ROTATE-2001                           
R adar                         
O bservations of          
T ornadoes
A nd
T hunderstorms      
E xperiment 2001
 ROTATE-2001 Observations  (most interesting ones):                      
  • 06 May 2001:  S OK tornado  (no images yet)
  • 19 May 2001:  N TX outflow boundary 1 2 3
  • 20 May 2001: E OK tornadoes (Enterprise, Dustin, Stigler?)
  • 27 May 2001:  KS gustnadoes in haboob
  • 30 May 2001:  N TX tornadoes (E Turkey, Quanah), SW OK weak tornadoes (Davidson)
  • 05 June 2001:  S KS Tornadogenesis (Argonia)

       Images and Data from past ROTATE years
               

        Images of interference from UMASS 3-cm radar @22 km range) 1 2 3
                                     
Status                             
                   
                 (This  update:  1100 CDT 08 June 2001)                          

Done for season.  (unless a surprise pops up before Tuesday) 

Next Update: 2002

    
     Weather        

Not much hope in short term

ROTATE Description   DOW Home Page

  2001 Data and Logs
                                2001 Tornado  intercept (w/data) count:      6
                   (+2 gustnadoes, + 2 wimpnadoes)
  2001 dual-Doppler intercepts:  2 genesis (one quite good)
                                                       
System Status                        
   DOW2:                 UP        Works:  Feeling the pain of chase season
   DOW3:                  UP      Works: Feeling  the pain of chase season
DOW4:     Gone            
CHASE:            Returned until next event       
Wurman:            Boulder     
DOW home Page
For more information, contact:
Joshua Wurman
Center for Severe Weather Research
1945 Vassar Circle
Boulder, CO  80305
720-304-9100 (voice), 720-304-0900 (fax)
admin@cswr.org
 
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