Session 16 Tornado And Severe-Storm Environments

Friday, 15 September 2000: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Host: 20th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Organizers:
Gregory J. Stumpf, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK and John P. Monteverdi, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA

Papers:
3:30 PM
16.1
Forecasting Synoptic and Mesoscale Environments for Tornadoes and Derechos in the Northeast United States
Sheryl F. Honikman, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. C. Cacciola, T. J. Galarneau Jr., L. F. Bosart, and K. D. LaPenta

4:00 PM
16.3
Convective and shear parameters associated with northern and central California tornadoes during the period 1990–1994
Gary S. Lipari, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA; and J. P. Monteverdi

4:15 PM
16.4
Shear parameter thresholds for forecasting California tornadic thunderstorms
John P. Monteverdi, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA; and C. A. Doswell III and G. S. Lipari

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