Meeting Minutes and Presentations

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2009-2010

May 2010
Tom Salem, "Discussion of Severe Weather and Flooding in the Mid-South on May 1-2, 2010"

March 2010
Chris Schultz, "Lightning - Current Understanding and Future Research"
Presentation forthcoming

February 2010
Pat Spoden, "WFO Paducah and the Historic 2009 Ohio Valley Ice Storm"
View the PowerPoint

November 2009
Krissy Scotten, "WAS*IS - Weather and Society*Integrated Studies Presentation"
View the Presentation

September 2009
Tom Salem, et al. "Synoptic Scale Factors of Significant Tornadoes in the Mid-South" - View the PowerPoint (95.1 MB)
Michael Scotten and Jonathan Howell, "Overview of the July 30, 2009 Mid-South Tornado Outbreak" - View the PowerPoint (2.1 MB)

2008-2009

May 2009
"Mid-South Convective Weather Forum"
Tom Salem, "Jets and Severe Weather" - View the Presentation
Tom Salem and Kevin Terry, "Implementation of Dual Polarization Radar of the National Weather Service WSR-88D Radars" - View the Presentation
Michael and Krissy Scotten, "Correlating El Niño-Southern Oscillation to Cold Season Tornado Occurrences at NWS Memphis" - View the Presentation
Michael Scotten, "A Detailed Analysis of the May 8, 2008 Tupelo, Mississippi Tornadic Supercell" - View the Presentation

March 2009
Jonathan Howell, "Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Ike and Resultant Mid-South Damaging Wind Event"
View the Presentation

February 2009
Rich Okulski, "NWS Support for the Presidential Debate in Oxford, MS"
View the presentation (PDF - 4 MB)

November 2008
Erik Proseus and Melvin Bradley, "The WINDS of Change: FedEx's New Corporate Weather System"
View the PowerPoint

September 2008
Business Meeting and Dinner at Corky's Barbecue

2007-2008

May 2008
Kevin Terry, "Uses of the GR2Analyst Software to Display Advanced Radar Products on your PC"

March 2008
Jonathan Howell and Todd Beal, "Super Tuesday Mid-South Tornado Outbreak"
View the PowerPoint (81 MB)

January 2008
Rusty Haley, "Running Northwest Airlines during a Major Snow Event"
View the PowerPoint (11 MB)

November 2007
Randall Roby, "Emergency Management, Using Weather to Save Lives in Shelby County"
See the EMA's new VIPER truck

September 2007
Jonathan Howell, "Inside View of National Weather Service Operations and Severe Weather Case Study"

2006-2007

May 2007
Erik Proseus, Danny Phelps, Eddie Holmes, and Jon Howell,
"Backyard Weather: Amateur Weather Observing for Dummies"
View the Backyard Weather PowerPoint (5 MB) - View the Mesonet PowerPoint (4 MB)
View the Web Links

March 2007
Mr. Ron Przybylinski, "Analysis of the 2 April 2006 QLCS over the Mid-Mississippi Valley Region"
and "Analysis of the Tornado Damage Track of the Evansville Tornado"
View the QLCS PowerPoint (8 MB) - View the Evansville PowerPoint (25 MB)

January 2007
Dr. Mike Brown, "Storm Chasing - Mississippi State Style"
View the PowerPoint (68 MB)

November 2006
Jon Howell & Jason Beaman, "A Case Study of the April 2, 2006 Killer Mid-South Tornado Outbreak"
View the PowerPoint (41 MB)

September 2006
Richard Okulski, "NWS Incident Meteorologists"
View the PowerPoint (22 MB)

2005-2006

May 2006
Erik Proseus, "Impacts of the December 22, 2004 Winter Storm on FedEx's Memphis Operation"
Jon Howell & Jason Beaman, "Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Analysis and Review From the Mid-South Perspective"
View Erik's PowerPoint (2.7 MB) - View Jon/Jason's PowerPoint (13 MB)

March 2006
Stacey Stewart, "An Overview of the Hyperactive 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season"
View the PowerPoint

February 2006
Alan Gerard, "Comparison of Tornado Statistics from Tornado Alley to Dixie Alley"
View the PowerPoint (3.5 MB)

September 2005
Tom Fahey, "Aviation Meteorology: A Northwest Airlines Perspective"
View the PowerPoint (9.5 MB)

2004-2005

May 2005
March 2005
January 2005
November 2004
September 2004

2003-2004

May 2004
March 2004
January 2004
November 2003
September 2003

2002-2003

April 2003
February 2003
November 2002
September 2002

2001-2002

May 2002
March 2002
January 2002
November 2001
September 2001

2000-2001

May 2001
March 2001
January 2001
November 2000
September 2000

1999-2000

May 2000
March 2000
January 2000
November 1999
September 1999

1998-1999

May 1999
March 1999
January 1999
November 1998
September 1998