Session: Severe Storm Case Studies (29th Conference on Severe Local Storms)

Thursday, 25 October 2018: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Stowe & Atrium rooms (Stoweflake Mountain Resort )

Host: 29th Conference on Severe Local Storms

Papers:

172

A Case Study of Kinematical, Microphysical, and Lightning Characteristics of a Tornadic Supercell

Milind Sharma, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. Tanamachi, E. C. Bruning, K. M. Calhoun, H. B. Bluestein, J. B. Houser, J. C. Snyder, and Z. B. Wienhoff

Manuscript (975.2 kB)

Handout (2.3 MB)

173

The 1 July 2017 Maine Tornadoes: A Brief Mesoscale Analysis and Dual Polarization Perspective

Michael L Ekster, NWS, Gray, ME

174

When Supercells Move Right, but Tornadoes Move Left: Observations from Two Episodes of Tornadogenesis after the Occlusion of their Parent Mesocyclone during the Alabama-Georgia Tornado Event of 19 March 2017

175

Comparison of Tornadic and Nontornadic Convective Cells in Hurricane Harvey

Christopher J. Nowotarski, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Cheatham, S. Overpeck, and R. Edwards

176

Tornadogenesis in a Supercell Near the Northwest Texas-Southwestern Oklahoma Border on 16 May 2015: A Comparison of the Evolution of Vortex Shear Signatures From Two Nearby, Mobile, Rapid-Scan, X-Band, Doppler Radars

Kaitlin Frost, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, J. McLintock, Z. B. Wienhoff, K. J. Thiem, and D. W. Reif

177

The Unusual Evolution of the Entire Life of a Tornadic Supercell in South-Central Kansas and North-Central Oklahoma on 14 May 2018

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. B. Wienhoff and D. W. Reif

178

The 19 November 2015 Tornado in Southern Brazil: Dual-Pol Radar Data Analysis of the Parent Supercell and Videographic Documentation of the Complex Near-Surface Circulation

Vanessa Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and E. L. Nascimento

179

Genesis and Structure of the 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma Tornado: Comparison of Cloud Model Simulations and Ground-Truth Observations

Anton Seimon, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC; and L. Orf, J. B. Houser, J. T. Allen, S. Talbot, J. C. Snyder, and H. B. Bluestein

180

The 'Cross-Border' Tornado Outbreak of 24 August 2016 - Analysis of the Two Tornadoes in Ontario

David Sills, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. Hong, A. Jaffe, S. Stevenson, and G. A. Kopp

Manuscript (2.7 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

181

Analysis of a Long-Track Tornadic Supercell Occurring within a Stable Boundary Layer during the VORTEX-SE Field Campaign

182

Damage Assessment and Analysis of Storm Evolution Associated with a Significant Episode of Cold-Season Tornadic Activity in Southern Brazil.

Murilo Machado Lopes, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and V. Ferreira, C. Kannenberg, P. F. Feldhaus, R. N. Azevedo, M. I. D. Oliveira, T. Bremm, E. L. Nascimento, V. Anabor, M. F. L. Quadro, F. S. Puhales, and D. R. Roberti

183

High-Temporal Resolution Observations of Weak-Echo Reflectivity Bands and Momentum Surges in the 16 May 2017 Wheeler, Texas, Tornado

Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine and J. Lujan Jr.

184

An Idealized Modeling Study of the Nontornadic and Tornadic Supercells Intercepted by VORTEX2 on 10 June 2010

Alicia Klees, The Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and Y. Richardson

186

A Multi-Scale Analysis of the 18 May 2017 Severe Weather Event across Eastern New York and Western New England

Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY; and B. J. Frugis and M. S. Evans

Handout (4.5 MB)

187

Evolution of the Tornadic 13-14 April 2018 Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS) Observed During VORTEX-SE 2018

Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. A. Alford, G. D. Carrie, C. King, T. A. Murphy, N. R. Slaughter, C. L. Ziegler, and E. N. Rasmussen

188

Analyses of a Simulated Severe MCS and Tornadic Mesovortex Observed by PECAN on 5-6 July 2015

Matthew D. Flournoy, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio

189

Environment and Evolution of the 3 April 2018 Tornadic QLCS across North Alabama during VORTEX-SE

Anthony W. Lyza, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, M. I. Biggerstaff, and A. A. Alford

190

A Mesoscale Analysis of the Development of Storms and Transition to Supercells during the Indiana and Ohio Tornado Outbreak of 24 August 2016

Jeffrey W. Frame, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and K. T. Gray

Manuscript (9.1 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

191