12th HPC CONFERENCE AGENDA
	Presenter	Topic of Presentation
THURSDAY
8:00-8:15	David Floyd	Introductions and Logistics
8:15-9:15	Keynote: Dr. Eve Gruntfest- University of Colorado	Societal Impacts of Weather and Forecasting
9:15-9:25	Break
9:25-9:40	Scott F. Blair- NWS WFO Topeka	Emerging Technologies in the Field in Support of Operations and Research
9:40-9:55	Derek R. Deroche- NWS WFO Pleasant Hill	Innovative Communication Utilizing Multimedia Weather Briefings
9:55-10:10	Christopher S. Foltz- NWS WFO Goodland	Verification of the CPC 8-14 Day Temperature and Precipitation Outlook over the NWS WFO Goodland County Warning Area, 2002-2008
10:10-10:25	Dan Nietfeld- NWS Omaha/Valley	Societal Impacts of Recent Tornado Events
10:25-10:35	Break
10:35-10:50	Jeremy Martin- NWS WFO Goodland	An Analysis of Two Tornadic Events Associated With Closed Cold Core 500mb Lows
10:50-11:05	Andy Fischer- NOAA/NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center	Unusual Nighttime Tornadoes in 2008 Associated With Relatively Stable Low-level Conditions
11:05-11:20	Matt Masek- NWS WFO North Platte	Severe/Non-Severe Weather Case Study from 17 September 2007
11:20-11:35	James McCormick- Air Force Weather Agency	Aspects of the Interstate 80 Tornadic Supercell of 29 May 2008
11:35-11:50	Aaron Johnson- NWS WFO Hastings	The Downfall of Convective Inhibition in the SIG-TOR Parameter During the May 29 2008 Tornado Outbreak
11:50-1:00	Lunch
1:00-1:45	Keynote: Dr. Patrick Market- University of Missouri-Columbia	Isentropic Perspective of Two Cases of Elevated Convection
1:45-1:55	Break
1:55-2:10	Joshua Boustead- NWS WFO Topeka	Variability of the Influence of Convection on Conveyor Belts: Development of Conceptual Models and Forecast Methodologies
2:10-2:25	Taylor V. Trogdon- University of Missouri-Columbia and Bill Taylor- NWS WFO North Platte	A Detailed Look at the Mesoscale Heavy Snow Event of December 6, 2007
2:25-2:40	Kenneth R. Cook- NWS WFO Wichita	An Operational Assessment of WRF Model Simulated Reflectivity Used at the National Weather Service, Wichita
2:40-2:55	Kenneth R. Cook- NWS WFO Wichita	Assessment of Science and Methodologies to Forecast Wind and Wind Gust Speed
2:55-3:10	Jonathan Finch-  NWS WFO Dodge City and Dan Bikos- CIRA/Colorado State University	The Colorado-Wyoming Long-Lived Tornadic Supercell of May 22, 2008
3:10-3:20	Break
3:20-3:35	Melissa A. Goering- NWS WFO Cheyenne	An Overview of the Environmental Conditions and Radar Analysis of the 22-23 May 2008 Tornadoes in Southeast Wyoming
3:35-3:50	Undergraduate Student Competition: Matt Noffke- University of Nebraska-Kearney	Characterizing Rain Field Sub-pixel Variability in the Great Plains
3:50-4:05	Undergraduate Student Competition: Brittany L. Perrin- University of Missouri-Columbia	Can Large Scale Climate Controls Help Predict Seasonal Tornado Activity?
4:05-4:20	Graduate Student Competition: Tyler Williams- University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Horizontally Oriented Weak Echo Regions in Midwest Supercells: A Hypothesis for Identifying Entrainment Leading to Large Hail
6:00-6:30	Social/Networking Time
6:30-7:30	Banquet
7:30-8:30	Banquet Speaker: Dr. Mary Ann Cooper- University of Illinois-Chicago	Struck By Lightning: A Lifelong Sentence
FRIDAY
8:00-8:45	Keynote: Greg Carbin- Storm Prediction Center	2008 US Tornado Season Year-To-Date
8:45-8:55	Student Competition Award Presentation/Break
8:55-9:10	Barbara E. Mayes- NWS WFO Omaha/Valley	Synoptic-Scale Convective Environment Climatology by ENSO phase in the North Central United States
9:10-9:25	Dave Freeman- KSNW-TV Wichita, KS	The Challenges of Storm-Based Warnings
9:25-9:40	Peter Browning- NWS Central Region Headquarters	A Climatology of Apparent Temperature
9:40-9:55	Jonathan Garner- NWS WFO North Platte	The Importance of a Well Mixed PBL in the Great Plains Severe Storm Environment
9:55-10:10	Mike Umscheid- NWS WFO Dodge City	A State Record Tornado Outbreak?: Preliminary Investigation of 23 May 2008 Supercells and Tornadoes
10:10-10:25	Jim Johnson-Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology	I'm Just a Forecaster!  I Have Nothing to Publish!
10:25-10:35	Break
10:35-10:50	Paul Howerton- NWS WFO Wichita	A Mesoscale Discussion of the 7 April 2008 Convective Event in South Central Kansas: Implications for Operational Meteorologists
10:50-11:05	Kurt Buffalo- NWS WFO Hastings	April 25, 2008 Mitchell County KS EF2 Tornado-Part I Mesoscale Analysis Review
11:05-11:20	Aaron Johnson- NWS WFO Hastings	April 25, 2008 Mitchell County KS EF2 Tornado-Part II Model Performance Review
11:20-11:35	Dennis E. Cavanaugh- NWS WFO Topeka	Evolution of Environmental Conditions Supportive of Tornadic Supercells on 11 June 2008
11:35-11:50	Barbara E. Mayes- NWS WFO Omaha/Valley	A Preliminary Investigation of the June 27, 2008 Damaging Wind Event Through the Omaha/Valley, NE County Warning Area
11:50-12:05	Van DeWald- NWS WFO Omaha/Valley	Reemphasizing the Importance of Preexisting Surface Boundaries in Nonsupercell Tornadogenesis