Relationships between 10 years of radar-observed supercell characteristics and hail potential

CR Homeyer, EM Murillo… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Supercell storms are commonly responsible for severe hail, which is the costliest severe
storm hazard in the United States and elsewhere. Radar observations of such storms are …

Development and investigation of GridRad-severe, a multiyear severe event radar dataset

AM Murphy, CR Homeyer… - Monthly Weather Review, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Many studies have aimed to identify novel storm characteristics that are indicative of current
or future severe weather potential using a combination of ground-based radar observations …

[HTML][HTML] An Automated Python Algorithm to Quantify Z DR Arc and K DPZ DR Separation …

MB Wilson, MS Van Den Broeke - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Supercell thunderstorms often have pronounced signatures of hydrometeor size sorting
within their forward-flank regions, including an arc-shaped region of high differential …

[HTML][HTML] Tornado formation and intensity prediction using polarimetric radar estimates of updraft area

MM French, DM Kingfield - Weather and Forecasting, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A sample of 198 supercells are investigated to determine if a radar proxy for the area of the
storm midlevel updraft may be a skillful predictor of imminent tornado formation and/or peak …

Simulated QLCS vortices in a high-shear, low-CAPE environment

LT Lovell, MD Parker - Weather and Forecasting, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tornadoes produced by quasi-linear convective systems (QLCSs) in low instability
environments present distinctive challenges for forecasters. This study analyzes a …

Comparison of Radar-Observed Tornadic and Nontornadic MCS Cells Using Probability-Matched Means

AM Murphy, CR Homeyer - Journal of Applied Meteorology …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Forecasting tornadogenesis remains a difficult problem in meteorology, especially for short-
lived, predominantly nonsupercellular tornadic storms embedded within mesoscale …

Polarimetric radar observations of a long-lived supercell and associated tornadoes on 10–11 December 2021

MS Van Den Broeke, MB Wilson… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present environmental and polarimetric radar observations of a long-lived December
supercell that tracked approximately 750 km from Arkansas to northern Kentucky. The storm …

Using the Supercell Polarimetric Observation Research Kit (SPORK) to examine a large sample of pretornadic and nontornadic supercells

MB Wilson, MS Van Den Broeke - E-Journal of Severe Storms …, 2022 - ejssm.com
Previous work examining dual-polarization (dual-pol) radar signatures of supercells has
shown that differential reflectivity (Z DR) column area, hailfall area and specific differential …

Comments on “A Climatology of Cell Mergers with Supercells and Their Association with Mesocyclone Evolution” and “The Influence of Cell Mergers on Supercell …

J Fischer, MD Flournoy, AW Lyza - Monthly Weather Review, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Two recent articles investigated the evolution of supercell mesocyclone intensity during
storm merger events using radar-indicated azimuthal shear. Both found that initially strong …

Comparing polarimetric signatures of proximate pretornadic and nontornadic supercells in similar environments

DJ Healey, MS Van Den Broeke - Weather and Forecasting, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
While prior research has shown that characteristics of the supercell environment can
indicate the likelihood of tornadogenesis, it is common for tornadic and nontornadic …