Introduction

Below is a list of WDTD training and peer-reviwed journal articles that are particularly relevant to NWS Impact Based Warning operations. Emphasis is placed on operational tornado intensity estimation, hail size, and wind speed estimates. A section on how to best communicate those threats is also provided.

References

Operational Estimates of Tornado Intensity

• Sessa and Trapp (2020)
• Smith et al. (2020)
• Smith et al. (2020) (part 2)
• Schneider (2021)
• Gibbs and Bowers (2019)
• Bentley et al. (2021)
• Baerg et al. (2020)
• WDTD Tornado Warning Guidance (2015)
• Kingfield and LaDue (2015)
• Smith et al. (2015)
• WDTD Tornado Hazards (2018)
• Gibbs (2017)
• Thompson et al. (2017)

TDS Height

• Van Den Broeke and Jauernic (2014)
• Bodine et al. (2014)
• Van Den Broeke (2014)
• Entremont and Lamb (2015)
• Van Den Broke (2017)

Operational Hail Size Estimates

• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Severe Hail
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course Applied Performance Drill: 50 dBZ Height
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course Applied Performance Drill: Severe Hail
• Donavon and Jungbluth (2006)
• Cavanaugh and Schultz (2012)
• Blair et al. (2011)

Operational Wind Speed Estimates

• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Large-Scale Doppler Velocity Patterns
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Storm-Scale Doppler Velocity Patterns
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Downbursts
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Mid-Altitude Radial Convergence
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Multicell Severe Wind Hazards
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Rear Inflow Jets in MultiCells
• WDTD Radar and Applications Course: Supercell Velocity Signatures
• WDTD Warning Operations Course: Threat Assessment of QLCSs

Threat Communication

• WDTD WOC Core IC 4: Conveying Warnings and Public Response
• WDTD WOC Severe: Storm Based Warning Curriculum
• Cardona et al. (2012)
• Drabek (1999)
• Brotzge and Donner (2013)
• Ripberger et al. (2014)
• Ripberger et al. (2015)
• Mileti (1995)
• Lindell and Perry (2012)
• Drabek (2003)