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VORTEX II Opera-ons Center: Bridging the Gap between Research and Opera-ons Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & CIMMS/OU Kevin Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS/OCWWS Jim Purpura, NOAA/NWS/SGX Michael J. Hudson, NOAA/NWS/CRH Steven Cobb, NOAA/NWS/LUB Mark BriR and Fred Glass, NOAA/NWS/LSX Chris Sohl and Kevin Brown NOAA/NWS/OUN Michael Coniglio and Louis Wicker, NOAA/NSSL

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VORTEX  II  Opera-ons  Center:  Bridging  the  Gap  between  Research  

and  Opera-ons    

Patrick  T.  Marsh,  NOAA/NSSL  &  CIMMS/OU  Kevin  Scharfenberg,  NOAA/NWS/OCWWS  

Jim  Purpura,  NOAA/NWS/SGX  Michael  J.  Hudson,  NOAA/NWS/CRH  

Steven  Cobb,  NOAA/NWS/LUB  Mark  BriR  and  Fred  Glass,  NOAA/NWS/LSX  

Chris  Sohl  and  Kevin  Brown  NOAA/NWS/OUN  Michael  Coniglio  and  Louis  Wicker,  NOAA/NSSL  

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VORTEX  2  –  The  Big  Picture  

•  Largest  field  campaign  to  study  tornadoes  

•  30-­‐50  vehicles  per  day  

•  100-­‐150  people  per  day  

•  10  May  –  13  June  2009  (35  days)  

•  1  May  –  15  June  2010  (46  days)  

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VORTEX  2  Opera-ons  Center  (VOC)  •  Maintain  Situa-onal  Awareness  

–  NAWIPS  Worksta-on  –  GR2Analyst  –  “Fully  Loaded”  –  NOAA  HWT  EFP  &  EWP  Exper-se  

•  Bi-­‐direc-onal  Informa-on  Conduit  between  NWS  and  VORTEX  2  Armada  –  NWS  Chat  –  SASSI  

•  Outreach  –  Media  Interac-on  (Media  Day  &  Specific  Inquiries)  –  Facebook  &  TwiRer  –  Student  Visits  –  Community  Presenta-ons  

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VOC  Roles  

•  VOC  Coordinator/Manager  – Oversaw  the  VOC  Opera-ons  – Maintained  VOC  Communica-ons/Data  Systems  

•  NWS  Liaison  –  Responsible  for  all  VORTEX  2  Interac-ons  with  NWS  

•  Warning  Forecasters  –  Similar  to  WFO  Warning  Forecaster  

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VOC  Personnel  •  VOC  Coordinator/Manager  

–  Patrick  Marsh  (HWT  Liaison/Grad  Student  NSSL/CIMMS/OU)    •  NWS  Liaisons  

–  Jim  Purpura  (MIC  SGX)  –  Steve  Cobb  (SOO  LUB)    –  Mike  Hudson  (COO  CRH)  

 •  Warning  Forecasters  

–  Mark  BriR  &  Fred  Glass  (LSX)  –  Chris  Sohl  &  Kevin  Brown  (OUN)  

•  A  LiRle  of  Everything  –  Kevin  Scharfenberg  (OCWWS)  

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Idealized  Deployment  

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Reality  

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The  Events  Surrounding  the    10  May  2010  

Central  Oklahoma  Tornado  Outbreak  

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The  Sehng:    NOAA  Hazardous  Weather  Testbed  (HWT)  

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Our  Story  Begins:  (NAM)  01  UTC,  11  May  2010  @  OUN  

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…12-­‐15  UTC,  10  May  2010…Confidence  Increasing  in  a  “Big  Event”  

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…15-­‐21  UTC,  10  May  2010…  Conference  Calls  &  Armada  Posi-oning  

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…15-­‐21  UTC,  10  May  2010…  Analysis  

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…21-­‐22  UTC  10  May  2010…  Ini-a-on  

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…22-­‐23  UTC  10  May  2010…  Tornado  in  Norman  

This  EF-­‐4  tornado  developed  just  south/southeast  of  the  VOC…  …it  was  not  the  only  tornado  visible  from  the  VOC  during  V2  

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…23  UTC,  10  May  2010  –  02  UTC,  11  May  2010…  Norman  Tornadoes  Target  Armada  

Two  EF-­‐4  tornadoes  within  miles  of  each  other  

Black  circles  represent  loca-ons  of  V2  Personnel  

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…11  May  2010…  Damage  Surveys  &  Con-nued  Opera-ons  

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…12  May  2010…  Press  Conferences,  Congressional  Visits,  

 &  Con-nued  Opera-ons  

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No  Weather-­‐Related  Injuries  of  VORTEX  2  Par-cipants    During  the  Experiment  

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Direct  Impact  on  Warning  Opera-ons  NWS  Chat  Dialogue  (00-­‐01  UTC,  19  May  2010)  

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NSSL  /  NWS  Interac-on  

•  “…[On  19  May  2010,  a  NSSL  Scien-st  and]  I  had  some  long  and  valuable  discussions  on  topics  such  as  the  boundary  layer  character  from  clear  air  radar  returns,  three  dimensional  storm  structure/evolu-on,  and  warning  decision  making.”  

-­‐-­‐  Fred  Glass,  NWS  Forecaster  (LSX)  

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Take  Away  Point  

•  I  hope  the  NWS  is  gehng  something  out  of  this  interac-on,  I  know  I  am.  

         -­‐-­‐  Comment  from  NSSL  Researcher  

 •  I   hope  NSSL   is   gehng   something  out  of   this  interac-on,  I  know  I  am.  

 -­‐-­‐  Comment  from  NWS  Forecaster    

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