Guide

Acknowledgements

This guide represents a continuing effort of the NWS and NSSL to provide improved training materials to storm spotters. Dr. Charles Doswell III of NSSL and Alan Moller from WSFO Fort Worth, Texas, provided fundamental input and guidance regarding the guide. Andy Anderson of WSFO Lubbock, Texas, also provided helpful review and comments. Dr. Jerry Jurica of Texas Tech University, Mr. Charles Brown, and Mrs. Melody Woodall assisted with the production of the guide's first edition. NSSL diagrams were provided by Joan O'Bannon. Special thanks go to Bill Alexander and Linda Kremkau from Weather Service Headquarters and to Sue Dietterle from NOAA Visual Arts for their painstaking reviewing and editing of the final layout.

Figure Credits

Cover & Title Page - Photo by Alan Moller.

Figures 1-3 - From C.A. Doswell III, 1985: The Operational Meteorology of Convective Weather.* NOAA Tech Memo ERL ESG-15. (C.A. Doswell III, 1985, Vol 2).
* Volume 2 - Storm-Scale Analysis.

Figures 4 & 5- Photos by Alan Moller.

Figure 6 - A.R. Moller & C.A. Doswell III, 1987: A Proposed Advanced Storm Spotter's Training Program. Preprints, 15th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Baltimore, MD, 173-177.

Figure 7 - C.A. Doswell III, 1985, Vol. 2.

Figure 8 - Courtesy of NSSL.

Figure 9 - Courtesy of NSSL.

Figure 10 - C.A. Doswell III, 1985, Vol. 2.

Figure 11 - T.T. Fujita, 1978: Manual of Downburst Identification for Project NIMROD. SMRP Res. Pap. No. 156, Univ. of Chicago, 104 pp.

Figures 12 & 13 - C.A. Doswell III, 1985, Vol. 2.

Figure 14 - Photo by Tim Marshall.

Figure 15 - Photo by NSSL.

Figure 16 - Photo by Howard Bluestein.

Figure 17 - Photo by Charles Doswell III.

Figures 18, 19 & 20 - Photos by Alan Moller.

Figure 21 (a, b & c) - Photos by NWS, David Hoadley, Steve Tegtmeier.

Figure 22 - Top and bottom photos by Alan Moller.

Figure 23 - Photo by Alan Moller.

Figure 24 - Photo by Gary Woodall.

Figure 25 - T.T. Fujita, 1981: Tornadoes and Downbursts in Context of Gen. Planetary Scales. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 1512-1534.

Figures 26, 27 & 28 - Photos by Bill Bunting.

Figure 29 - Photo by Charles Doswell III.

Figure 30 - Photo by Alan Moller.

Figure 31 (a & b) - Photos by Steve Tegtmeier.

Figure 31 (c) - Photo by NSSL.

Figure 32 (a, b, c) - Photos by Tim Marshall, Institute for Disaster Research, George Kuykendall.

Figure 33 - Photo by Howard Bluestein.

Figure 34 (a & b) - Photos by William Alexander and NSSL.

Figure 35 - Photo by Charles Doswell III.

Figures 36 & 38 - From C.A. Doswell III, A.R. Moller, and R. Przybylinski, 1990: A Unified Set of Conceptual Models for Variations on Supercell Theme. Preprints, 16th Conf. on Severe Local Storms. Kananaskis. Alta. Canada. 40-45.

Figure 37 - Photo by Steve Tegtmeier.

Figure 39 - Photo by John McGinley.

Figure 40 (a & b) - Photos by Alan Moller.

Figure 41 (a & b) - Photos by Tim Marshall.

Figures 42 & 43 - Photos by Gary Woodall.