92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Joint Session 4 Major Weather Impacts of 2011

Major Weather Impacts of 2011

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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Session 1
Global Weather Impacts
Location: La Nouvelle C (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: Major Weather Impacts of 2011
Chair: Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA
  8:30 AM
1.1
Global Weather Impacts 2011
Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

  9:00 AM
1.2
Global Drought in 2011
Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and B. Fuchs, D. Gutzmer, and K. Smith
Recorded Presentation

  9:15 AM
1.3
Large Venue Event Incidents
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX
Recorded Presentation

  9:30 AM
1.4
2011 Weather Impacts on the Global Food Supply
Michael Ferrari, CSC, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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Session 2
Fire and Drought Impacts
Location: La Nouvelle C (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: Major Weather Impacts of 2011
Chair: Renee Curry, Colorado State University
  11:00 AM
2.1
Wildfires of 2011
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada

  11:15 AM
2.2
Texas Drought Severity 2011
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. B. McRoberts
Recorded Presentation

  11:30 AM
2.3
The Heat is On! Heat Records in TX/OK in 2011
Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  11:45 AM
2.4
Global Heat in 2011
Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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Session 3
Flooding Impacts
Location: La Nouvelle C (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: Major Weather Impacts of 2011
Chair: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS
  1:30 PM
3.1
2011 Mississippi River High-Water Event
Ed Fleming, USACE, New Orleans, LA
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
3.2
Mississippi River Flooding in 2011
Pat Brown, NOAA/NWS, New Orleans, LA
Recorded Presentation

  2:15 PM
3.3
Missouri River Basin Record Flooding 2011
Steve Predmore, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO
Recorded Presentation

  2:45 PM
3.4
Agricultural Impacts of Missouri River Basin Flooding
Bruce Thomas, Midland Radio Corp, North Kansas City, MO; and B. Jones
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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Session 4
US Weather Impacts
Location: La Nouvelle C (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: Major Weather Impacts of 2011
Chair: Michael Ferrari, CSC
  3:30 PM
4.1
Space Weather Review 2011
Thomas J. Bogdan, UCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

  3:45 PM
4.2
The St. Louis Airport Tornado: What Went Wrong?
Andrew Freedman, Washington Post Capital Weather Gang Blog, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

  4:00 PM
4.3
New Advances for the Incident Meteorologist Program in 2011
Robyn Heffernan, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID
Recorded Presentation

  4:15 PM
4.4
Winter Weather Review 2010-2011
David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD; and M. Musher, M. S. Ryan, and J. E. Hoke
Recorded Presentation

  4:30 PM
4.5
Hurricanes of 2011 - Review
Lixion A. Avila, NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
Recorded Presentation

  4:45 PM
4.6
Tornadoes of 2011 - Review
Russell S. Schneider, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin and H. Brooks
Recorded Presentation

  5:15 PM
4.7
Top 5 Weather Events - Through Social Media
Nate Johnson, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Recorded Presentation

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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Joint Session 1
April 27-28 Tornado Outbreak Part I
Location: Room 252/253 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Major Weather Impacts of 2011 )
Chair: Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NCEP/SPC
  8:30 AM
J1.1
Radar Overview and Visual Documentation of the 27 April 2011 Tornadic Outbreak
Todd A. Murphy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Coleman, R. A. Wade, and K. R. Knupp
Recorded Presentation

  8:45 AM
J1.2
Diagnosing Total Track Length of Simulated Rotating Storms From Convection-Allowing Ensemble Forecasts for the 27 April Super-Outbreak
Adam Clark, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. T. Marsh, J. Correia Jr., J. Gao, J. S. Kain, M. Xue, and F. Kong

  9:00 AM
J1.3
Radar Analysis and Warning Decisions During Quasi-Linear Convective System Tornadoes on 27 April 2011 in the Central Tennessee Valley
Stephen Latimer, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and A. Kula
Recorded Presentation

  9:15 AM
J1.4
Analysis of the N Alabama MCV on the Morning of 27 April 2011
Stephanie Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.7 MB)

  9:30 AM
J1.5
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Forecast Evaluation of Tornado Events in April and May of 2011
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, E. P. James, J. M. Brown, P. Hofmann, T. G. Smirnova, and B. D. Jamison
Recorded Presentation

  9:45 AM
J1.6
NOAA/NWS Service Assessment April 27, 2011
Gary Woodall, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ
Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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Joint Session 2
April 27-28 Tornado Outbreak Part II
Location: Room 252/253 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Major Weather Impacts of 2011 )
Chair: William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State Univ.
  10:30 AM
J2.1
The Dynamics and Morphology of Two Long-Track Tornadic Supercells on 27 April 2011
Timothy A. Coleman, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL ; and K. Knupp and T. Murphy
Recorded Presentation

  10:45 AM
J2.2
Dual-Polarimetric Radar-Based Tornado Debris Signatures and Paths Associated with Tornadoes Over Northern Alabama During the Historic Outbreak of 27 April 2011
Christopher J. Schultz, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey, E. V. Schultz, W. A. Petersen, P. N. Gatlin, K. R. Knupp, A. L. Molthan, G. J. Jedlovec, B. Carcione, C. B. Darden, and C. C. Crowe
Recorded Presentation

  11:00 AM
J2.3
Reconstruction of the Near-Surface Wind Field in Two 27 April 2011 Tornadoes Using Forest Damage Patterns in Complex Terrain
Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. M. Godfrey
Recorded Presentation

  11:15 AM
J2.4
Fatalities Associated with the 27 April 2011 Tornadoes in North and Central Georgia
Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWSFO, Peachtree City, GA; and T. D. Palmer, J. L. Fieux, L. P. Rothfusz, and J. R. Westbrook
Recorded Presentation

  11:30 AM
J2.5
How Forecast and Warning Information Did, and Did Not, Shape Response in the April 27, 2011 Tornado Outbreak
Kimberly E. Klockow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. McPherson, A. Tarhule, H. Brooks, and R. P. Thomas
Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
J2.6
Extreme Weather, Extreme Vulnerability and the 2011 Tornado Season
Daniel Sutter, Troy University, Troy, AL; and K. M. Simmons
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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Joint Session 3
Joplin Tornado
Location: Room 252/253 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Major Weather Impacts of 2011 )
Chair: Jerold Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma
  1:30 PM
J3.1
Real-Time Observations of the May 22nd Joplin, Missouri EF5 Tornado by the USArray Transportable Array Network
Jonathan E. Tytell, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and F. L. Vernon, B. Busby, J. Eakins, M. Hedlin, A. Muschinski, K. Walker, and B. Woodward
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.3 MB)

  1:45 PM
J3.2
Performance of Concrete Masonry Buildings in the Joplin Tornado
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.4 MB)

  2:00 PM
J3.3
The May 22, 2011 Tornado Event in Joplin: Societal Aspects of Risk Perception and Warning Response
Jennifer Spinney, Social Science Woven into Meteorology, Norman, OK; and R. Wagenmaker, B. Hale, J. Weaver, and G. Garnet
Recorded Presentation

  2:15 PM
J3.4
NOAA/NWS/Central Region HQ Service Assessment of the Joplin Tornado
Richard Wagenmaker, NOAA/NWS, Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012


Joint Poster Session 1
April 27-28 Tornado Outbreak
Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Major Weather Impacts of 2011 )
 
630
Convective Mode Prediction Using Boundary/Shear Vector Orientation: An Evaluation of Tornado Events From the 2011 Season
Kimberly Hoogewind, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. E. Baldwin

 
631
Anticipating the 15 and 26-27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreaks Using Ensemble Model Output and Pattern Recognition
Chad Entremont, NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS; and B. Bryant

 
632
A Numerical Study of the 27th April 2011 Tornado Outbreak in the Southeastern U.S. with the WRF-RTFDDA-LES System
Wanli Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, M. Ge, J. C. Knievel, S. Swedlin, and J. Pace

 
633
Ensemble Perspective of the 27 April Tornado Outbreak From the Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program
James Correia Jr., CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/SPC, Norman, OK; and P. Marsh, A. J. Clark, F. Kong, and S. J. Weiss

 
634
"A Wild Weather Day" Historic April 27th 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak: Impact, Damages and Tornado Tracks Over Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee
Suheily J. López Belén, NOAA/NWSFO, SABANA GRANDE, PR; and D. J. Nadler and C. B. Darden

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

 
635
April 27-28th Tornado Event in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area
Lorenza Cooper Jr., Howard University, Washington, DC

 
636
Observation and Laboratory Experimentation of Tornadoes Translating Over Complex Topography
Christopher D. Karstens, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr. and P. Sarkar

 
637
Debris Balls As Tornado Indicators in Spring 2011
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

 
638
Public Perception and Response to Severe Weather: Lessons From the 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak Across N Alabama
Stephanie Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and E. V. Schultz and K. Knupp
Manuscript (4.1 MB)

 
639
Assessing the Magnitude and Societal Impacts of the 25-28 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak in the Southeastern U.S
Charles E. Konrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and M. Kovach, C. M. Fuhrmann, W. Schmitz, J. McLeod, and D. J. Perkins

 
640
Utilizing Lightning Detection for Advanced Storm Warning: Case Studies From the Spring 2011 Tornado Outbreak
Mark Hoekzema, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD

 
641
Performance of WDT's Automated Tornado Track Product for the 27 April 2011 Southeast US Tornado Outbreak
Benjamin C. Baranowski, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. Gaffner, C. D. Goering, E. D. Mitchell, C. W. Porter, and P. L. Spencer

 
642
Where Does the 26-27 April 2011 Outbreak Fit within a Regional Climatology of Severe Tornado Outbreaks?
Grayum Vickers, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL


Joint Poster Session 2
Other Tornado Outbreaks and Future Prospects
Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Major Weather Impacts of 2011 )
 
643
Operational Aspects of the 16 April Tornadoes and the 27-28 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak in the WFO LWX Forecast Area
Matthew R. Kramar, NWSFO Baltimore/Washington, Sterling, VA; and J. E. Lee and S. Zubrick
Manuscript (4.8 MB)

Poster PDF (8.2 MB)

 
644
The 16 April 2011 EF3 Tornado in Greene and Pitt Counties, Eastern North Carolina
Thomas M. Rickenbach, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

 
645
A Case Study of the 16 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak Across Eastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia
Brian Cullen, NOAA/NWS; and D. A. Glenn, S. Kennedy, R. Frederick, A. Zimmerman, R. Hawkins, and C. Goodall

 
646
Mobile Radar Observations and Damage Assessment of the 24 May 2011, Canton Lake, OK Tornado
Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman, P. Robinson, D. W. Burgess, E. R. Mansell, C. M. Schwarz, and D. T. Dawson II

 
647
CASA Radar Observations of the May 24, 2011, EF-4 Tornado in Chickasha, Oklahoma
J. A. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
648
Emergency Manager Use of High Resolution Radar Data During the May 24, 2011 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak: A Lesson Socio-Technical System Design
B. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and C. League, J. Brotzge, and E. J. Bass

 
649
A Comparison Between the 2011 Joplin Tornadic Storm and That of Pierce City of 2003
Neil I. Fox, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and I. Carlos and W. T. Gilmore

 
650
Forecasts and Warnings for the Historic 2011 Tornadoes: How to Improve Public Response
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

 
651
2011 Tornado Warning Performance
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

 
652
Toward Longer Term Prediction of Strong and Violent Tornadoes Using the Southern Oscillation Index
Evan Kodra, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; and W. L. Seaver and A. R. Ganguly

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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Joint Session 4
Other Significant Tornadoes and Future Prospects
Location: Room 252/253 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Major Weather Impacts of 2011 )
Chair: Daniel Miller, NOAA/NWS WFO Duluth, Minnesota
  4:00 PM
J4.1
Central North Carolina Tornadoes From the 16 April 2011 Outbreak
Matthew Parker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and J. Blaes, G. Lackmann, and S. Yuter
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.7 MB)

  4:15 PM
J4.2
Overview of the 24 May 2011 Tornado Outbreak
Kiel L. Ortega, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and H. Bluestein, D. W. Burgess, G. S. Garfield, J. G. LaDue, K. L. Manross, B. R. Smith, R. Smith, T. M. Smith, J. C. Snyder, and G. J. Stumpf
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (856.0 kB)

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

  4:30 PM
J4.3
Rapid-Scan, X-Band, Mobile Doppler Radar Measurements of An EF-5 Tornado in Oklahoma on 24 May 2011
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, M. M. French, A. L. Pazmany, I. PopStefanija, and R. T. Bluth

  4:45 PM
J4.4
Radar Input to Tornado Warnings: Where We've Been and Where We Might Go
Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf
Recorded Presentation

  5:00 PM
J4.5
Mardi Gras 2011 Tornadoes in New Orleans
Kenneth Graham, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA
Recorded Presentation

  5:15 PM
J4.6
April 2011 Raleigh, NC Tornado: Use of Live Social Media
Nathan S. Johnson, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Recorded Presentation

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