Session: Novel Observations of Severe Storms (26th Conference on Severe Local Storms (5

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Comparison of Disdrometer and X-band Mobile Radar Observations in Convective Precipitation

Evan A. Kalina, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Friedrich, S. Ellis, and D. W. Burgess

Handout (7.5 MB)

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Rapid-Scan Observations of Tornadogenesis, Intesification, and Decay from a Mobile Radar

Jana B. Houser, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and J. C. Snyder

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Integration of the total lightning jump algorithm into current operational warning environment conceptual models

Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey, E. V. Schultz, G. T. Stano, P. N. Gatlin, D. Kozlowski, and S. Goodman

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An Inter-comparison of S-band and C-band Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Large Hail and Tornado Debris on 2 March 2012

Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and C. J. Schultz, A. L. Bain, A. Sherrer, K. R. Knupp, B. Carcione, C. C. Crowe, C. B. Darden, and M. E. Anderson

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Measurements of DSD with a dense network of disdrometers associated with convective initiation and evolution

Sadao Saito, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and C. Fujiwara, K. Kusunoki, and E. Sato

Handout (220.4 kB)

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A Comparison of Three Significant Hail Producing Supercells Sampled during HailSTONE Using S-Band Dual-Polarization Radar

Scott F. Blair, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO; and J. M. Laflin, D. T. Cooper, J. I. Pullin, and S. M. Currens

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Accuracy of the Dual-Polarization Radar Precipitation Estimation Product within the Nashville, Tennessee County Warning Area

Brittney Whitehead, NOAA/NWSFO Nashville, Old Hickory, TN

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Early results of operational use of total lightning data from the West Texas Lightning Mapping Array

Steven R. Cobb, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and J. Jordan, E. C. Bruning, and J. Daniel

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Radar morphology of tornadic supercells and other convective systems sampled over Texas and Oklahoma during the 2012 Deep Convective Cloud Chemistry (DC3) experiment

Michael I. Biggerstaff, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, D. P. Betten, D. R. MacGorman, D. W. Burgess, C. L. Ziegler, E. C. Bruning, and G. D. Carrie

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Three-dimensional structure of misocyclone associated with thunderstorm observed by Ku-band FM-Chirp fast scanning radar

Chusei Fujiwara, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and E. Sato, S. Saito, and K. Kusunoki

Manuscript (417.4 kB)

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Particle Distributions from the Balloon-Born Particle Imager flown in the DC3 Campaign

Sean Waugh, NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, S. E. Fredrickson, and D. Kennedy

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A Photogrammetric Analysis of the April 14 EF4 Tornado near Salina, Kansas

Timothy M. Samaras, Samaras Technologies, Bennett, CO

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Analyses of the low-level winds in two tornadoes that crossed the Hong Kong International Airport

Paul Robinson, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and P. W. Chan, J. Wurman, C. M. Shun, and K. A. Kosiba

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Nowcasting Wet Downbursts using Polarimetric Radar

Mariana Scott, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. Carey, E. V. Schultz, and W. P. Roeder

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Recent Afternoon-Evening Transition (AET) and Nocturnal Convective Initiation Events Studied as Part of the UAHuntsville ABIDE Field Project

Stephanie Mullins, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, T. A. Coleman, T. A. Murphy, A. Sherrer, and R. A. Wade

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Microphysics of a tornado-producing supercell observed with a dual-polarization C-band radar

Jenni Rauhala, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and K. Solin and D. M. Schultz

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Observations of Hailstone Characteristics Utilizing a New Instrumentation Platform

Tanya M. Brown, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Richburg, SC; and I. M. Giammanco and D. S. Robinett

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (3.2 MB)

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Multi-sensor observations and analysis of the 14-15 June, 2012 heat bursts in the Texas Panhandle

Mark R. Conder, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and G. D. Skwira, S. R. Cobb, E. C. Bruning, and J. Daniel

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An Analysis of Total Lightning Over North Alabama During the 2 March 2012 Tornado Event

Brian Carcione, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and K. D. White and G. T. Stano

Manuscript (449.7 kB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

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Near-Surface Thunderstorm Outflow Characteristics Observed by the TTUKa Mobile Doppler Radars

Patrick S. Skinner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, W. S. Gunter, and J. L. Schroeder

Manuscript (8.8 MB)

Handout (3.5 MB)

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Potential Missions for the SPA-10

Andrew G. Detwiler, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD; and H. H. Jonsson

Handout (1.2 MB)

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Observations of severe convective storms with operational dual-polarization WSR-88D radars

Matthew R. Kumjian, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and C. D. Payne and P. T. Schlatter

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Storm environments sampled in Texas and Oklahoma during the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) experiment

Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman, E. C. Bruning, M. Coniglio, M. I. Biggerstaff, E. R. Mansell, D. P. Betten, D. W. Burgess, and G. D. Carrie

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The Oklahoma-Texas Venue of the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Experiment

Donald R. MacGorman, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Ziegler, E. C. Bruning, M. I. Biggerstaff, E. R. Mansell, D. W. Burgess, S. Waugh, D. P. Betten, D. Kennedy, S. E. Fredrickson, G. Carrie, P. L. Heinselman, and T. J. Schuur

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MPAR Wind Shear Experiment

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Cho, B. L. Cheong, M. Weadon, M. Emanual, T. Crum, and P. Biron

Manuscript (522.7 kB)

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Strongly Negative ZDR Signatures in Low Levels of Deep Convection

Michael A. Magsig, NOAA/NWS/WDTB, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, C. D. Payne, and L. R. Lemon

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