South Florida flash flooding events By: Ariel E. Cohen and Pablo Santos Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ11abstract.php […]

Dual-polarization tornadic debris signatures Part II: Comparisons and caveats. By: Christopher J. Schultz, Steven E. Nelson, Lawrence D. Carey, Laura Belanger, Brian C. Carcione, Christopher B. Darden, Thomas Johnstone, Andrew L. Molthan, Gary J. Jedlovec, Elise V. Schultz, Christina C. Crowe, and Kevin R. Knupp Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ10 […]

Dual-Polarization Tornadic Debris Signatures Part I: Examples and Utility in an Operational Setting By: Christopher J. Schultz, Lawrence D. Carey, Elise V. Schultz, Brian C. Carcione, Christopher B. Darden, Christina C. Crowe, Patrick N. Gatlin, David J. Nadler, Walter A. Petersen, and Kevin R. Knupp Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ9abstract.php […]

The NWS and VORTEX2: Facilitating real-time communication between research and warning operations. By: James K. Purpura, Steven Cobb, Patrick T. Marsh, and Michael J. Hudson Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ8abstract.php […]

Beginning this month, Paul Higgins has succeeded Bill Hooke as director of the AMS Policy Program. Hooke will move into a senior policy fellow position and also more fully embrace the position of associate executive director of the AMS that he has nominally held for several years (he will also continue writing his blog on […]

by George Leopold, AMS Policy Program Our friends at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have sifted through this year’s federal R&D spending and next year’s proposed budget, and the numbers in some cases are pretty ugly. Given the current political climate and budget sequestration, however, it could have been much worse. […]

The lack of tornadoes in the United States from May of 2012 to April of this year has been “remarkable,” according to Harold Brooks of NOAA’s Severe Storms Laboratory. In that time, there have been an estimated 197 tornadoes rated EF1 or stronger (exact totals are available through January; estimates for February through April won’t […]