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MASA ["May-sah"] ---> Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association, Inc. Est 1992
Promoting severe weather INDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, & REPORTING.
www.execpc.com/~svoros, Newsletter, Email lists & posts: masa{at}execpc.com
1998 Wisconsin Tornado Awareness Week {TAW} April 20-24. Drill: 23rd
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Four Severe weather programs
being presented just west of
Chicago....
....Skip Voros/MASA....
Item 1...
FERMI LAB
Annual Severe Storms & Tornado Seminar
April 18th, 1998 2 Shows 1Pm & 7Pm
the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois,
just west of Chicago.
Each program is about 4.5 hours with an intermission, plus on-site
cafeteria. The programs are FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and targeted
for general audiences. (Spotters, chasers, Fire, Police, hams, EM types)
....The Fermi Lab program IS A BIG EVENT....plan on arriving at
least 1 hour early for good parking and seating. S-R-O (Standing
Room Only) happens quickly!
The PRELIMINARY line-up:
Dr. Joe Schaeffer, Director, Storm Prediction Center,Topic: TBA
Jason Levit, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
Topic: New Generation of computer models to help predict
small scale events
Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, M.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Topic: Lightning strike injury: physical and psychological effects
of lightning strikes on humans. What happens when you get hit by lightning.
Tom Grazulis, The Tornado Project,Topic: TBA
Brian Smith, NWS Omaha,Topic: TBA
Richard Koenenman, WGN-TV,Topic: "5 Hazards of severe weather"
Dr. Bart Wolfe, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Topic: What do Valpo. U. students learn from storm chasing?
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Item 2,3, and 4...
DUPAGE SEMINARS
(Du Page County, just west of Chicago)
TORNADO SHELTER WORKSHOP
March 5th, 1998 9AM-3:30PM
Wheaton College; Heritage & Kreske Rooms, Edman Chapel.
Wheaton, Ill.
Highlights:
*Updates on the National Weather Service
*Overview of the severe weather warning system
*Effects of severe winds on structures
*Techniques for surveying buildings
*Identifying the best shelter space
*Developing a severe weather safety plan.
Targetted to emergency planners, business & industry owners, operators
managers, schools, principals,, hospital & nursing home facilities.
Main speaker JAmes Abernathy, Lawrence Technical Univeristy, Michigan
and author of various FEMA materials.
$17.00 advance $22.00 at the door. ADVANCED registration requirted.
See Below.
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SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING CONFERENCE
March 5, 1998 7PM-10:30PM
March 6, 1998 8AM-5PM
Wheaton College, Billy Graham Center - Barrows auditorium
Wheaton, Ill.
Highlights:
*Multiscale weather analysis
*Pitfalls of severe storms forecasting
*Doppler radar data for Derechos & Supercells
*Radar Algorithm development from the NSSL
*Prestorm temperature and moisture profiles
*Finding from Project VORTEX an SUbVortex
Targetted for undergraduate meteorology students and
professiona weather forecasters.
College Students $25.00 advance $50.00 at the door
Non College 45.00 50.00
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ADVANCED SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS WORKSHOP
MArch 7th, 1998
8AM-4:30PM
Wheaton College, Edman Chapel
Wheaton, Ill.
Highlights:
*Formation of severe weather
*Identifying cloud formations that produce funnel clouds & Tornadoes
*Other severe weather phenomena
Targetted for spotters, chasers, ham radio operators, some fire, police,
EM's & utility/public works types. It is a ADVANCED program, and will
feature the "big Guns" from the severe weather community...all recognized
leading experts...it can get very technical, and over the heads of many.
It is ADVANCED. Ultra!
There is a one hour hot cafeteria style lunch break, a Question and
Answer session at the end of the program, and door prizes.
$20.00 in advance $25.00 at the Door
early deadline for all programs is Feb. 13th, 1998
after that date you pay the front door prices.
ARRIVE EARLY FOR THIS PROGRAM. It too quickly becomes S-R-O.
Weather Seminar
DuPage Co. Office of Emergency Management
136 North County Farm Road
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
630-682-7925
NOTE: Each year the Milwaukee Area SKYWARN crew forms a
auto caravan to attend the Fermi Lab & Weather spotter
programs. Send replies to: masa{at}execpc.com
END OF FEED FROM THE MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSOCIATION
Send submissions to: masa{at}execpc.com
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