14^th Annual High Plains AMS/NWA Conference August 12-13, 2010 Dodge City, Kansas Conference Agenda The conference will be held at Dodge City Community College at the Student Union Building in the Santa Fe Room. All times are in Central Daylight Time.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
7:15 am – 8:00 am	Conference Registration
8:00 am – 8:10 am	Introduction from High Plains Chapter President – Mike Umscheid
Session I Thursday Morning	Aaron Johnson, Session Chair
8:10 am – 9:10 am	Keynote Address Dual Polarization: How Will It Change the WSR-88D Don Burgess, OU/CIMMS and Vortex2
9:10 am – 9:30 am	1.1 Historical Perspective on the Dust Bowl Drought in the Central US Dr. Dorian J. Burnette, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
9:30 am – 9:50 am	1.2 Improving Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasts of Convection through the Application of QPF-POP Relationships Christopher J. Schaffer (NWS, Goodland, KS), William A. Gallus Jr. (Iowa State University, Ames, IA), Moti Segal (Iowa State University, Ames, IA)
9:50 am – 10:10 am	1.3 Assessment of Hourly Ceiling and Visibility During Thunderstorms Across Central, South-central, and Southeast Kansas Kenneth R. Cook, Mary-Beth Schreck, L. David Williams, NWS Wichita, KS
10:10 am – 10:40 am	ASSEMBLE FOR GROUP PHOTO WITH SHORT BREAK TO FOLLOW
10:40 am – 11:00 am	1.4 Examination of 700-mb Temperatures and Wind Anomaly Data Relationship to Significant Severe Wind/Hail Weather Reports across Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma Chris Jakub NWS Wichita, KS
Session I Thursday Morning	Aaron Johnson, Session Chair
11:00 am – 11:20 am	1.5 The Future of Severe Storms On-Line Publication Jim Johnson, Retired NWS/Chair EJSSM
11:20 am – 11:40 am	1.6 Tornadic Supercells in Wyoming on June 20, 2010 Jonathan Finch, NWS, Dodge City, KS & Dan Bikos, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
11:40 am – Noon	1.7 Long-lived Supercell in Wyoming and Nebraska on June 9, 2010 Dan Bikos, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado & Jonathan Finch, NWS, Dodge City, KS
Noon – 1:00 pm	Lunch (Buffet at Student Union Building – included in registration fee)
Session II Thursday Afternoon	Jim Johnson, Session Chair
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Keynote Address WEATHER SURVEILLANCE WITH PHASED-ARRAY RADAR Dr. Pamela L. Heinselman, NSSL
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm	2.1 Early Morning Significant Hail Events: 31 May 2008 Analysis and Other Comparisons for Central and Southeast Kansas Kenneth R. Cook and Andy D. Kleinsasser, NWS, Wichita, KS
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm	2.2 Non-Mesocyclone Tornadogenesis in the October 26, 2006 Closed Mid Level Low Severe Convective Event Aaron Johnson, NWS Dodge City, KS
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm	2.3 Assessment of Thirty Year Fog Climatology in Wichita Forecast Area (Undergraduate Student) Matthew Harding, Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm	Break
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm	2.4 Visualization of Key ingredients for Forecasting Winter Storms Kenneth R. Cook, NWS, Wichita, KS
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm	2.5 Climatology of Wind Chill Warning Events In and Surrounding the Cheyenne WFO Jesse Lundquist, NWS Cheyenne, WY
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm	2.6 June 7^th, 2010 Ellis County KS Severe Convective Wind Event Marc Russell, NWS Dodge City, KS
Session II Thursday Afternoon	Jim Johnson, Session Chair
4:20 pm – 4:40 pm	2.7 A Tornado of Hellish Fury: The May 17, 1896 Kansas Tornado Outbreak Bruce Jones, Meteorologist/Spokesperson Midland Radio Corporation
4:40 pm – 5:00 pm	2.8 World’s Best Warnings: The NOAA Weather Radio Network Bruce Thomas, Meteorologist/National Spokesperson Midland Radio
5:00 pm – 5:05 pm	Day End Remarks
5:05 pm – 5:30 pm	High Plains Chapter AMS/NWA Meeting
After Hours Thursday Evening Banquet/Keynote
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Socialize
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Banquet Dinner - The Banquet meal will consist of a 2-item buffet, KC Strip and Chicken Parmesan, with Tossed Salad, Baked Potato, vegetable, hot bread, and a Dessert.
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Keynote Address A history of storm chasing and severe weather coverage for television on the high plains Dave Oliver, KFDA-TV CBS, Amarillo Texas
Friday, August 13, 2010
8:00 am – 8:05 am	Opening Comments
Session III Friday Morning	Ken Cook, Session Chair
8:05 am – 9:05 am	Keynote Address VORTEX2 2009 & 2010:  What We Did, The Data We Got, and What We Might Learn Don Burgess, OU/CIMMS and Vortex2
9:05 am – 9:10 am	Student Scholarship Award Presentations
9:10 am – 9:30 am	3.1 Interactive Effects of Solar Radiation, the Earth’s Magnetic Field, and Surface Temperatures of Central North America. Dr. Cliff L. House, Faculty Emeritus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
9:30 am – 9:50 am	3.2 Examination of a Collapsing HP Supercell -Widespread Wind and Crop Damage across Eastern Lincoln and Western Dawson Counties July 11^th, 2010 Steve Carmel, NWS North Platte, NE Alternate: To include all presentation animations, a compressed zip file is available for download and local playback
Session III Friday Morning	Ken Cook, Session Chair
9:50 am – 10:10 am	3.3 Collaboration between Storm Chasers and Local National Weather Service Offices: A Warning Coordination Meteorologist’s Perspective Tom Magnuson, NWS Pueblo, CO
10:10 am – 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am – 10:50 am	3.4 A Case Study of the May 5, 1987, Satanta Tornado Michael J. Scott, NWS Dodge City, KS
10:50 am – 11:10 am	3.5 A Climate Study of Daily Temperature Change from the Previous Day Matthew Masek, NWS North Platte, NE
11:10 am – 11:30 am	3.6 Radar and Environmental Conditions Associated with Golf Ball Size Hail Occurrence in the NWS Topeka County Warning Area William Gargan, NWS Topeka, KS
11:30 am – 11:50 am	3.7 Mobile, X-band Doppler radar data collected in the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas Tornadic Storm Robin L. Tanamachi, Ph. D. Candidate, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
11:50 am – 12:10 pm	3.8 Ensemble Numerical Prediction of the 4-5 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas Tornadic Supercell and Associated Mesocyclones using EnKF Radar Data Assimilation Daniel T. Dawson, NSSL, Norman, OK
12:10 pm	Closing Remarks