National Symposium on the Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999

Toward a Unified Approach of Understanding, Prediction, Warning, Response and Recovery

April 30 - May 3, 2000

Westin Hotel

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Ø Free-to-the-public tornado safe room exposition from 2-6 pm on Sunday, April 30

Ø Technology demonstrations and vendor booths

Ø Keynote presentations by

· Jack Kelly, Director of the National Weather Service

· Mike Armstrong, Federal Emergency Management Agency

· James F. Kimpel, National Severe Storms Laboratory

· Bill Proenza, National Weather Service

· Carroll Fisher, Oklahoma Insurance Commission

Ø Luncheon with Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating and OU President David Boren featuring a commemoration ceremony for victims and emergency personnel

Ø Oral and poster presentations on

· Social Impacts of the May 3 Tornadoes

· Observations

· Forecasting and Warning

· Modeling and Analysis

· Shelter Technology and Wind Engineering

Panel Discussions on

· Performance of the Forecast, Warning, and Response Systems

· The Future of Shelter Technology

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To register, visit http://parker.gcn.ou.edu/~kkd/may3.htm

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