Storm reflectivity and mesocyclone evolution associated with the 15 April 1994 squall line over Kentucky and southern Indiana

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 6 PART 2, 1999, Pages 976-993

  Funk, Theodore W ^a,e   Darmofal, Kevin E ^a,d   Kirkpatrick, Joseph D ^a   Dewald, Van L ^a   Przybylinski, Ron W ^b   Schmocker, Gary K ^b   Lin, Yeong Jer ^c  

^a NOAA/Natioual Weather Serv F   (United States)

^b NOAA NWS Forecast Office St Louis   (United States)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

^d NWSO Wichita   (United States)

^e NWSFO Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; REFLECTIVITY; SEVERE WEATHER; SQUALL LINE; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIANA; KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

MESOCYCLONE; STORM REFLECTIVITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033237221     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0976:sramea>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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