The Presidents's Day 2005 tornadoes in the southern Sacramento Valley of northern California /

"This paper will discuss the synoptic situation that resulted in the development of lowtopped supercells in the Sacramento valley on 21 February 2005 in section 2. An examination of radar imagery from the WSR-88D in Davis, CA (KDAX) for the Southport, CA, Natomas, CA and Dunnigan, CA tornadoes...

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Main Author: Mathews, James H.
Corporate Author: United States. National Weather Service. Western Region. Scientific Services Division
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City, Utah : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Scientific Services Division, Western Region, [2009]
Series:NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 284.
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Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo9691
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Summary:"This paper will discuss the synoptic situation that resulted in the development of lowtopped supercells in the Sacramento valley on 21 February 2005 in section 2. An examination of radar imagery from the WSR-88D in Davis, CA (KDAX) for the Southport, CA, Natomas, CA and Dunnigan, CA tornadoes will be presented in section 3. 5 Included in section 3 is a discussion on supercell movement and the hodographs for the Natomas, CA and Dunnigan, CA tornadoes. Section 4 is a summary and offers recommendations for operational forecasters"--Intro.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed on May 25, 2010).
"September 2009."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-52).