The Past Nine Years of the Severe Weather Symposiums

The Past Nine The Past Nine Years of the Severe Years of the Severe

Weather Weather SymposiumsSymposiums

First Annual Severe Weather First Annual Severe Weather SymposiumSymposium

April 11,1997April 11,1997Chairman: Jeff Dobur

Brad PanovichOpening Remarks: Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President of The Ohio State University

Dr. Lawrence A. Brown, Chair of the Dept of Geography Dr. Jay Hobgood, Director of Atmospheric Sciences

Program Speakers:John Distefano

Science Operations OfficerNational Weather Service Forecast Office

Wilmington OH

Julie DianService Hydrologist

National Weather Service Forecast OfficeWilmington OH

First Annual Severe Weather First Annual Severe Weather SymposiumSymposium

April 11,1997April 11,1997J.R. Thomas

Director Franklin County, Ohio Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

Fred HuestisCatastrophe Coordinator

Nationwide Insurance

Lt. Col. David SmarshWright Patterson Air Force Base

Dr. Thomas SchmidlinChair

Dept of Geography –Kent State University

22ndnd Annual Severe Weather Annual Severe Weather SymposiumSymposiumApril, 1998April, 1998

Chairman: Jeff Dobur Brad Panovich

Head Coordinator: Mike Ryan

Conference Technician: Jens Blegvad Mike Dunlap

Coordinators: Bethany Pulsifer

Suzanne Cribb Monica Spinnenweber

Opening Remarks: Dr. Lawrence Brown, Chairman of the Geography Dept

Jay Hobgood, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program


Speakers: Keith Bedford, Chair,Dept of Civil Engineering,Ohio State University

Suzy Davidson, Greg Tune, Red Cross-------------

Mike BettesBroadcast Meteorologist

WSYX-TV Channel 6

Mike DavisBroadcast Meteorologist

WBNS-10TV

Ben GelberBroadcast Meteorologist

WCMH-NBC4


Ken HayduMeteorologist In Charge

National Weather ServiceWilmington OH

Bill ComeauxMeteorologist In Charge

National Weather ServiceCleveland OH

Mike SabonesMeteorologist In Charge

National Weather ServiceNorth Webster, IN

22ndnd Annual Severe Weather Annual Severe Weather SymposiumSymposiumApril, 1998April, 1998Herbert Stein

Professional Storm Chaser / ResearcherUniversity Of Oklahoma

Dan McCarthyWarning Coordination Meteorologist

Storm Prediction Center – National Weather Service

Norman OK

33rdrd Annual Severe Weather Annual Severe Weather SymposiumSymposium

April 30 April 30thth, 1999, 1999• Welcome and Introductions

Mike RyanHead Coordinator, Ohio Severe Weather Symposium

• Dr. Lawrence A. BrownChairperson, Department of GeographyOhio State University

• Dr. Jay HobgoodDirector, Atmospheric Sciences ProgramOhio State University

• Robin BeltonPresident, Ohio State Meteorology Club

Speakers:• Dr. David Bromwich

Associate Professor, Department of GeographyOhio State University"Real-Time Numerical Weather Prediction for Ohio using the PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model Version 5"


April 30 April 30thth, 1999, 1999• Dr. Harold Brooks

Head, Mesoscale Applications GroupNational Severe Storms LaboratoryNorman, OK"Issues in the Climatology of Tornadoes“

• Robert StewartFormer City ManagerXenia, OH"The Tornado at Xenia: The Aftermath and Steps Taken Towards Rebuilding“

• John DiStefano & Greg TiptonScience Operations Officer/Lead ForecasterWilmington, OH NWSFO"A Case Study of the April 9, 1999 Southwest Ohio F-4 Tornado"


April 30 April 30thth, 1999, 1999• Steve Horstmeyer

Meteorologist, WKRC-TV Channel 12Cincinnati, OH“The April 9, 1999 Southwest Ohio Tornado“

• Dan McCarthyMesometeorologistStorm Prediction CenterNorman, OK"A New Look at the Super Outbreak of 1974 Using Today's Models“

• Dr. Greg ForbesAssociate Professor, Department of MeteorologyPennsylvania State UniversityState College, PA"The 1974 Super Outbreak in Retrospect"

44thth Annual Severe Weather Annual Severe Weather SymposiumSymposium


Robin BeltonHead Coordinator, Ohio Severe Weather Symposium

• Dr. Lawrence A. BrownChairperson, Department of GeographyOhio State University

• Dr. Jay HobgoodDirector, Atmospheric Sciences ProgramOhio State University


April 30 April 30thth, 1999, 1999Speakers

• Dr. W. Steven LewellenDr. David LewellenWest Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV"Modeling the Strongest Winds in a Tornado“

• Christopher C. HennonGraduate Student/ASP Webmaster, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH"Using the OSU Weather Website for Severe Weather Monitoringand Forecasting"

• Melissa BarringtonMeteorologist, The Weather ChannelAtlanta, GA"Severe Weather Operations at the Weather Channel"


April 30 April 30thth, 1999, 1999• Bob Davis

Meteorologist, National Weather ServiceMoon Township (Pittsburgh), PA"The Ohio Floods of 26-28 June 1998: An AMBER Perspective“

• Joe HeimOhio River Forecast CenterWilmington, OH"Ohio River Forecast Center Operations“

• Dan McCarthyStorm Prediction CenterNorman, OK"What was learned from the May 3rd Tornado Outbreak""What's new at the Storm Prediction Center"


April 30 April 30thth, 1999, 1999• Dr. Hugh Willoughby

Director, Hurricane Research DivisionNOAA/AOMLMiami, FL"Hurricanes in the Millennium: Getting Ready for the Big One"



Greg ElsaesserCO-Head coordinator, Ohio Severe Weather Symposium

• Dr. Lawrence A. BrownChairperson, Department of Geography Ohio State University

• Dr. Jay HobgoodDirector, Atmospheric Sciences Program Ohio State University

• John Distefano/NWSFO Wilmington, OhioScience and Operations Officer Xenia Tornado: "Some Perspective on the Severe Weather Episode over Southwest Ohio on 20 September 2000"


April 27 April 27thth, 2001, 2001• Speakers• John Distefano/NWSFO Wilmington, Ohio

Science and Operations Officer Xenia Tornado: "Some Perspective on the Severe Weather Episode over Southwest Ohio on 20 September 2000“

• Tech Sgt. Chris Comte and Tech Sgt. Scott Thompson Wright-Patterson AFB"The 2000 Xenia Tornado: A Close-up Perspective

• Dr.Jeffrey C. RogersProfessor of GeographyOhio State University"Wintertime Flooding in the Ohio River Valley:Atmospheric Controls from the Pacific“


April 27 April 27thth, 2001, 2001• Dale W. Shipley

Executive Director of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency"How Ohio EMA responds to a severe weather event“

• John MontgomeryCentral Ohio Severe Weather Network "The Role of Amateur Radio During Severe Weather"

• Dr.Harold BrooksHead, Mesoscale Applications Group, Forecast Research and Development DivisionNational Severe Storms Laboratory "A Historical Look at Tornadoes: Deaths and Damage“

• Rod ScofieldSenior Research Meteorologist Hydrology Team of the NOAA/NESDIS/Atmospheric Research & Applications Division (ARAD) "Satellite Characteristics of Flash Flood producing thunderstorms over the Ohio Valley and Surrounding Area"


April 26 April 26thth, 2002, 2002Introductions

Jennifer Hogan - Morning Facilitator Opening Remarks and Introductions

Jeff Dobur - Conference Co-Chairman, NWS Co-Sponsor

Dr. Jay Hobgood - Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program

Dr. Lawrence Brown - Dept Chair, Department of Geography



• Thomas NiziolScience Operations Officer - NWSWFO Buffalo, New York "A Review of Operational Forecasting for Lake Effect Snow"

• Jeff HalversonNASA / Goddard Space Center “NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission: Four Years of Exciting Science Exploring Rain Processes, Lightning and Hurricanes"

• 1stLt Stephen Early88 WS/WES Wright-Patterson AFB

• Pete ManousosScience Operations Officer - Hydrologic Prediction Center (HPC) - Silver Springs, MD "Overview of the Hydrologic Prediction Center"


April 26 April 26thth, 2002, 2002• Dan McCarthy

Warning Coordination Meteorologist - Storm Prediction Center – Norman "Tornado Trends Across the United States 1950 - 2000“

• Dr. Scott SheridanAssistant Professor - Kent State University "Understanding, forecasting, and mitigating heat-related mortality“

• Brad GrantMeteorologist Instructor - WSR-88D Radar Warning Decision Training Branch - Norman, OK "Warning Decision Making : Issues and Training"


April 25 April 25thth, 2003, 2003Introductions

• Zack Schmiesing

- President, The Ohio State University Meteorology Club

• Dr. Jay Hobgood

- Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program

• Mike Ryan - Chairperson, Ohio Severe Weather Symposium



• Dr. E. Philip Krider

-Professor of Meteorology, University of Arizona “Lightning”• Tom Adams

-Development and Operations Hydrologist (DOH), Ohio River Forecaset Center, Wilmington, Ohio"Ohio River Forecast Center Implementation of the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services“

• John Franks -Forecaster - NWSFO Wilmington, Ohio “The Expansion

of the Fire Weather Program at NWSFO Wilmington"


April 25 April 25thth, 2003, 2003• Tom Niziol

-Science Operations Officer - NWSFO Buffalo, New York "Satellite-Derived Great Lakes Sea Surface Temperatures and the Impact on Model Simulations of Lake Effect Snow“

• Dr. Harold Brooks

-National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma "Estimating Severe Thunderstorm Climatology Around the World“

• Jeffrey Logsdon -Science Operations Officer - NWSFO Northern Indiana "The 10 November 2002 F4 Tornado in Van Wert, Ohio"

• Dan McCarthy -Warning Coordination Meteorologist - Storm Prediction Center -

Norman, Oklahoma November 10 Severe Thunderstorm/Tornado Outbreak


May 7 May 7thth, 2004, 2004• Kristen Mills - OSU Meteorology Club

President

• Dr. Morton O'Kelly - Chair, OSU Dept of Geography

• Mike Ryan - Chair, Severe Weather Symposium


May 7 May 7thth, 2004, 2004Speakers:

• Jim Kosarik - "Lead Forecaster" - NWSFO Cleveland, OH Chris Mello - "Information Technology Officer" - NWSFO Cleveland, OH "Utilization of the Cleveland NWS Workstation ETA Model and Lake Effect Snow"

• Jeff Dobur - NWSFO Peachtree City, GA "Model-Derived Precipitation Efficiency: An Operational Forecast Tool“

• Dr. Carolyn Merry - "The Department of Civil Engineering" -The Ohio State University "Uses of Remote Sensing in Meteorology“


May 7 May 7thth, 2004, 2004• Tom Johnstone - "Information Technology Officer" - NWSFO Wilmington,

OH "Implementation of the Ohio Valley Mesonet“

• Dongjun Seo - "Office of Hydrologic Development" - NWS Headquarters "Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using WSR-88D: The Hydrologic Story“

• Dan McCarthy - "Warning Coordination Meteorologist" - Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK) "May 2003 Series of Outbreaks: Comparisons to Climatological Trends"


April 15 April 15thth, 2005, 2005• Welcome/Introductions:• Jeremy Bower - OSU Meteorology Club

• Dr. Jay Hobgood - Director of Atmospheric Sciences at OSU

• Dr. Morton O'Kelly - Chair, Department of Geography



• Robin Gerhardt - "Meteorologist" - NWSFO Wilmington, OH “An Examination of the January 2005 Flooding Across the NWS Wilmington, Ohio Hydrological Service Area“

• Joe Heim - Ohio River Forecast Center - Wilmington, OH "Operational Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Bias in the OHRFC Region“

• Rick McCoy - Emergency Managment Director - Van Wert County, Ohio "A Community Prepared, the Van Wert, Ohio Tornado“

• Harold Brooks - Head of Mesoscale Applications Group - National Severe Storms Laboratory “Climatological Aspects Of Convective Parameters From The NCAR/NCEP Reanalysis”


April 15 April 15thth, 2005, 2005• Dr. Louis Uccellini - Director of National Centers for

Environmental Prediction “NCEP Update“

• Dan McCarthy - Warning Coordination Meteorologist - Storm Prediction Center “40th Anniversary of the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak and How It Changed Tornado Preparedness”

• Dr. Josh Worman - Center for Severe Weather Research “DOW observations of Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Fires"

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