NSSL scientists participate in symposium

From April 30 through May 3, 2000, NSSL scientists participated in the National Symposium on the Great Plains Tornado Outbreak, "Toward a Unified Approach of Understanding, Prediction, Warning, Response and Recovery." Speakers from across the country, including research scientists, media, health professionals, representatives of the insurance industry and experts on shelter technology discussed the events of May 3, 1999. The symposium also featured NSSL Director Jeff Kimpel as one of the key note speakers.

NSSL presentations included: "The May 3 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado: Deaths from the Historical Perspective" (Harold Brooks); "Enhanced Detection of Tornadoes on 3 May 1999 using Prototype Fine-Resolution WSR-88D Measurements" (Rodger Brown and Bim Wood); "Some Aspects of Mesoscale Model Forecasts for 3 May 1999" (Jack Kain, Mike Baldwin, Dave Stensrud, et. al.); "Beyond the Nowcast Range: 24 Hour Forecast Guidance Concerning Convective Initiation and Mode for the Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999" (Dave Schultz, et. al.); "Performance of the WDSS: Warning Decision Support System During the May 3, 1999 Central Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak" (Patrick Burke, Greg Stumpf, DeWayne Mitchell, Christina Hannon, Valerie McCoy, et. al.); "Lessons Learned from the Destruction by the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado" (Chuck Doswell.)