Dec. 2006:
ESSL established as a registered association (e.V.).
Sep. 2006:
ESSL established as an association.
Jan. 2006:
ESWD database becomes operational. Three NMHS partners: DWD, INM, ZAMG.
Jun. 2005:
Jan. 2004:
Graphics-based ESWD database prototype developed by Pieter Groenemeijer, online at ESTOFEX.
Jan. 2003:
Web-based ESSL starts operations under its own domain name.
Dec. 2002:
ESSL's web domain essl.org becomes available. Development of an initial Action Plan.
Nov. 2002:
Definition of a scientific Core Group
has started in order to form an ESSL network.
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to the organizers.
Oct. 2002:
Pilot study for the ESSL is awarded a third prize in the ideas competition "Storm damage: Precaution, prevention, and maintenance" (Sturmschäden: Vorsorge, Vermeidung und Nachsorge) of the Stiftung Umwelt und Schadenvorsorge.
Aug. 2002:
European Conference on Severe Storms in Prague, Czech Republic. Text-based first ESWD version presented by Fulvio Stel and Dario Giaiotti, online at OSMER-FVG.
Jun. 2002:
Initial ESSL website. Pilot study for the ESSL available in pdf format on the web.
Apr. 2002:
Pilot study for an ESSL prepared during a science visit to the NSSL and submitted to Stiftung Umwelt und Schadenvorsorge idea competition.
Nov. 2000:
Concept of an ESSL presented and discussed at a workshop on "Tornadoes and Hail" organized by the Risk Prediction Initiative in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Feb. 2000:
Concept of an ESSL presented and discussed with NSSL scientists at the 1st European Conference on Tornadoes and Severe Storms in Toulouse, France.
Oct. 1999:
Concept of an ESSL presented at the Symposium "Naturkatastrophen in Mittelgebirgsregionen" at Universität Karlsruhe, Germany.
Jan. 1997:
Severe local storm network TorDACH was founded. Idea of an ESSL starts to emerge.