Talks

Wednesday, August 7th, 2019

Is the accuracy of tornado warnings impacted by the culture of individual forecast offices?

Dr. Stephan Smith NOAA Meteorological Development Lab Director

Saving Lives Before They Were Ever In Danger: The Value of Building Relationships Before the 2019 Flood

Brian Barjenbruch NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Omaha, Nebraska

Becoming a Part of the Disaster in the Midst of Providing Support

Rebecca Kern NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Omaha, Nebraska

March 2019 WFO Hastings Emergency Backup of WFO Omaha and Implementing ICS

Jerilyn Billings Wright NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Hastings, Nebraska

Hosting An Evacuated NWS Office: An MIC’s View

Steve Eddy NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Hastings, Nebraska

The 30 June 2018 Des Moines Flash Flood Emergency Event

Cory Martin NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Des Moines, Iowa

How to win at Social Media – tips, tricks and best Practices

Kate Shawkey NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Hastings, Nebraska

WPC Operations and Collaboration

Patrick Burke Lead Forecaster at the NOAA/NWS Weather Prediction Center

Lessons and Insights from Mesoanalyst Boot Camp

Jesse Lundquist NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Goodland, Kansas

A 3D Analysis of Tornado Events from the 2019 Season

Thomas Dolan NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Hastings, Nebraska

Using Radar-Derived Parameters to Develop Probabilistic Guidance for Lightning Cessation within Isolated Convection near Cape Canaveral, Florida

Joseph Patton NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Goodland, Kansas

Towards Better Operational Predictions of High-Impact Winter Weather in the Northern High Plains

Matthew Brothers, NWS Cheyenne
Rob Cox, NWS Cheyenne
Andrew Lyons, NWS Cheyenne
Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming
Bob Capella, University of Wyoming
Ehan Collins, University of Wyoming

High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model-based analysis of snow squall characteristics

Robert Capella University of Wyoming
Ethan Collins, University of Wyoming
Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming
Zachary Lebo, University of Wyoming

Improvements in Freezing Rain Prediction by Incorporating Droplet Temperature Characteristics

Brian Barjenbruch NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Omaha, NE
Kristopher J. Sanders NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Omaha, NE

Verification of wind forecasts from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh

Ethan Collins, University of Wyoming Zachary Lebo
University of Wyoming Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming
Bob Capella, University of Wyoming
Rob Cox, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Cheyenne, Wyoming
Matthew Brothers, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Cheyenne, Wyoming
Andrew Lyons, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Cheyenne, Wyoming

Thursday, August 8th, 2019

Tornado Genesis Observations

Dr. James Marquis NOAA's Center for Severe Weather Research

On the Relevance of a Low-level Storm-Relative Velocity Enhancement Signature (SRVE) in Tornado Producing Supercells Prior to Tornadogenesis

John Stoppkotte SOO of NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office North Platte NE

17 May 2019 Southwest KS Tornadic Supercell Part I: A Mesoscale and Visual Analysis

Wesley Hovorka NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Dodge City, Kansas

May 17, 2019 Southwest KS Tornadic Supercell

Aaron W. Johnson NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Dodge City, Kansas

Radar and Near Storm Environment Data of the 26 June 2018 Eureka, Kansas Tornado

Paul Howerton NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Witchita, Kansas

A Multiple Video Perspective of the 26 June 2018 EF3 Eureka, Kansas Tornado

Bradley Ketcham NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Wichita, Kansas
Chance Hayes - Warning Coordination Meteorologist NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Wichita, Kansas

A Near-Worst-Case Scenario in East-Central Kansas

Bryan Baerg NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Topeka, Kansas

Applications and Examples of a Behavior-Based Tornadic Debris Signature Identification Technique

Kevin Skow NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Topeka, Kansas
Bryan Baerg NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Topeka, Kansas

UAS-based Multispectral Assessment of the May 28, 2019 Tipton, KS Tornado

Melissa Wagner Arizona State University
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