Poster Session 3 Supercells and Tornadoes Posters

Monday, 27 October 2008: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Madison Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms

Papers:
P3.1
An Analysis of a Prolific Tornado-producing Cyclic Supercell Thunderstorm in Nuckolls County Nebraska, May 24, 2004
John P. Monteverdi, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA; and E. Polito, M. Gough, R. Bethke, and T. Seddon

Handout (720.5 kB)

P3.2
The Rosita Valley, TX tornado
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX; and L. Eblen

Handout (1.3 MB)

P3.3
The Parkersburg, IA tornado
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX; and K. Jungbluth and A. Baca

Handout (1.5 MB)

P3.4
A skirted Rankine combined vortex model
Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. W. White

Handout (387.9 kB)

P3.5
Impact of a Tornado's Low–Reflectivity Eye on Distorting the Associated Peak Doppler Velocity Measurements: A Simulation Study
Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood and D. C. Dowell

Handout (639.0 kB)

P3.6
An investigation of the significant tornado outbreak in southern South Carolina and northern coastal Georgia on March 15, 2008
Frank Alsheimer, NOAA/NWSFO, North Charleston, SC; and R. Bright, J. Jelsema, W. Moen, J. Quagliariello, and D. Berry

Handout (2.5 MB)

P3.7
A Tale of Two Supercells: The Randall County storms of 16-17 October 2007
Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and J. K. Jordan

Handout (8.8 kB)

P3.8
Structural variability of miniature supercells in tropical cyclone rainbands
Matthew D. Eastin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

P3.9
Coordinated in-situ and remote sampling of supercell thunderstorms
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX ; and J. Wurman

P3.10
Diagnotic calculations of motions of vertical velocity and low-level vertical vorticity maxima in radar data and numerically simulated supercell thunderstorms
Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and R. Davies-Jones, H. B. Bluestein, D. C. Dowell, and H. Cai

P3.11
TWISTEX 2008: In situ and mobile mesonet observations of tornadoes
Christopher D. Karstens, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and T. M. Samaras, A. Laubach, B. D. Lee, C. A. Finley, W. A. Gallus Jr., and F. L. Haan Jr.

Handout (751.7 kB)

P3.12
Dual-Doppler analyses of the 4 May, 2007 supercell that produced the Greensburg, KS tornado
Jana Lesak Houser, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and H. B. Bluestein, K. Hardwick, S. J. Frasier, and M. Umscheid

P3.13
Thermodynamic and kinematic analysis near and within the Tipton, KS tornado on May 29 during TWISTEX 2008
Bruce D. Lee, High Impact Weather Research & Consulting, LLC, Grand Rapids, MN; and C. A. Finley and T. M. Samaras

Handout (684.5 kB)

P3.14
Three strong tornadoes in 2008 associated with boundary intersections and narrow instability close to 700 mb “cold-core” lows
Jonathan M. Davies, Private Meteorologist, Trimble/Kansas City, MO

Handout (633.4 kB)

P3.15
The April 28, 2008 Southeast Virginia Historic Tornado Outbreak
Bryan Jackson, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and J. Billet

Handout (2.4 MB)

P3.16
A detailed radar and damage analysis of the nocturnal QLCS tornadoes that moved through Omaha, Nebraska on 8 June, 2008
Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA, Valley, NE; and J. T. Martinelli and B. Mayes Boustead

P3.17
The development of multiple low-level mesocyclones within a supercell
Joshua M. Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE; and P. N. Schumacher

Handout (655.8 kB)

P3.18
Mobile mesonet observations of an intense RFD and multiple RFD gust fronts in the May 23 Quinter, Kansas tornadic supercell during TWISTEX 2008
Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and B. D. Lee

Handout (1.4 MB)

P3.19
Evaluation of NWS Watch and Warning Performance Related to Tornadic Events
Kelly M. Keene, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. T. Schlatter, J. E. Hales, and H. Brooks

Handout (130.0 kB)

P3.20
DOW observations of multiple vortex structure in several tornadoes
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba

Handout (2.9 MB)

P3.21
A preliminary result of statistics for meso-vortex-signatures in Japan detected by MRI-MDA
Osamu Suzuki, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Yamauchi, M. Nakazato, and H. Inoue

P3.22
Analysis of the Stuttgart Arkansas tornado
Boniface J. Mills, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA ; and D. Wheeler and D. Jones

P3.23
The Association of Cell Mergers with Tornado Occurrence
Jaret W. Rogers, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. C. Weiss

Handout (799.4 kB)

P3.24
Analysis of atmospheric conditions associated with the Embry-Riddle tornado of Christmas Day 2006
John M. Lanicci, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL

Handout (1.2 MB)

P3.25
Nocturnal tornadoes and low-level static stability
Amanda K. Kis, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and J. M. Straka and K. M. Kanak

Handout (554.5 kB)

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