| Patty Dyhrberg, Chair of the symposium planning committee, opens the symposium |
| The symposium was
held at the University of Omaha
Kiewit Conference Center in downtown Omaha. |
| We
were fortunate to have Alan Moller, National Weather Service forecaster
at Ft. Worth, TX and world renown storm chaser, as our keynote speaker.
He also led a storm spotter workshop in the afternoon. Some pictures of Al at another person's web site (note, use your back button on your browser to return here) http://www.k5kj.net/moller.htm |
| Steve Byrd, Science Operations Officer, NWS, Omaha, spoke about how forecasters "anticipate" the development of severe weather. |
| Ken Dewey, Meteorology Professor at UNL and research climatologist at the High Plains Climate Center presented a climatology of plains tornadoes and examined tornado myths and legends using a multimedia presentation. |
| Brian Smith, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NWS Omaha presented a multimedia review of the graphic effects of tornadoes in the morning and conducted a spotters training workshop in the afternoon. |