Session 4A Forecasting and Nowcasting Severe Convective Storms

Monday, 13 January 2025: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
206 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
Cochairs:
Kim Wood, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS and Matthew R. Beitscher, MS, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, VPPGB, Kansas City, MO

Papers:
4:30 PM
4A.1
Evaluating Radar-Based Rotational Thresholds for Tornadoes in Small-scale Convective Cells
Matthew R. Kramar, NWS, Moon Township, PA; and B. LaSorsa, C. Belak, M. Brudy, T. Cermak, S. Hefferan, D. Hofmann, C. Ledbetter, C. Milcarek, K. Pallozzi, D. Shallenberger, and A. Snyder

4:45 PM
4A.2
Reflecting on a Decade of Formalized Tornado Emergencies
Edward C. Wolff IV, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. Goodnight, L. Blind-Doskocil, and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón

5:00 PM
4A.3
Remote Mesoanalysis Support - Revolutionizing Severe Weather Operations through Mutual Aid
Randy A Graham, NWS, NWS, Kansas City, MO; and J. M. Pittman

5:15 PM
4A.4
Revisiting Environment-Based Hail Size Classification: A Direct Comparison of Composite Indices and Environmental Parameters from SPC Mesoanalysis
Jacob Widanski, SPC, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; CIWRO/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Karstens, I. L. Jirak, N. A. Dahl, A. R. Dean, and J. Vancil

5:30 PM
4A.5
New York and New England Significant Hail Climatology and Environmental Analysis
Michael Everett Main, NWS, Albany, NY; NOAA, Albany, NY; and T. A. Wasula

5:45 PM
4A.6
Examination of Convection-Allowing Model Forecasts of Convective Initiation in Cases with Missed and False Alarm Mesoscale Convective Systems
Nathan A. Sonntag, Iowa State Univ., AMES, IA; and S. Ritter and W. A. Gallus

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