Session 6 Observations of mesocyclones and tornadogenesis

Thursday, 13 January 2000: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Host: Symposium on VORTEX: What We Have Learned-Where We Must Go
Organizer:
Erik Rasmussen, NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO

Papers:
8:00 AM
6.1
Tornadogenesis, maintenance, and demise in the Dimmitt, TX storm
Erik Rasmussen, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Straka

8:30 AM
6.2
Cyclic Tornado Formation in the 8 June 1995 McLean, Texas Storm
David C. Dowell, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:00 AM
6.3
Evolution of Low Level Mesocyclone Rotation: The 29 MAY 1994 Newcastle, Texas Storm During VORTEX
Conrad Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL/ERL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen, T. R. Shepherd, A. I. Watson, and J. M. Straka

9:30 AM
6.4
Some surface observations in hook echoes obtained by a mobile mesonet
Paul Markowski, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Straka and E. Rasmussen

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