National Weather Digest articles from December 2007

National Weather Digest archives from December 2007

Note from the Publisher.
December 1, 2007... Welcome to the "new" National Weather Digest! This is the latest in a series of member service upgrades sponsored by NWA committees and approved by the Council. Beginning with this issue, there will be no distinction between black and white and...

Analysis of the 3-4 June 2002 extreme rainfall event over Iowa and Illinois.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Abstract During the period from 1800 UTC 3 June to 2100 UTC 4 June 2002, heavy convective rainfall of over eight inches in east-central Iowa and northwestern Illinois resulted in extreme flash flooding and river flooding. The elevated...

Case study of a long-lived thundersnow event.(Case study)
December 1, 2007... Abstract On 23 March 1966, thundersnow was reported over a period of 9 hours (non-consecutive) at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This event is unique, as it constitutes the longest period of thundersnow (known to these authors) at a single station...

The Wisconsin tornado outbreak of 23 June 2004.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Abstract Wisconsin recorded its fifth largest tornado outbreak during the late afternoon and early evening hours of 23 June 2004. Seventeen tornadoes and numerous reports of damaging straight-line winds and large hail accompanied the...

Diagnosis of the July 6 2002 Ogallala, Nebraska flash flood.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Abstract During the early morning hours of 6 July 2002, a mesoscale convective system (MCS) traversed southwestern Nebraska and produced more than 40 cm of precipitation, resulting in a flash flood that closed Interstate 80 and caused one...

An investigation of storm morphology and mesovortex evolution within a midwestern quasi-linear convective system using conventional and single-Doppler radar data.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Abstract In the morning hours of 29 June 1998, a line of severe convective storms traversed central Iowa, producing a wide swath of straight-line wind damage (several gusts exceeding 50 m s-1) and isolated weak-to-moderate intensity...

Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences Academic Press, Elsevier Second Edition 2006 by Daniel S. Wilks The subject book is a comprehensive treatment of statistics as it relates to the atmospheric sciences, and in...