Central
Plains Severe Weather Symposium
"Observing
Severe Weather on the Plains"
A
Free Public Weather Symposium
Saturday, March 30,
2002
The Nebraska Center,
33rd and Holdrege Streets, Lincoln, NE
8:30
AM:
Exhibits
Open
8:45
AM- 9:00 AM:
Severe
Weather Awareness Week Proclamation
9:00
AM- 9:45 AM:
"Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur
Radio - Amateur Balloon Launches", Mark Conner, Air Force Weather Agency
9:45
AM- 10:45 AM:
"Photographing the Storm - The
Professional Photographer", Jim Reed, Jim Reed Photo, http://www.jimreedphoto.com
10:45
AM- 11:00 AM:
Live Balloon Launch in the courtyard
(weather permitting)
11:00
AM -12:15 PM
"The Brady/Maxwell Nebraska Tornado,
Nebraska's Prime Time Tornado", Jeff Piotrowski, Storm Productions, Inc.
http://www.stormproductionsinc.com
12:30
PM - 1:00 PM
"Surviving The Storm - Severe
Weather Safety Information", Elizabeth Dorland, KLKN TV-8 intern and UNL
AMS Chapter; and Kevin Coskren, KLKN TV-8 Chief Meteorologist
1:00
PM - 2:00 PM:
"The Lightning Stalker, Capturing
the World's Best Lightning Images", David Stillings,
http://www.lightningstalker.com
2:00
PM - 2:30 PM
"The Nebraska Vortex Intercept
Team", Christy Carlson, Matt Sherman, UNL AMS Chapter
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nevit
2:30
PM - 4:00 PM
"The Seward, Nebraska Tornado
of June 13, 2001 and other Nebraska Close Encounters", Jeff Piotrowski,
Storm Productions, Inc. http://www.stormproductionsinc.com
4:00
PM - 4:30 PM:
"Surviving The Storm - Severe
Weather Safety Information", Elizabeth Dorland, KLKN TV-8 intern and UNL
AMS Chapter; and Kevin Coskren, KLKN TV-8 Chief Meteorologist
4:30
PM
Exhibits Close
SPECIAL
EVENTS:
10:45
AM -11:00 AM:
Live Balloon Launch in the courtyard
(weather permitting)
11:00
AM - 12:30 PM:
Barnes and Noble Bookstore: Meet
the Photographer for the book "Weather For Dummies"
1:00
PM - 3:00 PM:
Television Weathercasters:
Meet your favorite TV weathercasters in the exhibit area
Exhibitors:
Air Force ROTC (UNL)
American Red Cross, Lincoln/Lancaster
County
Barnes and Noble Bookstores,
"Weather for Dummies"
Gage County REACT
Heartland REACT
High Plains Regional Climate
Center
KMTV Storm Chase Van
Lincoln Amateur Radio
Lancaster County Mobile Command
Center
Lancaster County Office of Emergency
Management
Lightning Stalker Photo Images
National Drought Mitigation Office
National Weather Service
Nebraska Weather and Climate
Information Center
Professor Weather
Radio Shack
Skywarn Amateur Radio Association
Storm Productions
Time Warner Cable
University of Nebraska Meteorology
Program
University of Nebraska Student
Meteorology Club
Weather Explorer Post (only one
in the country!).
Funding
Provided by:
High Plains Regional Climate
Center
National Weather Service
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