Program: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts (94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

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Plenary Session 1

14th Presidential Forum: Extreme Weather, Climate, and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools

Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the 14th Presidential Forum; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )

Moderator: Margaret Davidson, NOAA/Office for Coastal Management

Panelists: Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes; David Perkes, Mississippi State Univ.; Ellis Stanley, Hammerman & Gainer International, Inc.; David W. Titley, Penn State University; Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy

Speaker: Andy Revkin, Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times, and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University

9:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

9:05 AM

PL1.1

The New Communication Climate - An exploration of tools and traits that give the best chance of success in facing a fast-forward media landscape and changing climate

Andy Revkin, Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times, and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University, New York, NY

Recorded Presentation

9:25 AM

Panel Discussion

10:25 AM

Concluding Remarks

Session 1

Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture

Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Presidential Forum; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )

5:00 PM

L1.1

Towards a general theory of global monsoons (Invited Presentation)

Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part I

Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Chair: Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

8:20 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:30 AM

1.1

How tornadoes develop: Ideas emerging from decades of theory, simulation, and field observations

Paul Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

Microphysics in severe convective storms

Matthew R. Kumjian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Deep convection initiation: state of the science, limits of understanding, and future directions

Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Spouses' Coffee

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Session 2

Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part II

Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Chair: Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

10:30 AM

2.1

Engineering Advances for Damage Mitigation and Risk Reduction Relating to Tornadoes and Severe Convective Windstorms

Partha P. Sarkar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

11:00 AM

2.2

Connecting tornado and extreme convective weather occurrence to climate variability and change

Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.3

Severe Convective Windstorms

Alexander D. Schenkman, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon: A Conversation about the Future

Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Lecture 2

Horton Lecture

Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )

1:30 PM

L2.1

Elusive Elements of Evaporation and Runoff Behavior Hidden Within Traditional Hydrological Measurements

Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part III

Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Chair: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office

1:30 PM

3.1

A Review of Current Severe Local Storms Forecasting Techniques, and a Look Into the Future

John Hart, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.2

Severe Local Storm Warnings: The Present State of the Science, the Limitations, and a Future Vision

David L. Andra Jr., NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Poster Session 14

Data Assimilation Techniques and Examples

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

848

Case Studies of Severe Storms during HWT 2013 Using Variational LAPS

Hongli Jiang, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Albers, I. Jankov, Y. Xie, Z. toth, and R. M. Rabin

849

Automated tornadic vortex wind retrievals from radar observations

Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Wei and K. Nai

Handout (1.8 MB)

850

Multiple Doppler Analysis for 20 May 2013 tornadic supercell using a 3DVAR Method

Jidong Gao, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, T. M. Smith, and D. J. Stensrud

851

The Ensemble Kalman Filter Analyses and Forecasts of the 24 May 2011 Oklahoma Tornadic Supercell Storms

852

Removing acoustic-mode pressure oscillations from storm-scale ensemble Kalman filter analyses

Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker

Handout (2.0 MB)

Poster Session 15

Numerical Weather Prediction and Impact of New Observations

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

853

Initial Analysis and Forecasts of the 31 May 2013 El Reno Tornadic Storm: Impact from Rapid-Scan Phased Array Radar (PAR)

Patrick S. Skinner, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and L. J. Wicker, P. L. Heinselman, and D. J. Stensrud

Handout (6.0 MB)

854

High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Prediction of Tornadic Supercells in the U.S. Southern Plains During May 2013

Curtis Alexander, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, S. S. Weygandt, E. P. James, and S. G. Benjamin

855

Impact of Targeted Afternoon Radiosonde Observations on Convection-Permitting Forecasts of the 31 May 2013 Convective Event in Oklahoma

Stacey M. Hitchcock, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Coniglio

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Poster Session 1

Tornadogenesis

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

805

Impacts of Increasing Low-Level Shear on Supercells During the Evening Transition

Brice Coffer, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. Parker

Handout (2.2 MB)

806

Rapid-Scan, Polarimetric, Doppler Radar Observations of Supercell Tornadogenesis and Intensification

Jana Houser, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and H. Bluestein and J. C. Snyder

Poster Session 2

Tornado vortex dynamics

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

807

Vortex-vortex interactions and superhelicity in tornadic development and evolution

Marcus L. Büker, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. J. Tripoli

808

Possible Implications of a Vortex Gas Model and Self-Similarity for Tornadogenesis and Maintenance

Douglas P. Dokken, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; and M. Shvartsman, K. Scholz, P. Belík, C. K. Potvin, B. A. Dahl, and A. McGovern

Handout (2.5 MB)

809

The Near-surface Horizontal and Vertical Structure of Tornado Vortices as Revealed by High-Frequency Texas Tech Ka-band Mobile Doppler Radar Observations

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and T. R. Cermak, A. E. Reinhart, and P. Skinner

810

Vortex processes in an idealized tornadic supercell

Luke Odell, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli, S. T. Trevorrow, and M. L. Buker

Poster Session 3

Supercell/tornado research

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

811

Recent Developments in Our Understanding of Tornadic Storms

Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski, J. Marquis, and R. M. Hastings

812

The Record Tornado Outbreak of April 27, 2011 in the WFO Morristown, TN County Warning Area and How it still occurred in the Mountainous Terrain of the Southern Appalachians

David G. Hotz, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and T. W. Troutman, M. A. Reynolds, and G. Kaylor

813

Interactions Between a Thermal Boundary and Deep Convection During the 27 April 2011 Superoutbreak

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

814

The Impact of Squall Line-generated environmental perturbations on isolated convective storms

Adam J. French, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Handout (3.5 MB)

815

A Numerical Simulation of a Long-Track EF5 Tornado Embedded Within a Supercell

Leigh Orf, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; and R. Wilhelmson and L. J. Wicker

Handout (37.5 MB)

816

Potential Vorticity Upscale Feedbacks Observed During the Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX)

Joseph M. Woznicki, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp

817

Mobile, polarimetric Doppler radar observations of supercell hook echoes during VORTEX2

Michael M. French, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell

818

The 6 May 2010 Elevated Supercell During VORTEX2

Christopher W. MacIntosh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker

Poster Session 4

Deep convection initiation, hail, and flooding

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

819

Observations of Hailstone Characteristics in Multi-cell and Supercell Thunderstorms

Ian M. Giammanco, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Richburg, SC; and T. M. Brown

Manuscript (592.0 kB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

820

An Investigation of Convective Initiation within Dryline Zones

Matthew S. Stalley, National Weather Service, FWD WFO, Fort Worth, TX; and J. A. Brotzge

821

Meteorological conditions associated with the record rainfall and major flood of July 8, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario

Frank S. Dempsey, University of Toronto, Locust Hill, ON, Canada

Handout (1.7 MB)

Poster Session 5

Total lightning

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

822

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Total Lightning Data for Assessing their Utility in Warning of Pulse-Type Thunderstorm Severity

Andrew W. Ellis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and P. W. Miller and S. J. Keighton

823

A Total Lightning Perspective of the 20 May 2013 Moore, Oklahoma Supercell

Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc./NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL; and C. J. Schultz, L. D. Carey, D. R. MacGorman, and K. M. Calhoun

Poster Session 6

20 May 2013 central Oklahoma tornadoes

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

824

The 20 May Newcastle-Moore, Oklahoma EF-5 Tornado: High Temporal Resolution Observations Using the PX-1000 Polarimetric X-band Radar

James M. Kurdzo, Advanced Radar Research Center/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, D. J. Bodine, and R. D. Palmer

825

Tornadic Supercells in Central Oklahoma on May 19, 20, and 31 of 2013: NSSL Radar Data

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov, D. Priegnitz, R. A. Brown, P. Heinsleman, E. Mansel, and V. Wood

Handout (3.6 MB)

826

High-Resolution TDWR Evolution of the Newcastle-Moore, Oklahoma Tornado of 20 May 2013

Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Manuscript (4.0 MB)

Handout (417.7 kB)

827

New perspectives on using multi-instrument hyperspectral sounder information in the analysis of severe local storms

Elisabeth Weisz, Space Science and Engineering Center/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and N. Smith and W. L. Smith Sr.

828

Damage Survey and Analysis of the 20 May 2013 Newcastle-Moore, OK, EF-5 Tornado

Kiel L. Ortega, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and D. W. Burgess, G. S. Garfield, C. Karstens, J. G. LaDue, T. P. Marshall, T. C. Meyer, B. R. Smith, R. Smith, D. Speheger, and G. J. Stumpf

Manuscript (1003.1 kB)

Handout (5.7 MB)

829

Aerial Damage Survey Analysis of the 20 May 2013 Moore Tornado

Kelly M. Butler, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and K. R. Flynn, N. T. Atkins, and R. Wakimoto

Manuscript (22.8 kB)

Poster Session 7

Tornado damage

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

830

Assessing the Moore, Oklahoma (2013) Tornado Using the National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit

J. Parks Camp, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and L. P. Rothfusz, A. Anderson, D. Speheger, K. L. Ortega, and B. R. Smith

831

Side-by-side tree and house damage in the May 2013 Moore, OK EF-5 tornado: Lessons for the Enhanced Fujita scale

Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. M. Godfrey

Manuscript (763.9 kB)

Handout (805.2 kB)

832

Estimating Enhanced Fujita Scale Levels Based on Forest Damage Severity

Christopher M. Godfrey, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and C. J. Peterson

Manuscript (1.8 MB)

Handout (5.1 MB)

Poster Session 8

Societal Impacts

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

833

Evaluating lead time differences on residents' responses to a tornado warning

Matthew J. Frazier, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. A. O'Brien and E. V. Schultz

834

Understanding knowledge of tornado protective actions in a tornado-prone community

Paula Tucker, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. A. O'Brien and E. V. Schultz

Poster Session 9

TVS and Debris Signatures

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

835

Polarimetric Debris Signature Spatial and Temporal Characteristics

Matthew S. Van Den Broeke, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Manuscript (753.8 kB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

836

Automated detection of tornado debris signature paths

Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield and K. L. Ortega

Handout (3.5 MB)

Poster Session 10

Reflectivity Waves and Mergers

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

837

Prevalence and Characteristics of Atmospheric Waves in Severe Weather Environments

Todd A. Murphy, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

838

Complex Supercell Mergers and Storm-Scale Interactions During Recent Significant Severe Weather Outbreaks

Ryan Wade, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Murphy and K. Knupp

Poster Session 11

Climatologies

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

839

Tornado and Severe Hail Environments of Turkey

Abdullah Kahraman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. Markowski

840

A New Historical Tornado Climatology for Australia

John T. Allen, International Research Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and E. R. Allen

841

Adjusted Tornado Probabilities

Holly M. Widen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Elsner

842

Progressive Derechos in the Presence of Closed Upper-level Subtropical Anticyclones

Corey T. Guastini, SUNY/University at Albany, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart

Poster Session 12

QLCS Tornadoes

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

843

Characteristics of Atypical Damaging Mesovortices in Quasi-Linear Convective Systems: Science and Warning Challenges

Steven Zubrick, NWS Weather Forecast Office, Sterling, VA; and M. R. Kramar, J. R. Klein, and J. E. Lee

844

High-Resolution Observations of a Tornado-Producing Quasi-Linear Convective System

Anthony W. Lyza, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

Poster Session 13

MCS/Derechos

Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Cochairs: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office; Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska

845

Towards a Better Understanding of Convective Storm Evolution over the Coastal Northeastern U.S

Kelly Lombardo, Groton, CT; and B. A. Colle

846

Multi-Sensor Analysis of MCS Maintenance and Boundary Layer Evolution During the 4–5 June 2012 ABIDE-III Field Deployment

Aaron Mayhew, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

847

July 1st 2012 Derecho: Overview of a High Impact, Low Confidence Event across Eastern North Carolina

Tomas Lonka, NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC; and L. E. Pagano

Session 4

Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part IV

Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Chair: Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS/WFO

4:00 PM

4.1

Modern Storm-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction: Assessment, Applications, and the Paths Ahead

Michael Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.2

Advancements in Radar Technology to Detect Severe Local Storms

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

4.3

Societal Impacts of Severe Local Storms and Current Understanding of Populations at Risk

Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM

Concluding Remarks

Lecture 3

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture

Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )

5:00 PM

L3.1

Fire in the Earth System: Interactions with the Atmosphere

Christine Wiedinmyer, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

94th AMS Awards Banquet

94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting February 02 - 06, 2014

Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts

Sunday, 2 February 2014

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014

Monday, 3 February 2014

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5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

8:20 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

2:30 PM-3:55 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

4:00 PM-5:45 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Meeting Information

Additional Information

94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

February 02 - 06, 2014