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Case Studies:      (Look for less detailed but more frequent case write ups on my blog here.)
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===>700 mb temperatures and the "cap" in the central plains UPDATED & 10 July 2009 "cap" case study in the central plains NEW
thumb_052208windsortor_kusa.jpg (12900 bytes)===>Paper for 24th SLS Conference:  Three Strong Tornadoes in 2008 with Boundary Intersections & Narrow Instability Axes
thumb_greensburgtor_mcgowan.jpg (13638 bytes)===>Case study: the Greensburg tornado environment on 4 May 2007
thumb_102606minneolator_mu.jpg (16320 bytes)===>Case study: non-mesocyclone tornadoes with cold core 500 mb low in southwest Kansas on 26 October 2006
thumb_041005wakeeneytor_tu.jpg (12330 bytes)===>Low-topped tornadic supercells with cold core 500 mb low in NW Kansas 10 April 2005: photos and case study

*===>Case study: 12 June 2004 Mulvane, Kansas tornadic supercell - forecast setting and environment
*===>Tornadoes with deceptively small CAPE: the 20 April 2004 outbreak in Illinois and Indiana
*===>The Siren, Wisconsin tornadic supercell environment on 18 June 2001
*===>My first tornado: Pratt, Kansas 25 May 1965

Briefs & Studies Online:

*===>On useful ingredients and "patterns" in tornado forecasting - a brief overview
*===>Using 700 mb temperatures as an estimation of the "cap" in the central plains
*===>Supercell and tornado parameters from a large dataset of simple forecast soundings 1992-2001

 

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