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2024 Award Nominations Due May 30

Those of us fortunate to have received an award in honor of our meaningful, dedicated work definitely understand the powerful motivation this recognition can bring to our professional and personal lives. Being able to share that sense of encouragement to our valued friends and colleagues can be as inspiring for the nominator, as it is…
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JOM: Simulated WSR-88D Observations of the Streamwise Vorticity Current

The streamwise vorticity current (SVC), as it is currently thought of, was first described in detail by Orf et al. (2017), who identified the feature in a 30 m isotropic simulation of a supercell initialized using the environment of the 24 May 2011 El Reno, Oklahoma, supercell. They describe the SVC related to the Forward…
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JOM: A Tale of Two Hazards: Studying Broadcast Meteorologist Communication of Simultaneous Tornado and Flash Flood (TORFF) Events

Simultaneous tornado and flash flood events, or TORFFs (Nielsen et al. 2015), present a complex threat to members of the public as well as a difficult communication challenge for safety messaging. These challenges are primarily due to the contradictory nature of the recommended actions for both threats; for tornadoes, the suggested protective action is to…
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JOM: A Change in the Weather: Understanding Public Usage of Weather Apps

Prior to 2008, <10% of the mobile phone market had a smartphone, and this was even after the release of the Apple iPhone (https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/US-Smartphone-Penetration-Surpassed-80-Percent-in-2016). By 2019, 81% of Americans owned a smartphone (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/#:~:text=Mobile%20phone%20ownership%20over%20time%20%20%20,%20%2081%25%20%2059%20more%20rows%20). This explosion of technology brought about many changes to the way most people live. Phone calls and text messages had already brought…
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