Xenia tornado and Ohio Valley flooding

are topics of Severe Weather Symposium

COLUMBUS -- Tornadoes, floods and forecasting are topics of the Fifth Annual Ohio Severe Weather Symposium at The Ohio State University. The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to-5 p.m., Friday (4/27) in the Fawcett Center Conference Room, 2400 Olentangy River Road.

The conference offers speakers from a wide range of severe weather specialties discussing severe weather research, forecasting and presentation. The symposium is open to anyone interested in meteorology and severe weather, and will be attended by researchers, broadcast meteorologists, government personnel and students.

Conference highlights include:

9:20 to 10:00 a.m. -- John DiStefano, science and operations officer, National Weather Service, Wilmington, Oh., will present Some Perspective on the Severe Weather Episode over Southwest Ohio on 20 September 2000 (Includes the Xenia Tornado).

10 to 10:45 a.m. --Two experts from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton will discuss The 2000 Xenia Tornado: A Close-Up Perspective.

11 to 11:30 a.m. -- Professor Jeff Rogers, Department of Geography, Ohio State, will present Wintertime Flooding in the Ohio River Valley: Atmospheric Controls from the Pacific

2:40 to 3:20 p.m. -- Harold Brooks of the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Ok, will discuss A Historical Look at Tornadoes; Deaths and Damage.

3:30 to 4:30 p.m. --Rod Scofield, senior research meteorologist, Hydrology Team of NOAA/NESDIS, will present Satellite Characteristics of Flash Flood Producing Thunderstorms over the Ohio Valley and Surrounding Area.

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