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adar
O bservations of
T ornadoes
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hunderstorms
E xperiment
2007
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- The main
focus of ROTATE-2007 will be obtaining extremely
high resolution winds in the lowest
levels of tornadoes, by deploying close to the
tornadoes, as opposed the dual-Doppler
deployments typical of past years.
- ROTATE-2007
will have no fixed base.
- ROTATE-2007 will be
providing guidance to the TIV team in their
efforts to obtain in situ IMAX film and
scientific data in the region very near
tornadoes. The paramount objective will be TIV
safety and avoidance of the most intense winds
in violent tornadoes. Combination of DOW (10-30
m AGL minimum) and TIV data (3 m AGL) permits us
to map low level winds in tornadoes.
Summary of 12 June 2005 DOW/TIV
intercept of a
tornado
- ROTATE-2007
will likely be employing new deployable in situ
technology.
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Project Status |
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This
update: 1030 CDT 8 June 2007
Saturday 9
June 2007: FERRY to Limon, CO.
Sunday 10 June 2007: FERRY to Boulder, CO.
Monday 11 June 2007: End of Season, CO.
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ROTATE 2007 has concluded for the season.
Weather updates for the 2008 season will commence in April.
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2007 Data and Logs |
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2007 Tornado
intercept (w/ DOW data):
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Tornado intercepts (w/ DOW and TIV data):
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- #1: 21 April: Mission in Texas Panhandle.
Intercepted 2 tornadoes after dark between
Wayside and Happy. Damage survey indicated F1
damage consistent with radar data.
- #2: 23 April: Mission in Southern Kansas
and Northern Oklahoma. Intercepted numerous
tornadoes. Data collected with DOW, and Tornado
Probes. TIV transect of large tornado in
Southern Kansas.
- #3: 24 April: Mission in Kansas.
Intercepted one or more tornadoes. Data
collected with DOW, and Tornado Probes. TIV
intercepted central core flow region of two of
two tornadoes (or one tornado twice) in Southern
Kansas.
- #4: 25 April: Bust in cold core system in
Southeastern Kansas
- #5: 01-02 May Long Ferry to Odessa and
back. No attempts at intercepts.
- #6: 03 May: Missions in NE CO.
Gustnadoes, but no regular tornadoes observed.
- #7: 04 May: Intercepted 3 tornadoes after
dark in N KS and S NE. DOW data but no probe or
TIV deployments. ROTATE was not on the
Greensburg storm.
- #8: 05 May: Intercepted Stafford tornado.
Deployed TIV and one probe. TIV missed core
flow. Probe may have been in core flow, data
will be examined. Several other tornadoes
observed by DOW in three supercells. Intercepted
tornadoes near Mackville and Luka. TIV,
TIV-support and SCOUT collected data in or near
tornado with DOW scanning overhead.
- #9: 06 May: Intercepted one tornado SW of
Medicine Lodge, N of Hardtner. TIV deployed, but
tornado dissipated before crossing road. No
probe deployments.
- #10: 13 May: Drove north to Fargo, North
Dakota to watch the lack of initiation.
- #11: 22 May: Intercepted one tornado SW
of Hill City, KS. No probe or TIV deployments
because the tornado dissipated before crossing a
paved road. TTU teams collected cotemperous
data.
- #12: 23 May: Intercepted one weak tornado
SE of Perryton, TX. Intercepted another moderate
strength tornado after dark east of TX70. Also
intercepted multiple mesocyclones south of
Perryton. No probe or TIV deployments on either
tornado. TTU teams collected cotemperous data.
- #13: 28 May: Intercepted precipitation near
Petersburg, ND.
- #14: 31 May: Intercepted one weak tornado
NW of Guymon, OK. No probe or TIV deployments on
the tornado. TTU teams collected data nearby.
- #15: 06 June: Collected data on a storm
south of Kadoka, SD. SCOUT intercepted a 38 m/s
gustnado at a Murdo, SD gas station.
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System Status |
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DOW2: |
Up |
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on boat to
Germany |
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DOW3: |
Up |
Boulder, CO |
READY |
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SCOUT: |
Up |
Boulder, CO |
READY |
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