Observational Study of Two Norman, Oklahoma Storms with Very Large, Damaging Hail in Long-Hodograph Environments Katharine M. Kanak and Jerry M. Straka ABSTRACT Two ≥3-in (7.6-cm) hailstorms affected Norman, Oklahoma in 2021: one on 28–29 April and the other on 10–11 October. Wind-driven hail associated with the April storm was estimated to have caused over […]
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Vol 17-3 2022
In Situ Video Observations and Analysis of the 16 June 2014 Pilger, Nebraska EF4 west Tornado Lanny E. Dean, David R. Moran, Randy D. Hicks ABSTRACT An unusual tornado event involving two large and violent EF4 tornadoes occurring simultaneously impacted the Pilger, NE area on 16 June 2014, resulting in two deaths. A privately funded […]
Vol 17-2 2022
Using the Supercell Polarimetric Observation Research Kit (SPORK) to Examine a Large Sample of Pretornadic and Nontornadic Supercells Matthew B. Wilson and Matthew S. Van Den Broeke ABSTRACT Previous work examining dual-polarization (dual-pol) radar signatures of supercells has shown that differential reflectivity (ZDR) column area, hailfall area and specific differential phase (KDP)–ZDR separation angles may […]
Vol 17-1 2022
A Climatology of Long-Track Tornadoes Jerry M. Straka and Katherine M. Kanak
Vol. 16-3 2021
The Effects of Heterogeneous Surface Roughness on Boundary Layer Kinematics and Wind Shear Timothy A. Coleman, Kevin R. Knupp, and Preston T. Pangle
Vol 16-2 2021
Using GOES ABI Split-Window Radiances to Retrieve Daytime Low-Level Water Vapor for Convective Forecasting
John F. Dostalek, Lewis D. Grasso, Yoo-Jeong Noh, and Ting-Chi Wu, Jon W. Zeitler, Harry G. Weinman, Ariel E. Cohen, Daniel T. Lindsey
Vol 16-1 2021
Assessing the Impact of Non-Conventional Radar and Surface Observations on High-Resolution Analyses and Forecasts of a Severe Hailstorm
Matthew T. Morris, Keith A. Brewster, and Frederick H. Carr
Vol 15-4 2020
Placement of Observations to Correct Return-Flow Forecasts
John M. Lewis, S. Lakshmivarahan, Junjun Hu, Robert Rabin
Vol 15-3 2020
Radar-Based, Storm-Scale Circulation and Tornado-Probability Tendencies Preceding Tornadogenesis in Kansas and Nebraska
Bryan M. Baerg, William P. Gargan, Ariel E. Cohen, Richard L. Thompson, Bryan T. Smith, Alan E. Gerard, Chauncy J. Schultz, Lawrence A. Kelly, and Heather V. Nepaul
Vol 15-2 2020
Application of the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager: Morphology of a Preconvective Environment on 17 April 2019
Lewis Grasso, Dan Bikos, Jack Dostalek, Ting-Chi Wu, Kyle Hilburn, Ed Szoke, Jorel Torres, Jon Zeitler, Bill Line, Ariel Cohen