SR/MSD 99-1
Technical Attachment
National Weather Service Southern Region
July 27-30, 1999
Tuesday July 27
800 AM Welcome and Introductions
830 AM On Improving National Weather Service Tornado Warnings
Don Burgess - OSF, Chief, Operations Training Branch
900 AM BREAK
915 AM On Improving National Weather Service Tornado Warnings, cont'd
Don Burgess - OSF, Chief, Operations Training Branch
1015 AM BREAK
1030 AM Warning Decision Making on May 3, 1999
Liz Quoetone - OSF, Operations Training Branch
David Andra - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO Norman
1130 AM LUNCH
1245 PM AWIPS/D2D in Warning Operations: A Proposed Methodology
David Andra - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO Norman
145 PM BREAK
200 PM AWIPS/D2D in Warning Operations: A Proposed Methodology, cont'd
David Andra - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO Norman
300 PM BREAK
315 PM Use of AWIPS in a Major Tornado Outbreak - May 3, 1999
David Andra - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO Norman
345 PM Development of Warning and Situational Awareness Procedures
David Andra - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO Norman
430 PM ADJOURN
Wednesday July 28
800 AM Business and Announcements
815 AM Selected Topics in Southeastern United States Severe Weather
Kevin Knupp - University of Alabama at Huntsville
915 AM BREAK
930 AM An Introduction to the Spectrum of MCS Evolution
Ron Przybylinski - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO St. Louis
1030 AM BREAK
1045 AM An Introduction to the Spectrum of MCS Evolution, cont'd
Ron Przybylinski - Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO St. Louis
1130 AM LUNCH
1245 PM Warning Difficulties Encountered with Non-Supercellular Tornadoes in the Southeast United States
Tom Bradshaw - Senior Forecaster, NWSFO Birmingham
100 PM Tropical Cyclone Induced Tornadoes
Pat Welsh - Science and Operations Officer, NWSO Jacksonville
130 PM Using Lightning Information for Local Severe Storm Discernment
Tim Troutman - Senior Forecaster, NWSO Melbourne
200 PM BREAK
215 PM NSSL/OSF Tornado Warning Guidance Overview
Greg Stumpf - National Severe Storms Laboratory
245 PM Storm Relative Helicity Variability, Low Level Vorticity Augmentation, and Implications for Tornado Forecasting
Paul Markowski - University of Oklahoma
345 PM BREAK
400 PM Storm Relative Helicity Variability, Low Level Vorticity Augmentation, and Implications for Tornado Forecasting, cont'd
Paul Markowski - University of Oklahoma
500 PM ADJOURN
Thursday July 29
800 AM Business and Announcements
815 AM Effective Communications in Warnings and Statements
Rick Smith - Performance and Evaluation Meteorologist, SRH, Ft. Worth
845 AM The Role of Spotter and Verification Networks in Improving Warning Verification
Gary Woodall - Warning Coordination Meteorologist, SRH, Ft. Worth
915 AM BREAK
930 AM Correlation Between a Tornado Damage Path and Associated Radar Signatures, with Resulting Implications to Pathcasts
Steve Piltz - Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWSFO Tulsa
945 AM Quality Assurance Reports - A Comprehensive Post-Event Evaluation of Severe Weather Operations
Rich Pollman - Senior Forecaster, NWSO Morristown
1000 AM BREAK
1015 AM Situation Specific Severe Weather Warnings at NWSFO Tulsa
Rick Smith - Performance and Evaluation Meteorologist, SRH, Ft. Worth
Steve Piltz - Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWSFO Tulsa
1045 AM Probabilistic Warnings: Innovation or Disaster?
Chuck Doswell - National Severe Storms Laboratory
1115 AM LUNCH
1215 PM The Role of Diagnosis in the Forecast Process
Al Moller - Senior Forecaster, NWSFO Fort Worth
115 PM BREAK
130 PM Use of Observational and Model Data in Short Term Convective Forecasting
Steve Weiss - Lead Forecaster, Storm Prediction Center
230 PM BREAK
245 PM Use of Observational and Model Data in Short Term Convective Forecasting, cont'd
Steve Weiss - Lead Forecaster, Storm Prediction Center
345 PM BREAK
Thursday July 29, cont'd
400 PM Comments from the Director
Jack Kelly - Director, National Weather Service
500 PM Questions and Answers with the Director
Jack Kelly - Director, National Weather Service
600 PM ADJOURN
700 PM Social/Dinner with Jack Kelly
Friday July 30
730 AM Business and Announcements
745 AM Media Interaction Workshop
Curtis Carey -NOAA/NWS Southern Region Public Affairs Officer
900 AM BREAK
915 AM Media Interaction Workshop, cont'd
Curtis Carey -NOAA/NWS Southern Region Public Affairs Officer
1015 AM BREAK
1030 AM Wrap-Up/Group Discussion
1230 PM ADJOURN