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E xperiment
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- Details
coming soon on 16, 21, 22, and 24 May 2004
tornadoes
- Damage
survey from 30 May 2004 near Geary, OK coming
soon...
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| Project Status |
(This update: 1130 MDT 25
June 2004)
END OF
OPERATIONS 25 June
Testing and hurricane missions next. Check
main page or projects page for links to
information.
There will
be no ROTATE status updates until 2005. However,
preliminary data and imagery and analysis links
will be added from time to time. Please check back
from time to
time.
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No updates until 2005 |
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2004 Data and
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Tornado intercepts (w/data): 36 |
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dual-Doppler intercepts: 10 |
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Rapid-DOW intercepts (w/data): 2 |
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| Mission Logs |
- 12 May 2004: Multiple single and possibly
several dual-Doppler tornadogenesis intercepts
in southern Kansas near Attica. Peak tornado
Doppler velocities ranged upwards to over 100
m/s.
- 16 May 2004: Three single-Doppler weak
tornadogenesis intercepts in central Nebraska.
Thermodynamic measurements collected north of a
weak tornado.
- 17 May
2004: Single-Doppler scans of a non-tornadic
supercell at 40 km range near Russel,
KS.
- 18 May
2004: Bust in southeastern
Kansas.
- 19 May
2004: Bust in southwestern Iowa.
- 21 May 2004: Dual-Doppler tornadogenesis
intercept near Pierce, Nebraska. Thermodynamic
measurements collected north of the tornado
track.
- 22 May 2004: Dual-Doppler tornadogenesis
intercept near Alma, Nebraska. Brief
dual-Doppler intercept of a tornado in progress
near Franklin, Nebraska. Two single-Doppler
tornadogenesis intercepts near Hebron, Nebraska
at dusk and after dark. Thermodynamic
measurements collected north and east of the
first tornado track.
- 24 May 2004: Dual-Doppler tornadogenesis
intercept of several tornadoes near Hebron,
Nebraska. Single-Doppler tornadogensis
intercepts of several tornadoes near Chester and
Belleville, Kansas. Thermodynamic measurements
collected east of several tornado tracks.
- 26 May
2004: Single-Doppler intercept of a non-tornadic
supercell between Hinton and Union City,
Oklahoma.
- 29 May 2004: Single-Doppler
tornadogenesis near Thomas, Oklahoma.
Single-Doppler intercept of a tornado in
progress near Geary, Oklahoma. Doppler
velocities exceeded 90 m/s in the circulation
around the tornado north of Geary. Thermodynamic
measurements collected east and south of both
tornado tracks.
- 10 June 2004: Dual-Doppler intercept of a
tornado in progress near Bucktail, Nebraska
including rapid-scan data. Single-Doppler
observations of tornadogenesis near Tryon,
Nebraska. Thermodynamic measurements collected
north of a tornado track.
- 11 June 2004: Mobile single-Doppler
tornadogenesis observations of a tornado near
Lehigh, Iowa. Thermodynamic measurements
collected south and east of the tornado.
Single-Doppler observations of two other weak
tornadoes. Possible dual-Doppler tornadogenesis
near Pilot Mound, Iowa.
- 12 June
2004: Dual-Doppler observations of a
non-tornadic supercell near Sprague, Nebraska
including rapid-scan data. Thermodynamic
measurements collected northeast and southeast
of the mesocyclone.
- 14 June
2004: Single-Doppler observations of a splitting
supercell near Alma, Kansas.
- 15 June
2004: Dual-Doppler observations of a
non-tornadic supercell near Badger, South
Dakota.
- 16 June 2004: Dual-Doppler observations
of a bow echo head and single Doppler
observations of a book-end vortex between Lakin
and Lydia, Kansas.
- 17 June
2004: Dual-Doppler observations of a
non-tornadic supercell south of Las Animas,
Colorado.
- 18 June
2004: Dual-Doppler observations of a
non-tornadic supercell northwest of Panhandle,
Texas.
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