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Conference on European Tornadoes and Severe Storms

Toulouse, 1-4 February 2000

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Tuesday, 1 February

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Tuesday, 1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2

Wednesday, 2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4

Thursday, 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7

Friday, 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusions

09:00 Welcome of participants, welcome coffee
10:00 Welcome and introductory addresses:

Météo-France/CNRM - D.Cariolle
Observatorie Midi-Pyrénées - D. Guédalia
University of Oklahoma - J.T. Snow

10:30 Keynote Lecturer:  Dr. Robert Landus, World Meteorological Organization

Session 1 - About tornadoes
Chairperson: Dr. Richard E. Peterson, Texas Tech University, U.S.

11:40 Snow, J.T.Challenges and opportunities in tornado research.
12:00 Golden, J.H., and C.R. Adams: The tornado problem: forecasting, a warning and response.
12:20 Elsom, D., G.T. Meaden, D.J. Reynolds and M.W. Rowe: Development of the European Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO).
12:40 Metha, K.C., and R.E. Peterson: Occupant protection in tornadoes.
13:00 Lunch
Session 2 - Climatology, statistics, history
Chairperson: Dr. Pierre Bessemoulin, Météo-France
14:20 Special presentation by Météo-France: "Very Damaging Winds of 26/27 December 1999 in France"
15:00 Brooks, H.E., and C.A. Doswell III: Some aspects of the international climatology of tornadoes by damage classification.
15:20 Reynolds, D.J.: European tornado climatology, 1960-1989.
15:40 Stumpf, G.: Severe storm climatologies using Doppler radar algorithms.
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 Dotzek, N.: Tornadoes in Germany. (extended abstract / slides)
16:40 Holzer, A.M.: Tornado climatology in Austria. (fscale / hour)
17:00 Paul, F.: Tornadoes in France.
17:20 Vinet, F.: Climatology of hail in France.
17:40 Tooming, H.: Tornadoes in Estonia.

 

Wednesday, 2 February

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Tuesday, 1 Feb
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Wednesday, 2 Feb
Session 2
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Session 3
Session 4

Thursday, 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7

Friday, 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusion

Session 2 - Climatology, statistics, history, continued
Chairperson: Dr. François Paul, Climat-Energie-Enviroment

09:00 Reynolds, D.J.: A revised UK tornado climatology, 1960-1990.
09:20 Elsom, D.: Deaths and injuries caused by lightning in the United Kingdom, 1852-1998.
09:40 Webb, J., D.J. Reynolds and D.M. Elsom: Severely damaging hailstorms in Great Britain: a climatological review.
10:00 Tyrrell, J.: Tornadoes and meteorological research in Ireland: an empirical and historical approach.
10:20 Peterson, R.: Tornadoes in Russia.
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Gaya, M., V. Homar and C. Ramis: Tornadoes and waterspouts in the Balearic Islands: phenomena and environment characterizations.
Poster Bielec, Z.: Long-term variability of thunderstorms and thunderstorm precipitation occurrence in Cracow in the period 1896-1995 (authors' presentation choice).
Session 3 - Severe winds, precipitation, hail
Chairperson: Dr. Jose Luis Sanchéz, Universidad de Leon, Spain
11:20 Bechini, R., D. Giaiotti, A. Manzato, F. Stel, and S. Micheletti: The June 4, 1999 severe weather episode in San Quirino, Italy: a tornado event?
11:40 Terpstra, E.: Super cells in the Netherlands.
12:00 Estrela, M., D. Peñarrocha, F. Pastor and M. Millán: Torrential rain events on the Spanish Mediterranean coast: relationships between spatial precipitation patterns and synoptic conditions.
12:20 López, L., J.L. Marcos, J.L. Sánchez, A.Castro and R. Fraile: CAPE values hailstorms in Northwestern Spain.
12:40 Kurz, M.: The Munich hailstorm of 12 July 1984 - a spectacular convective event in Mid Europe.
13:30 Lunch
Session 3 - Severe winds, precipitation, hail, continued
Chairperson: Dr.Peter Bechtold, Observatorie Midi-Pyrénées
14:20 Peñarrocha, D., M. Estrela, F. Pastor and M. Millán: Spatial and temporal distribution of torrential rain events of the Spanish east coast (Valencia region) for the period 1971-1995.
14:40 Sánchez, J.L., R. Fraile and A. Vega: Techniques for the analysis of episodic hailstorms: and application to the storms on 7 May 1999 in the Ebro Valley.
15:00 Sauvageot, H., and A.D. Ochou: Equilibrium raindrop size distributions in heavy rains.
15:20 Sioutas, M.: Hail patterns and variability at areal and temporal scales in Northern Greece.
15:40 Setvak, M., and Jan Munzar: Tornadoes on the territory of the Czech Republic: (from medieval chronicles to the Internet era)
16:00 Coffee Break
Session 4 - Panel discussion
Chairperson: Dr. Derek Elsom, TORRO, U.K.
16:20 J.T. Snow, D. Elsom, C. Doswell, H. Brooks and others: Estimating and scaling of tornado intensity.

 

Thursday, 3 February

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Tuesday, 1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2

Wednesday, 2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4

Thursday, 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7

Friday, 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusions

Session 5 - Electrical phenomena
Chairperson: Dr. Serge Chauzy, Observatorie Midi-Pyr
énées
09:00 Koffi, E.N., S. Sénési and C. Morel: Quantitative aspects of European mesoscale convective systems electrical life-cycle.
09:20 Herrero-Bengoextea, I., A. Ezcurra-Talegón and J. Areitio-Piedra: Relationships between surface hail observations and lightning activity in the upper part of the Ebro Valley (Spain) during the 1998 year.
09:40

Dotzek, N., H. Hoeller, T. Fehr and C. Thery: Investigation of the interrelation between lightning evolution and internal thunderstorm dynamics for the 21 July 1998 EULINOX supercell storm event. (extended abstract / slides)

10:00 Hohl, R., and H.H. Schiesser: Lightning patterns and their relation to the radar derived hail kinetic energy.
10:20 Saunders, C.: A laboratory study of charging processes in electrified clouds.
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Soula, S., and S. Chauzy: Correlation between lightning activity and rainfall in severe thunderstorms.
Session 6 - Synoptic and mesoscale processes
Chairperson: Dr. A. Flossmann, Universit
é de Cleremont-Ferrand
11:20 Van Delden, A.J.: The synoptic setting of a thundery low and associated prefrontal squall line in Western Europe.
11:40 Schmid, W., and H.H. Schiesser: The Alps – a generator of tornadoes?
12:00 Kotli, H.: Tornadoes in Estonia and their synoptic background.
12:20 Gaya, M., V. Homar and C. Ramis: A synoptic and mesoscale study of a tornado outbreak in the Balearic Islands.
12:40 Alberoni, P.P., V. Levizzani, P. Mezzasalma, S. Costa and S. Nanni: Deep convection over Northern Italy: synoptic and mesoscale processes. (presentation)
13:00 Lunch
Session 7 - Numerical modelling
Chairperson: Dr. Stéphane Sénési, Météo-France

14:20

Nolan, D.S., A.S. Almgren and J.B. Bell: High Reynolds number simulations of axisymmetric tornado-like vortices with adaptive mesh refinement.

14:40

Ducrocq, V., J.P. Lafore, J.L. Redelsperger, C. Cibot and F. Orain: Experiments of fine scale prediction of mesoscale convective systems over France.

15:00

Tripoli, G.J., G. Panegrossi, A. Mugani and E.A. Smith: Numerical simulation of heavy precipitation events in northern Italy.

15:20

Wobrock, Wolfram, A. Flossmann, U. Thielen and R. Farley: Modelling of severe precipitation events in North-Eastern Italy.

15:40

Bechtold, P., and E. Bazile: Problems and achievements in modelling/forecasting of atmospheric convection.

16:00

Coffee Break

16:20

Pastor, M., M. Estrela, D. Peñarrocha, M. Millan: Mesoscale numerical modelling of a torrential rain event on the Spanish Mediterranean coast: evaluation of the sea-surface-temperature data input on model results.
18:00 Reception at the City Hall of Toulouse
20:00 Dinner at the Cafe des Arcades, 14 place du Capitole

 

Friday, 4 February

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Tuesday 1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2

Wednesday 2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4

Thursday 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7

Friday 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusions

Session 8 - Observation, monitoring and forecasting
Chairperson: Dr. Harold E. Brooks, National Severe Storms Laboratory
09:00 Stumpf, G.: The national severe storms laboratory severe weather detection algorithms.
09:20 Sénési, S., C. Morel and L. Labatut: Monitoring rapidly developing thunderstorms using Meteosat second generation.
09:40 Setvak, M., R. Rabin and C. Doswell: Satellite observations of storm tops.
10:00 Novak, P., and J. Kracmar: Using data from the Czech weather radar network for detection of convective storms.
10:20 Geresdi, I., and A. Horvath: Severe convective storms and associated phenomena in Hungary.
10:40

Coffee Break

11:00 Stensrud, D.J., M. Xu, J.W. Bao and T.T. Warner: Using short-range ensemble forecasts for severe weather events.
11:20 Sánchez, J.L., E. Garcia and J.L. Marcos: Application of a statistical model to the prediction of thunderstorms.
11:40 Giaiotti, D., F. Stel and S. Micheletti: A comparison between subjective and objective thunderstorm forecasts.
12:00 Walker, A., and W. Schmid: A photographic documentation of European tornadic thunderstorms (poster presentation).
12:05 Kolendowicz, L.: Synoptic situations over Europe associated with thunderstorms in Poland (poster presentation).
12:10 Labbe, L.:  Thunderstorm and tornado around Calais:  The 7-8 January Case (poster presentation)
Preliminary conclusions of "Eurotornado 2000"
12:20 G. De Moor, J. Dessens and J.T. Snow: Concluding remarks and prospects.
13:00 Lunch
14:20 Visit of the Météopole, Météo-France.
17:00 End of "Eurotornado 2000".
updated 08/28/2000

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