid tornado development from a cell with maximum reflectivity of 40dBz   Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO   P10.17 Impact of lapse rates upon low-level rotation in idealized storms   Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC   P10.18 Origins of the Granite Falls, MN Tornado, July 25, 2000 Revisited   Douglas P. Dokken, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; and L. Edholm, J. Nelson, K. Scholz, P. Shanahan, K. Weise, R. Naistat, and W. E. Togstad   P10.19 Characteristics of supercells simulated with tornadic and non-tornadic RUC-2 proximity soundings. Part III: Comparisons at tornado-resolving gridspacing   Jason Naylor, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and M. S. Gilmore, R. Edwards, and R. L. Thompson
	4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Session 16A Supercells and Tornadoes: Tornado Structure, Dynamics, and Damage II
Chair: Paul M. Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
4:30 PM 16A.1 A diagnostic study of a numerically generated supercell tornado vortex   Recorded presentation Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. L. Büker 4:45 PM 16A.2 The electromagnetic-hydrodynamic analogy: an approach to vortex dynamics and preservation in tornadic simulations   Recorded presentation Marcus L. Büker, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. J. Tripoli 5:00 PM 16A.3 Classifying and analyzing tornado-like vortices far from axisymmetry   Recorded presentation D. C. Lewellen, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV 5:15 PM 16A.4 Oklahoma tornadoes of 10 May 2010   Recorded presentation Leslie R. Lemon, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Payne, C. A. Van Den Broeke, and P. T. Schlatter 5:30 PM 16A.5 Rapid-scan analyses of supercells during tornadogenesis using a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar   Recorded presentation Michael M. French, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, and R. Bluth 5:45 PM 16A.6 An Examination of the Vertical Structure of two tornadoes using Ka-band mobile doppler radar   Recorded presentation Ryan S. Metzger, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss
	4:30 PM-6:30 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom D Session 16B Severe Weather Climatology III
Chair: William A. Gallus, Jr., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA
4:30 PM 16B.1 A technique for developing a US climatology of thunderstorms: The ThOR algorithm   Jamie Lahowetz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. Houston, G. Limpert, A. Gibbs, and B. L. Barjenbruch 4:45 PM 16B.2 Tracking of mesoscale weather systems in a high-resolution convection-permitting simulation of current climate   Recorded presentation Benjamin R. J. Schwedler, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. E. Baldwin and R. J. Trapp 5:00 PM 16B.3 Measured severe convective wind gust climatology of thunderstorms for the contiguous United States, 2003–2009   Recorded presentation Bryan T. Smith, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and A. C. Winters, C. M. Mead, A. R. Dean, and T. E. Castellanos 5:15 PM 16B.4 Regional trends of severe convective weather from high-resolution WRF simulations   Recorded presentation Eric D. Robinson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp, M. Baldwin, N. S. Diffenbaugh, and A. Gluhovsky 5:30 PM 16B.5 A comparison of the ambient conditions favoring different organizational convective structures over the Northeast US   Recorded presentation Kelly Lombardo, Stony Brook University/SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 5:45 PM 16B.6 Climatology of near-storm environments with convective modes for significant severe thunderstorms in the contiguous United States   Recorded presentation Richard L. Thompson, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and B. T. Smith, J. S. Grams, A. R. Dean, and C. Broyles 6:00 PM 16B.7 Effects of climate change on Central United States severe weather environments   Recorded presentation James Correia, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. Leung 6:15 PM Awards & Concluding Remarks
	6:30 PM-6:35 PM, Thursday 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms Adjourns
	8:30 PM-10:30 PM, Thursday, Grand Mesa Ballroom F Storm Video Night II

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