Session 4 Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication

Program Chair: Glen Romine , NCAR

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Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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8:55 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 1
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation Needs to Advance Research, Prediction and Communication, Part I
Location: Conference Center: Chelan 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication
Chair: Glen Romine, NCAR
8:55 AM
Introductory Remarks

9:00 AM
1.1
Observing Challenges in Past and Current Severe Storm Field Campaigns (Invited Presentation)
Erik Rasmussen, CIMMS, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.2
Really Awesome Devices Advancing Research (Invited Presentation)
Karen Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 2
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation Needs to Advance Research, Prediction and Communication, Part II
Location: Conference Center: Chelan 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication
Chair: Glen S. Romine, NCAR
10:30 AM
2.1
Observations of Severe Storm Cold Pools and Environments (Invited Presentation)
Yvette Richardson, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.2
Integrating Photogrammetry and Damage Surveys into Severe Local Storm Analyses (Invited Presentation)
Roger M. Wakimoto, NSF, Arlington, VA

11:30 AM
2.3
Tornado and Flash Flood (TORFF) Warnings: Operational Challenges during Multiple Hazards (Invited Presentation)
Jen Henderson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and R. S. Schumacher and E. R. Nielsen
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 3
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation Needs to Advance Research, Prediction and Communication, Part III
Location: Conference Center: Chelan 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication
Chair: Glen S. Romine, NCAR
1:30 PM
3.1
Observation Impacts in Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction (Invited Presentation)
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. James, M. Hu, and S. G. Benjamin
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
3.2
Verification of Convection-Permitting Models (Invited Presentation)
Adam Clark, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Poster Session 1
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication, POSTERS
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication
917
Synoptic Environments and Characteristics of Convection Reaching Tropopause over the Northeast China
Nana Liu, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, United States, TX; and C. Liu

918
Properties of Hail Storms over China and the United States from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Xiang Ni, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and C. Liu, Q. Zhang, and D. J. Cecil

Handout (2.7 MB)

919
The Japanese Enhanced Fujita Scale: Its Development and Implementation
Shota Suzuki, JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Tanaka
Manuscript (770.2 kB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

920
Assimilation of Ground-based Remote Sensing Observations into Storm-scale NWP for a Tornadic Event during PECAN Field Campaign
Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/OU/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. A. Jones and D. D. Turner

921
Kinematic and Polarimetric Observations of Tornadic Debris in the 10 May 2010 Norman, OK Supercell
Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine and R. D. Palmer

922
Observational Strategies for Detecting Rapid Changes in the Immediate Pre-tornadic Environment
Steven E. Koch, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Coniglio

923
An Updated U.S. Geographic Distribution of Concurrent, Collocated Tornado and Flash Flood Events and Look at those Observed during the First Year of VORTEX-SE
Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and G. R. Herman and R. S. Schumacher

Handout (19.6 MB)

924
Can Observational Constraints Ever Be Sufficient to Properly Predict a Severe Storm?
Frederic Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

925
Filling the Vertical Gap in Severe Local Storms Research: New Opportunities using Vertically Continuous Radar Imaging
James M. Kurdzo, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, A. Mahre, F. Nai, C. B. Griffin, and R. D. Palmer

926
The Role of Observational Data for Short-Term Severe Weather Forecasting: A Vision of Rapidly Updated, Dynamically Consistent 3-D Analyses for Diagnostic Assessment
Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and R. S. Schneider and I. L. Jirak

927
Impact of Assimilating Pre-Convective Upsonde Observations on Short-Term Forecasts of Convection Observed during MPEX
Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Hitchcock and K. H. Knopfmeier

Handout (8.9 MB)

928
Tornadic mesocyclone wind retrievals from radar observations
Qin Xu, NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Wei and K. Nai
Manuscript (3.3 MB)

Handout (3.3 MB)

929
High-Temporal Resolution Observations of Severe Convective Storms Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar
Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, J. M. Kurdzo, A. Mahre, R. D. Palmer, J. Lujan Jr., and A. Byrd

930
A Multi-Radar, Multi-Sensor-based Hail Climatology for the CONUS: 2000-2011
Derek Rosseau, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega, A. E. Reinhart, and H. Obermeier

Handout (5.8 MB)

931
Analysis of a Severe MCS and Nocturnal Tornadogenesis sampled by PECAN on 5 July 2015
Matthew D. Flournoy, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio, K. H. Knopfmeier, D. M. Wheatley, C. L. Ziegler, R. S. Schumacher, M. D. Parker, E. R. Mansell, M. I. Biggerstaff, and T. J. Schuur

932
Quantifying Reporting Biases in the SPC Tornado Database
Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Broyles, P. S. Skinner, and H. E. Brooks

Handout (27.1 MB)

933
Expanding existing observations of the pre-storm environment using a time series of high-spectral resolution infrared sounder retrievals
Elisabeth Weisz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. L. Smith Sr., R. E. Schultz, K. Strabala, and A. Huang

934
Progress of the ASCE Wind Speed Estimation Standards Committee
James G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS/Office of Chief Learning Officer/Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and M. Levitan, J. Wurman, C. Karstens, F. T. Lombardo, B. W. MacAloney II, T. M. Brown-Giammanco, W. L. Coulbourne, J. A. Womble, and J. P. Camp

935
Thermodynamical Retrieval in Severe Local Storm from Dual Rapid-Volume-Scan Observations during Summer Seasons in Tokyo Metropolitan Region, Japan
Shingo Shimizu, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Iwanami, T. Maesaka, S. I. Suzuki, N. Sakurai, and Y. Shusse

936
A Statistical Study of Wind Gusts in Japan Using In Situ Surface Observations
Wataru Mashiko, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

937
Super High-Resolution Simulation of Tornado-Vortex Structure
Wataru Mashiko, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

938
An Observational Study of High Theta-E Airmasses
Lawrence Wolfgang Hanft, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. L. Houston

939
An Overview of Texas Tech Operations during VORTEX-SE 2016
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and E. C. Bruning, J. Dahl, D. C. Dowell, C. R. Alexander, A. J. Hill, and V. C. Chmielewski

940
Correlations between Topography and Land Cover with Tornado Intensity using Rapid-Scan Mobile Radar Observations and Geographic Information System Data
Jana B. Houser, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH; and H. B. Bluestein and N. McGinnis

941
Vertical Growth of a Vortex in a Supercell Using a Three-Dimensional Inertial Frequency

942
A Climatology of Weakly Forced and Pulse Thunderstorms in the Southeast United States
Paul W. Miller, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote

943
A Tale of Two Mergers: Comparing Examples of Tornado-producing and Non-tornado-producing QLCS-Supercell Mergers in Western South Dakota
Adam J. French, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Handout (1.7 MB)

944
The Observational Analysis of A Tornado Associated With Typhoon Mujigae

945
Characterize Environmental Conditions around Convective Storm with Airborne Raman lidar
Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and D. Wu, L. Guo, D. M. Mueller, B. Geerts, and M. Deng

946
Observations of the Afternoon to Evening Transition Occurring Within the Southern Great Plains Severe Convective Environment
William Gregory Blumberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. D. Turner

947
The Oddities of Hail Observations: Just How Big is a Golf Ball?
John T. Allen, Central Michigan Univ., Mt Pleasant, MI; and M. K. Tippett

948
High Temporal Resolution Profiles of the Near Storm Environment During the 13 July 2015 Nickerson, Kansas, Tornado
Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. R. Cook and W. G. Blumberg

949
Initial Results from MYRORSS: A Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor Climatology of the United States
Travis M. Smith, OU/CIMMS NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega, K. M. Calhoun, C. Karstens, D. M. Kingfield, R. A. Lagerquist, M. C. Mahalik, A. McGovern, T. C. Meyer, H. Obermeier, A. E. Reinhart, and B. R. Smith

950
Development of a Predictive Tool for Tornadoes Downwind of the Appalachian Mountains Using AO and NAO Indices
Matthew Brown, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

951
Early Hazard Warning Potential of Trinidad and Tobago's Weather Radar
Arlene Laing, CIRA and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and B. Baker, K. Kerr, C. Subrath-Ali, P. Wellington, G. De Souza, and M. Noel

Handout (9.8 MB)

4:00 PM-5:35 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Recording files available
Session 4
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation Needs to Advance Research, Prediction and Communication, Part IV
Location: Conference Center: Chelan 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication
Chair: Glen S. Romine, NCAR
4:00 PM
4.1
New and Existing Opportunities for Measuring Boundary Layer Moisture for Convection Initiation Studies (Invited Presentation)
Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
4.2
NOAA New Generation Satellite Capabilities for Improved Severe Storm Forecasts and Warnings (Invited Presentation)
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and T. J. Schmit, D. T. Lindsey, M. J. Pavolonis, and W. Line
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
4.3
Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Severe Local Storms Research and Forecasting (Invited Presentation)
Adam Houston, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM
Concluding Remarks

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