Session 5 Case Studies I: 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak

Tuesday, 6 November 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Symphony I and II (Loews Vanderbilt Hotel)
Host: 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Chair:
Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK

Papers:
  8:30 AM
5.1
The 2011 and 2012 tornado seasons: Questions for the SPC and NSSL that were asked (and weren't asked) by the media, the public, and other government groups
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin and K. Pirtle
Recorded Presentation

  9:00 AM
5.2
The Devastating 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak: Initial Scientific Assessment
Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Murphy, S. Mullins, R. Wade, and T. Coleman
Recorded Presentation

  9:15 AM
5.3
Damage survey of the Tuscaloosa - Birmingham, AL tornado
Jim Stefkovich, NOAA/NWS, Calera, AL; and T. P. Marshall, J. De Block, J. G. LaDue, and C. Karsten
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.4 MB)

  9:30 AM
5.4
Mesoscale and Stormscale Ingredients of Tornadic Supercells Producing Long-Track Tornadoes in the 2011 Alabama Super Outbreak
Samantha L. Chiu, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett and R. B. Wilhelmson
Recorded Presentation

  9:45 AM
5.5
Observations of a Thermal Boundary and its Interaction with the 27 April 2011 EF-5 Hackleburg Tornado
Adam Sherrer, Severe Weather Institute and Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) / University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and R. A. Wade, T. A. Murphy, S. Mullins, T. Coleman, D. Phillips, and K. Knupp
Recorded Presentation

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