Program: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms (11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms)

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Joint Session

11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms Opening Remarks

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Yvette P. Richardson, Penn State University; Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., ENSCO, Inc

16A.1

Along-frontal kinematic and moisture variability and the impact on convection initiation

Keynote Speaker

Joint SLS and ARAM Keynote Addresses

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms; and the 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace )

Speaker: John Kern, Federal Aviation Administration

Keynote Speaker

Joint SLS and ARAM Keynote Addresses

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace; and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms )

Organizer: Gen D.L. Johnson, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, NOAA/NWS

Keynote Speaker Session 1

Joint SLS and ARAM Keynote Addresses

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace; and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms )

Speaker: Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

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Coffee Break

Session 1

Technological advances in operations and warnings

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Alfred J. Bedard Jr., ETL; Tim Samaras, Applied Research Associates, Inc.

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

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

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

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, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra Jr., M. P. Foster, S. E. Nelson, and E. Mahoney

Presentation PDF (240.7 kB)

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Lunch Break

Session 2

Tornado and Severe Storm Environments I

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Stephen F. Corfidi, NOAA/NSSL/SPC; Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL

1:30 PM

2.1

Warm Sector Tornadoes with Discernible Surface Boundaries and Minimal Deep Layer Shea

Joshua M. Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Topeka, KS KS; and P. N. Schumacher

Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM

2.2

The Evolution of Mesoscylcones and Tornadic Development Under Different Shear Profiles

Philip N. Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD; and J. M. Boustead and J. A. Chapman

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Accuracy of Rapid Update Cycle low-level jet forecasts

Barry Schwartz, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and K. Brundage

Recorded Presentation

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2:15 PM

2.4

Effective storm-relative helicity in supercell thunderstorm environments

Richard L. Thompson, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. Edwards and C. M. Mead

Recorded Presentation

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2:30 PM

2.5

An examination of severe thunderstorm discrimination skills from traditional Doppler radar parameters and near storm environment (NSE) factors at large radar range

William E. Togstad, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and S. J. Taylor and J. L. Peters

Recorded Presentation

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2:45 PM

2.6

Environmental conditions associated with weak tornadoes across southern Virginia and northeast North Carolina in 2003 and 2004

Daniel H. Reilly, NOAA/NWS, Wakefield, VA

Recorded Presentation

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Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 1

TORNADO AND SEVERE STORM ENVIRONMENTS

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P1.1

Effective bulk shear in supercell thunderstorm environments

Richard L. Thompson, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and C. M. Mead and R. Edwards

Handout (259.2 kB)

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

Handout (151.1 kB)

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

Handout (459.8 kB)

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

Handout (1.7 MB)

P1.5

The Father’s Day 2002 severe weather outbreak across New York and Western New England

Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY

Handout (2.4 MB)

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

Handout (2.8 MB)

Poster Session 2

HAZARD MITIGATION, SOCIETAL IMPACTS, AND WARNINGS

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

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

Handout (580.9 kB)

P2.2

The Advanced Warning Operations Course (AWOC)

John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. M. Quoetone and M. A. Magsig

Handout (240.2 kB)

P2.3

The graphical severe weather warning initiative at the Fort Worth National Weather Service Office

William F. Bunting, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and L. Bucklew, P. Kirkwood, and S. Rae

Handout (195.6 kB)

P2.4

Graphically depicting the hazardous weather in southern middle Tennessee and north Alabama

P2.5

Severe Local Storm Warnings: Challenges from the 04 March 2004 Event

Gregory R. Patrick, NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and G. Woodall

Handout (842.2 kB)

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, CO

Handout (2.3 MB)

P2.7

Nonmeteorological factors in warning verification

Sarah Marie Davis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. LaDue

Handout (783.3 kB)

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

Handout (1.4 MB)

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.

Handout (1.1 MB)

P2.10

Building damage issues in tornadoes

Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX

Handout (1.2 MB)

Session 3B

Hazard Mitigation, Societal Impacts, and Warnings

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Al Moller, NOAA/NWS; Ray A. Wolf, NOAA/NWS

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

Presentation PDF (263.0 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Presentation PDF (34.0 kB)

3B.6

21st Century NWS Warning Communications- The Future of Warning Dissemination is Here

Session 3A

Tornado and Severe Storm Environments II

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Steven M. Zubrick, NOAA/NWSFO; Jason J. Levit, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC

4:30 PM

3A.1

The structure and climatology of boundary layer winds in the Southeast United States and its relationship to nocturnal tornado episodes

Alicia C. Wasula, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, R. S. Schneider, S. J. Weiss, R. H. Johns, G. S. Manikin, and P. Welsh

Recorded Presentation

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4:45 PM

3A.2

An observationally based hypothesis for significant tornadogenesis in mountain environments

Anton Seimon, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and L. F. Bosart

Presentation PDF (424.3 kB)

5:00 PM

3A.3

Identifying severe thunderstorm environments in southern Brazil: analysis of severe weather parameters

Ernani L. Nascimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

5:15 PM

3A.4

Analysis of a Texas tornado outbreak involving three modalities of enhanced tornadogenesis

Lon Curtis, KWTX-TV, Waco, TX

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

5:30 PM

3A.5

A study of the pre-storm environment of tornadic quasi-linear convective systems

Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Trapp and H. E. Brooks

Recorded Presentation

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5:45 PM

3A.6

A case study of three severe Tornadic storms in Alberta, Canada

Max Dupilka, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and G. Reuter

Recorded Presentation

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sessions end for the day

Icebreaker Reception

Weather Event Simulator Demonstration

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Tue 5 October

Session 4

Results from the BOW Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX) I

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University; George Bryan, NCAR

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

9:00 AM

4.4

MIPS Observations of Bow Echoes during BAMEX

Dustin Phillips, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Session 5

Results from the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX) II

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Morris L. Weisman, NCAR; Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

5.6

System-relative distribution of atmospheric soundings obtained during BAMEX

David A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Bryan, C. A. Davis, J. C. Knievel, S. B. Trier, and M. Weisman

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (103.0 kB)

Session 1

Lunch Break

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace; and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms )

Joint Session 1

Joint Session with 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms and 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms; and the 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace )

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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2:45 PM

J1.6

A 13-km RUC AND BEYOND: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE PLANS

Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, 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

Recorded Presentation

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Session 6

Mesoscale Convective Systems

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Matthew D. Parker, University of Nebraska; Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M University

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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2:00 PM

6.3

Simulated convective lines with parallel precipitation

Matthew D. Parker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 3

Results from the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX)

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

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., SPC, Norman, OK; 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

Handout (2.9 MB)

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

Handout (682.6 kB)

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

Handout (2.0 MB)

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

Handout (896.8 kB)

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

Handout (164.5 kB)

Poster Session 4

Mesoscale Convective Systems and Convectively Driven High Wind Events

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P4.1

Post mesoscale convective system convection

James LaDue, NOAA/NWS/WDTB, Norman, OK

Handout (1.1 MB)

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

Handout (2.9 MB)

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

Handout (316.2 kB)

P4.4

Derecho families

Walker S. Ashley, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote and M. L. Bentley

Handout (241.3 kB)

P4.5

Cellular structures in simulated squall lines with moist absolutely unstable layers

George Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rotunno

Handout (656.1 kB)

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

Handout (1.1 MB)

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

Handout (469.7 kB)

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

Handout (1.7 MB)

P4.9

The severe thunderstorm outbreak in Finland on 5 July 2002

Ari-Juhani Punkka, Finnish meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Teittinen

Handout (1.1 MB)

Poster Session 5

CLIMATOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SEVERE STORMS

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P5.1

Tornado Outbreak Days: an updated and expanded climatology (1875-2003)

Russell Schneider, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer and H. E. Brooks

Handout (217.9 kB)

P5.2

The Super Outbreak: Outbreak of the Century

Stephen F. Corfidi, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK

Handout (1.8 MB)

P5.3

Non-convective windstorms in the Midwest United States: surface and satellite climatologies

John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Handout (212.3 kB)

P5.4

Intensity and temporal distributions of tornadoes from quasi-linear convective systems

Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Trapp, H. E. Brooks, and S. A. Tessendorf

Handout (538.2 kB)

P5.5

A climatology of severe weather reports as a function of convective system morphology

Nathan Snook, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr.

Handout (193.6 kB)

P5.6

Evidence of Smaller Tornado Alleys Across the United States Based on a Long Track F3-F5 Tornado Climatology Study from 1880-2003

Chris Broyles, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and C. Crosbie

Handout (2.9 MB)

P5.7

A Comparison of Rawinsonde Data from the Southeastern United States During El Nino, La Nina, and Neutral Winters

Victoria Lynn Sankovich, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. T. Schaefer and J. J. Levit

Handout (78.3 kB)

P5.8

A Climatology of Synoptic Conditions which produced Significant Tornadoes across the Southern Appalachian Region

David M. Gaffin, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and S. S. Parker

Handout (2.6 MB)

Session 7A

Convectively Driven High Wind Events

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Ronald W. Przybylinski, NOAA/NWS; Glenn A. Field, NOAA/NWS

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (116.0 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

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., NWS, Saint Charles, MO; and R. Przybylinski

Recorded Presentation

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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

Presentation PDF (256.6 kB)

Session 7B

Climatological Studies of Severe Storms

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: John P. Monteverdi, San Francisco State Univ.; Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (781.0 kB)

5:45 PM

7B.6

Lower Michigan MCS Climatology: Trends, Pattern Types, and Marine Layer Impacts

Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. L. Bentley, J. A. Sparks, B. Dukesherer, and J. S. Evans

Recorded Presentation

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sessions end for the day

Video Session

1

Wed 6 October

Session 8B

Radar and Multi-Sensor Applications

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Mark Askelson, University of North Dakota; Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NWS/MDL

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (408.2 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (167.7 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (58.6 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (235.5 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (168.5 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (502.0 kB)

Session 8A

High-Resolution Numerical Modeling and Prediction of Severe Storms and Tornadoes I

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: William Gallus, Iowa State University; Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College

8A.1

Sequential storm-scale data assimilation of polarimetric radar observations using an ensemble Kalman filter

8:30 AM

8A.2

Assimilation of radar observations of a supercell storm using 4DVar: Parameter retrieval experiments

N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, J. Sun, and Y. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

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8:45 AM

8A.3

Preliminary numerical simulations of infrasound generation processes by severe weather using a fully compressible numerical model

Melville E. Nicholls, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Pielke Sr. and A. J. Bedard Jr.

Recorded Presentation

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9:00 AM

8A.4

The sensitivity of simulated convective storms to variations in prescribed microphysics parameters

Charles Cohen, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and E. W. McCaul Jr.

Recorded Presentation

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9:15 AM

8A.5

The initiation, longevity and morphology of simulated convective storms as a function of free-tropospheric relative humidity

Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL; and C. Cohen

Recorded Presentation

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8A.6

The morphology of Multiple Simulated Supercells: Sensitivity experiments to timing and spacing of cell initiation and microphysics

9:45 AM

8A.7

The motion of simulated convective storms as a function of basic environmental parameters

Cody Kirkpatrick, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. W. McCaul Jr.

Recorded Presentation

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8A.8

The role of cell interaction on storm intensity and longevity

1

Coffee Break

Session 9

High-Resolution Numerical Modeling and Prediction of Severe Storms and Tornadoes II

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Louis J. Wicker, NSSL; Yvette P. Richardson, Penn State University

10:30 AM

9.1

Analysis of simulated supercell tornadogenesis

Glen Romine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Wicker and M. S. Gilmore

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

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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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

11:45 AM

9.6

Tornadogenesis within a Simulated Supercell Storm

Ming Xue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1

Lunch Break

Session 10

Synoptic and Mesoscale Processes and Severe Convection

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Lance F. Bosart, SUNY; Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M University

1:30 PM

10.1

On the importance of processes in the dry air upon convective initiation along the dryline

Carl E. Hane, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. Richter

Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM

10.2

Convection initiation and misocyclone development: Is there a link?

Katja Friedrich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. Kingsmill and C. Young

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

10.3

The role of preexisting thermal boundaries in the maintenance and rotation of deep convection in high-CAPE, low-shear environments

Adam L. Houston, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. B. Wilhelmson

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

10.4

An Examination of Two Atypical Severe Weather Episodes in the Northern Plains: The Role of Jet-"Front" Interaction

Jeffrey A. Chapman, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD; and P. N. Schumacher

Recorded Presentation

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2:30 PM

10.5

How upper-level shear can promote organized convective systems

Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and L. J. Wicker

Recorded Presentation

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2:45 PM

10.6

Do supercell thunderstorms play a role in the equilibrium of the large-scale atmosphere?

Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and C. A. Doswell III and M. Huber

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

1

Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 6

High Resolution Numerical Modeling and Prediction of Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P6.1

The influence of horizontally-varying CAPE and vertical shear on numerically-simulated convective storms

P6.2

An evaluation of "RKW Theory" using a model intercomparison

George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Knievel and M. D. Parker

Handout (724.3 kB)

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

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P7.1

Thunderstorm types associated with the “Broken-S” Radar Signature

Richard H. Grumm, NOAA/NWS, University Park, PA

Handout (290.1 kB)

P7.2

A variational, pseudo-multiple Doppler radar analysis technique for mobile, ground-based radars

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and H. B. Bluestein and A. Pazmany

Handout (842.1 kB)

P7.3

Observations of the two-dimensional wind field in severe convective storms using a mobile, X-band, Doppler radar with a spaced antenna

Andrew Pazmany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and H. B. Bluestein, M. French, and S. Frasier

P7.4

Simulated WSR-88D measurements of a tornado having a weak reflectivity center

Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell and R. A. Brown

Handout (930.4 kB)

P7.5

Radar Documentation of a Cyclic Supercell in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Theodore B. Schlaepfer, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA; and J. P. Monteverdi

Handout (2.8 MB)

P7.6

Comparisons of Doppler velocity tornadic vortex signatures with signatures from model vortices

Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood

Handout (527.4 kB)

P7.7

AWIPS radar and warning strategies using multiple virtual desktops

Josh Korotky, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

Handout (1.3 MB)

P7.8

New Hail Diagnostic Parameters Dervied by Integrating Multiple Radars and Multiple Sensors

Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NWS/MDL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith and J. Hocker

Handout (674.5 kB)

Poster Session 8

Synoptic and Mesoscale Processes and Severe Local Storms Forecasting

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P8.1

An update to the supercell composite and significant tornado parameters

Richard L. Thompson, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. Edwards and C. M. Mead

Handout (134.7 kB)

P8.2

The simulation of high-precipitation supercells on preexisting boundaries in multicellular environments

Adam L. Houston, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. B. Wilhelmson

Handout (213.4 kB)

P8.3

Studies on calculating convective energy with different moist adiabatic processes

Yaodong Li, Beijing Aviation Meteorological Institute, Beijing, China; and J. Liu

Handout (274.0 kB)

P8.4

Forecasting cloud-to-ground lightning data with AFWA-MM5 model data using the “Bolt Of Lightning Technique” (BOLT) algorithm

David L. Keller, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Handout (225.2 kB)

P8.5

Paper P8.5 Moved to 11A.3A

P8.6

Florida severe storm indicators

Frank W. Alsheimer, NOAA/NWSFO, Ruskin, FL; and J. A. States and C. H. Paxton

Handout (87.8 kB)

P8.7

Heavy convective rain events over Québec: a forecasting tool

Serge Mainville, EC, St-Laurent, QC, Canada

Handout (747.7 kB)

P8.8

Explicit simulations of convective-scale transport of mineral dust in severe convective weather

Tetsuya Takemi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Handout (370.0 kB)

Poster Session 9

Flooding and Hailstorms

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P9.1

The Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX hailstorm: 5 April 2003

Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX; and R. F. Herzog, E. D. Mitchell, and S. Rae

Handout (1.4 MB)

P9.2

Hail damage to Tile Roofing

Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX; and R. F. Herzog, S. J. Morrison, and S. R. Smith

Handout (1.7 MB)

P9.3

Hail Damage to Built-up Roofing

Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX; and S. J. Morrison

Handout (1.3 MB)

P9.4

Hail damage to asphalt roof shingles

Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrolloton, TX; and R. F. Herzog and S. Morrison

Handout (2.5 MB)

P9.5

Evaluation of an Alberta Hail Growth Model Using Severe Hail Proximity Soundings in the United States

Ryan Jewell, NOAA, Norman, OK; and J. C. Brimelow

Handout (1.1 MB)

P9.6

Severe thunderstorms of 3 April 2004: an examination of a dry-season severe weather event in the Borderland

Michael P. Hardiman, NOAA/NWSFO, Santa Teresa, NM; and J. A. Rogash

Handout (1.3 MB)

P9.7

The 2004 April Fool's New England Flooding Event: Analysis of Three Heavy Precipitation Episodes Associated with a Slow Moving Cutoff Cyclone

David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/HPC, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ayyier

Handout (489.7 kB)

P9.8

Low-Level Boundary Intensification and Convective Regeneration in the Lower Mississippi River Valley Region Severe Weather and Flash Flood Event of April 6-7 2003

Eric E. Carpenter, NOAA/NWS, Jackson, MS; and J. P. Gagan

Handout (366.8 kB)

P9.9

(Formerly poster P15.2) The 12 November 2003 Los Angeles Hailstorm

Robert G. Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Handout (991.0 kB)

Session 11B

Flooding and Hailstorms

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Matthew S. Gilmore, University of Illinois; Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co.

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (753.1 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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5:30 PM

11B.5

The impact of tropical rainfall rates on flash flood detection

Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

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

Session 11A

Severe Local Storms Forecasting

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Richard L. Thompson, NOAA/NSSL/SPC; Tracy Lorraine Smith, NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory

4:30 PM

11A.1

Moisture flux convergence: its history and application in convective initiation forecasting

Peter C. Banacos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. M. Schultz

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

4:45 PM

11A.2

Forecasting short term convective mode and evolution for severe storms initiated along synoptic boundaries

Greg Leander Dial, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and J. P. Racy

Recorded Presentation

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11A.3

A technique for diagnosing the likely occurrence and severity of convection

5:15 PM

11A.4

Leveraging the Combined Strengths of Local Mesoscale Modeling and Local Forecaster Intelligence to Refine Convective Threat Assessments

David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM

11A.5

An automated “3-Element” algorithm for forecasting severe weather using AFWA MM5 model output data

David L. Keller, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Recorded Presentation

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5:45 PM

11A.6

Exploring hodograph-based techniques to estimate the velocity of right-moving supercells

Hamish Andrew Ramsay, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. A. Doswell III

Recorded Presentation

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6:00 PM

11A.3A

Characteristics of a tornado outbreak associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill

Paul A. Yura, NOAA/NWS, Charleston, SC; and D. P. St. Jean

Recorded Presentation

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sessions end for the day

Banquet - Hyline Dinner Cruise

1

Thur 7 October

Session 12

Studies of the May 2003 tornado outbreaks

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Mike Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NWS; Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

8:00 AM

12.1

Tornado Outbreak Day Sequences: historic events and climatology (1875-2003)

Russell Schneider, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks and J. T. Schaefer

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (539.8 kB)

8:15 AM

12.2

On the motion and interaction between left- and right-moving supercells on 4 May 2003

Daniel T. Lindsey, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. J. Bunkers

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (722.0 kB)

8:30 AM

12.3

Signatures in Lightning Activity during Tennessee Valley Severe Storms of 5-6 May 2003

Patrick N Gatlin, GHCC, Huntsville, AL; and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

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8:45 AM

12.4

High resolution analyses of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City storm, part 1: Storm structure and evolution from radar data

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (626.2 kB)

9:00 AM

12.5

High resolution analyses of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City storm. Part II: EnKF data assimilation and forecast experiments

David C. Dowell, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker and D. J. Stensrud

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

9:15 AM

12.6

High-resolution analyses of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City storm. Part III: An ultra-high resolution forecast experiment

Louis J. Wicker, NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (598.4 kB)

9:30 AM

12.7

A Mesoscale Re-analysis of Anticipated Severe Weather Threats in the Ozarks During the Week of May 4th-10th 2003

Evan M. Bookbinder, NOAA/NWSFO, Springfield, MO; and W. D. Browning

Recorded Presentation

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9:45 AM

12.8

The Anatomy of the Big Event That Never Happened—The Grand Finale of the May 2003 Tornado Outbreak

Neil A. Stuart, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

1

Coffee Break

Session 13

Supercells and Tornadic Storms

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Christopher C. Weiss, University of Oklahoma; Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research

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

Recorded Presentation

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10:44 AM

13.2

Paper 13.2 moved to Session 14. New paper number 14.4a.

10:45 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (662.4 kB)

11:00 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

11:15 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (940.3 kB)

11:30 AM

13.6

Growth of Circulation around Supercell Updrafts

Robert Davies-Jones, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

11:45 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

1

Lunch Break

Session 14

Tornadogenesis

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: Howie Bluestein, University of Oklahoma; Ming Xue, University of Oklahoma

1:30 PM

14.1

Vortex sheets, vortex rings, and a mesocyclone

David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (271.2 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (657.6 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

2:15 PM

14.4

Paper 14.4 moved to poster session 10. New paper number P10.8

2:16 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

2:31 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (621.4 kB)

2:46 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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (511.6 kB)

1

Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 10

Supercells and Tornadic Storms I

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P10.1

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

Handout (602.4 kB)

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

Handout (687.2 kB)

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

Handout (835.7 kB)

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

Handout (510.6 kB)

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. S. Evans, M. Cempa, and S. Rogowski

Handout (836.7 kB)

P10.7

Presumable cause of tornado evolution

Alex Guskov, Institute of Solid State Physics of Russian Academy of Science, Chernogolovka, Russia

Handout (246.7 kB)

P10.8

An Analysis of the Oklahoma City Storm on 9 May 2003 (formerly paper 14.4)

Poster Session 11

Supercells and Tornadic Storms II

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P11.1

Thermodynamic characterization of supercell rear flank downdrafts in Project ANSWERS 2003

Matthew L. Grzych, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and B. D. Lee, C. A. Finley, and J. L. Schroeder

Handout (331.3 kB)

P11.2

Thermodynamic and kinematic analysis of multiple RFD surges for the 24 June 2003 Manchester, SD cyclic tornadic supercell during Project ANSWERS 2003

Bruce D. Lee, High Impact Weather Research & Consulting, LLC, Grand Rapids, MN; and C. A. Finley and P. Skinner

Handout (1023.4 kB)

P11.3

High resolution mobile mesonet observations of RFD surges in the June 9 Basset, Nebraska supercell during Project ANSWERS 2003

Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and B. D. Lee

Handout (275.3 kB)

P11.4

A historical perspective of In-Situ observations within Tornado Cores

Tim M. Samaras, National Technical Systems

Handout (523.7 kB)

P11.5

The structure of a tornado: Ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD) analysis of mobile, W-band, Doppler radar data on 15 May 1999 near Stockton, Kansas

Robin L. Tanamachi, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, C. C. Weiss, M. Bell, W. C. Lee, and A. Pazmany

Handout (2.7 MB)

P11.6

Scales of motion in tornadoes, what radars cannot see, what scale circulation is a tornado

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and C. Alexander

Handout (3.0 MB)

P11.7

Dual-polarization, mobile, X-band, Doppler radar observations of hook echoes in supercells

Francesc Junyent Lopez, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and A. Pazmany, H. B. Bluestein, M. R. Kramar, M. French, C. Weiss, and S. Frasier

Handout (746.8 kB)

Poster Session 12

Supercells and Tornadic Storms III

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P12.1

Supercell evolution in environments with unusual hodographs

David O. Blanchard, NOAA/NWS, Flagstaff, AZ; and B. A. Klimowski

Handout (962.4 kB)

P12.2

Environmental analysis and photographic documentation of an intense, left-moving supercell on the Colorado plains

Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and S. J. Hodanish

Handout (514.3 kB)

P12.3

An observational study of the interaction between a supercell and a mesoscale boundary

Mark R. Conder, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. Cobb, G. D. Skwira, and J. L. Schroeder

Handout (1.5 MB)

P12.4

Analysis of the 28 April 2002 La Plata, Maryland tornado mesoscale environment

Stephen J. Rogowski, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and S. M. Zubrick

Handout (2.2 MB)

P12.5

Overview and synoptic assessment of the 28 April 2002 La Plata, MD tornado

Christopher A. Strong, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and S. Zubrick

Handout (890.8 kB)

P12.6

The 10 May 2004 Limon, Colorado tornadic event: An examination of a cyclic tornadic supercell in a weak upper level flow environment

Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO

Handout (2.6 MB)

P12.7

The role of a surface boundary and multiple-cell mergers in the development of the 21 April 2003 tornado in Upstate South Carolina

Bryan P. McAvoy, NOAA/NWS, Greer, SC

Handout (394.8 kB)

Poster Session 13

Results from the International H2O Project (IHOP)

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

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. P. Richardson

Handout (1.7 MB)

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

Handout (2.5 MB)

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

Handout (1.1 MB)

Poster Session 14

Lightning

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

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

Handout (227.8 kB)

P14.3

The use of Lightning Mapping Array data in WDSS-II

V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. D. Hondl, D. MacGorman, and G. J. Stumpf

Handout (378.0 kB)

P14.4

Three-dimensional lightning location relative to storm structure in a Mesoscale Convective System

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. J. Murphy, T. McCormick, and N. W. S. Demetriades

Handout (649.1 kB)

P14.5

Lightning signatures in convective storms on the High Plains

Maribel Martinez, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. Schroeder

Handout (197.3 kB)

P14.6

Correlation of Lightning Flash Rates with a Microburst Event

Karen M. Altino, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and S. J. Goodman

Poster Session 15

Use of Mesoscale Numerical Modeling in Severe Local Storms Forecasting

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

P15.1

The 4 June 1999 derecho event: the ultimate challenge for numerical weather prediction?

William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and J. Correia and I. Jankov

Handout (485.8 kB)

P15.2

Poster P15.2 has been moved to P9.9

P15.3

An Evaluation of Mesoscale Model Simulations of An Oscillating Dryline

Mark Conder, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and R. E. Peterson

Handout (909.2 kB)

P15.4

How to Use Low-Resolution Ensemble in Predicting Severe Local Storm?

Jun Du, SAIC at EMC/NCEP, Boston, MA

P15.5

Evaluation of short-range ensemble forcasts during the 2003 SPC/NSSL Spring Program

David R. Bright, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and M. S. Wandishin, S. J. Weiss, J. J. Levit, J. S. Kain, and D. J. Stensrud

Handout (395.4 kB)

Session 15

Tornadoes

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizers: David C. Dowell, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Paul Markowski, Penn State University

4:30 PM

15.1

A translating tornado simulator for engineering tests: comparison of radar, numerical model, and simulator winds

William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and P. Sarkar, F. L. Haan, K. Le, R. Kardell, and J. Wurman

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (322.7 kB)

4:45 PM

15.2

The vertical structure of a tornado: High-resolution, W-band, Doppler-radar observations near Happy, Texas on 5 May 2002

Howard B. Bluestein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. C. Weiss and A. Pazmany

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

5:00 PM

15.3

Pressure measurements at the ground in an F-4 tornado

Julian J. Lee, Applied Research Associates, Inc., Littleton, CO; and T. Samaras and C. Young

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

5:15 PM

15.4

Comparison of in-situ pressure and DOW Doppler winds in a tornado and RHI vertical slices through 4 tornadoes during 1996-2004

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and T. Samaras

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

5:30 PM

15.5

Effects of debris on near-surface tornado dynamics

David C. Lewellen, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; and B. Gong and W. S. Lewellen

Recorded Presentation

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5:45 PM

15.6

The formation and intensification of supercritical tornado-like vortices - a laboratory study

Christopher R. Church, Miami University, Oxford, OH; and K. A. Kosiba, D. Cleland, and C. P. Beer

Recorded Presentation

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Conference Ends

Sessions End for the Day

Video Session

Session 16B

Lightning

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizer: Walter A Lyons, FMA Research Inc.

8:00 AM

16B.1

An overview of severe storm signatures in three-dimensional lightning mapping observations

Don MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Ziegler, T. Mansell, J. Straka, P. Krehbiel, B. Rison, and T. Hamlin

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

16B.2

Three-dimensional data analysis of storm electrification datasets

E. Bruning, Univ. Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, D. MacGorman, T. Schuur, S. Weiss, P. Krehbiel, and W. Rison

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

16B.3

Environmental control of cloud-to-ground lightning polarity in severe storms during IHOP

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. M. Buffalo

Recorded Presentation

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8:45 AM

16B.4

The role of elevated cloud base height in the inverted electrical polarity of severe storms

Earle Williams, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (262.9 kB)

9:00 AM

16B.5

Lightning, supercells and sprites

Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Cummer

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

9:15 AM

16B.6

Lightning, electric field, and radar observations of the STEPS 25 June 2000 storm

Stephanie A. Weiss, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, D. MacGorman, E. Bruning, T. Schuur, P. Krehbiel, B. Rison, and T. Hamlin

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (261.8 kB)

9:30 AM

16B.7

Electrification and lightning in an idealized boundary-crossing supercell simulation of 2 June 1995

Alexandre Fierro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. S. Gilmore, L. Wicker, E. R. Mansell, J. M. Straka, and E. N. Rasmussen

Recorded Presentation

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9:45 AM

16B.8

The severe weather outbreak of 10 November 2002: Lightning and radar analysis of storms in the deep South

Dennis E. Buechler, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. W. McCaul Jr., S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, J. C. Bailey, and P. N. Gatlin

Recorded Presentation

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Session 16A

Results from the International H2O Project (IHOP)

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizer: N. Andrew Crook, NCAR

16A.1

Along-frontal kinematic and moisture variability and the impact on convection initiation

8:30 AM

16A.2

A glance at the mesoscale structure of moisture: highlights of refractivity observations during IHOP_2002

Frederic Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

8:45 AM

16A.3

(To be presented at 9:00 am) High resolution observations of a cold front on 10 June 2002

Nettie R. Arnott, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and J. Wurman

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

9:00 AM

16A.4

Analysis of convection initiation along a dryline on 19 June 2002

Yvette P. Richardson, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. Marquis, E. N. Rasmussen, J. M. Wurman, and N. R. Arnott

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

16A.5

(To be Presented at 8:30 am) Observations of misocyclones along boundaries during IHOP

James Marquis, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and J. Wurman

Recorded Presentation

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9:30 AM

16A.6

Fine-scale observations of a dryline during the International H2O Project

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and H. B. Bluestein and A. Pazmany

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

9:45 AM

16A.7

Evolution of boundary layer wind and moisture fields along a front during IHOP

John Stonitsch, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Markowski

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

10:00 AM

16A.8

Scale sensitivities in model precipitation skill scores during IHOP

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. Loughe, S. Benjamin, and J. Mahoney

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (341.0 kB)

Coffee Break

Session 17

Use of Mesoscale Numerical Modeling in Severe Local Storms Forecasting

Host: 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Organizer: Stanley Benjamin, NOAA/FSL

10:30 AM

17.1

Examination of several different versions of the WRF model for the prediction of severe convective weather: The SPC/NSSL Spring Program 2004

Steven J. Weiss, SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, J. J. Levit, M. E. Baldwin, and D. R. Bright

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (268.8 kB)

10:45 AM

17.2

The Promise and Challenge of Explicit Convective Forecasting with the WRF Model

Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Davis and J. Done

Recorded Presentation

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11:00 AM

17.3

Improved moisture and PBL initialization in the RUC using METAR data

Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, D. Dévényi, J. M. Brown, G. A. Manikin, T. L. Smith, and T. G. Smirnova

Recorded Presentation

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11:15 AM

17.4

Changes to the NCEP SREF system and their impact on convective forecasting

Geoffrey S. Manikin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. T. McQueen, J. Du, and B. S. Ferrier

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

17.5

GPS-IPW observations and their assimilation into the 20-km RUC during severe weather season

Tracy Lorraine Smith, NOAA/FSL/CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, S. I. Gutman, and S. Sahm

Recorded Presentation

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11:45 AM

17.6

Severe weather forecasts from an ensemble of human-perturbed simulations using an adjoint model

Victor Homar, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and J. J. Levit

Recorded Presentation

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12:00 PM

17.7

Predicting propagating convective systems using operational forecast models

Melissa S. Bukovsky, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Kain

Recorded Presentation

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12:15 PM

17.8

Convective contamination and the poor forecasts that follow

James Correia Jr., SPC, Norman, OK; and R. W. Arritt, W. Gallus, and I. Jankov

Recorded Presentation

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Session 17 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms

Sunday, 3 October 2004

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