Theme for 2009 - Weather Scapes of the Plains

Posted Tue, 02/03/2009 - 15:46 by ccarlson

The Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium for 2009 will be held on April 4, 2009 ALL DAY (9:00 am - 5:00pm) at Hardin Hall, 33rd and Holdrege Streets, UNL East Campus, Lincoln, NE. The event is FREE and open to the public. Syposium Presentations will include:

Mike Umsheid, National Weather Service, "Under the Meso: Photographing Storms of the Plains"
Joe Schaefer, Director - Storm Prediction Center, "The 2008 U.S. Tornado Year"
Randy Cerveny, Arizona State University, "Freaks of the Storm"
Adam Houston, University of Nebraska, "VORTEX 2, Using an Unmanned Aircraft to Probe Tornadoes"

Schedule of Events

Posted Sun, 01/18/2009 - 16:20 by ccarlson

The schedule of events for 2009 will be posted shortly. Return often for updates.

About CPSWS

Posted Sun, 01/18/2009 - 16:10 by ccarlson

The Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium (CPSWS) began in Lincoln in 2000, and is a free public event open to the public with information for all ages. CPSWS events are organized by the High Plains Regional Climate Center, UNL’s School of Natural Resources and the Lancaster County Office of Emergency Management as a combined effort to increase severe weather awareness. It is the commitment of CPSWS to create an outlet that puts severe weather information into as many homes and businesses in the region as possible.

Syndicate content