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2012 AASC Meeting. LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGY Louisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-6870 -- Office (225) 578-2912 -- FAX. Kyle Brehe User Services Moe Moreau NWS Liason. Handle Hundreds of Data Requests Annually
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2012 AASC Meeting LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGYLouisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-6870 -- Office (225) 578-2912 -- FAX Kyle Brehe User Services Moe Moreau NWS Liason • Handle Hundreds of Data Requests Annually • Give Hundreds of Media Requests Annually • Contribute to the RISA-Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) • Perform Applied Research
THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT RESEARCH • Nashville, TN Storm of May 1-2, 2010 – w/ AWA • Rainiest TSs and Hurricanes in the Eastern US • SURGEDAT – Storm Surge Database Nashville, TN May 2010 Wilks-Barre, PA June 1972 (H Agnes) Bolivar Peninsula, TX September 2008 (H Ike)
Nashville Storm and Flooding May 1-2, 2010 Deep Trough – W./C. US * Slow Moving Cold Front * Strong Advection off of Gulf Figure 1: Surface and 500-mb maps at 0700 EST (1200 UTC) for 1-3 May 2010 from the Daily Weather Map series provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.
Geographical Pattern of Rainfall Across Tennessee, May 1-2, 2010 Peak near Brownville at 19.71”
Depth-Area-Duration Table for Point of Maximum Rainfall
Return Frequencies of the Tennessee Storm May 1-2, 2010 Nashville, TN Brownsville, TN
Wettest TSs and Hurricanes in the U.S. 1960-2011 in Water Volume (192 Storms)
Storm Tracks and Rainfall Patterns for Hurricanes Agnes and Ike From: David Roth, Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, NCEP, NOAA
SURGEDAT – The World’s Most Comprehensive Tropical Storm Surge Database
SURGEDAT utilized 70 sources of surge data (U.S. Gulf Coast) Federal Government: 28 Books and Academic Publications: 23 Historic newspapers: 16 titles 3,120 pages of newspaper read
Building Full Envelopes of Storm Surge: Example Hurricane Ike