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Thursday March 20, 2008 at 10:42 pm

Meeting To Discuss Feb. 5th Tornado

Thursday evening the local chapter of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association got together to examine the super Tuesday severe weather outbreak. Meteorologist Chris Buonanno at the National Weather Service put together an impressive presentation. He and other meteorologists from our local office will be traveling to different weather conferences around the country to present more information on this historic event.

The storm that produced the EF4 was interesting to study. At one time, the NEXRAD in North Little Rock could see debris picked up by the tornado at around 3500 feet in elevation. We discussed the atmospheric conditions that led to the outbreak and how the thunderstorm that affected western and northern Arkansas evolved that evening. Understanding these things helps us forecast in the future. The one positive thing with the Feb. 5th storm was the fact warnings were issued well in advance of the storm. Lets hope we never see anything like that again.

These guys at the weather service office deserve much credit for saving lives that day in February. They are the ones who issue official warnings. We're lucky to have them here.

posted by Todd Yakoubian

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