Session 6 |
| | Damage Assessment and Wind Speeds |
| | Organizer: Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
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| 1:30 PM | 6.1 | Development of an enhanced Fujita Scale for estimating tornado intensity 
James R. McDonald, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX |
| 2:00 PM | 6.2 | Tornadic wind speeds through engineering analysis
Kishor C. Mehta, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX |
| 2:15 PM | 6.3 | A discussion of radar observations of extreme winds in tornadoes
Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 2:30 PM | 6.4 | Comparison of DOW doppler velocities and the damage survey of the 30 May 1998 Spencer, SD tornado
Curtis R. Alexander, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Wurman |
| 2:45 PM | 6.5 | Damage Survey and Radar Analysis of the Ft. Worth and Arlington, TX Tornadoes on 28 March 2000
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Dallas, TX; and M. Foster |