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Mapping Statewide Flash Flood Potential Index (Ffpi) In Indiana, Evan Bentley
Mapping Statewide Flash Flood Potential Index (Ffpi) In Indiana, Evan Bentley
Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
National Weather Service (NWS) employees must make forecasting decisions on a daily basis. These forecasts are important to save people’s lives and property. One area where the NWS has very little guidance is flash flood prediction. A GIS project was undertaken to create a preliminary flash flood potential index map for the state of Indiana to help weather forecasters issue more accurate flash flood watches and warnings. In this project, slope, soil type, land use, and forest canopy layers were used to create an index map for flash flood potential.
Violent And Wintertime Tornadoes In The Central Midwest: A Study Of History, Trends, And Climatology, Anthony Lyza
Violent And Wintertime Tornadoes In The Central Midwest: A Study Of History, Trends, And Climatology, Anthony Lyza
Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
Tornadoes are among the most widely-feared elements of weather. The central Midwest, a region that, for the purposes of this study, encompasses eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, northern and central Illinois, northern and central Indiana, southern Michigan, and northwestern Ohio, is notorious for some of the worst tornado events in recorded history. The purposes of this study are manyfold. The goals are to establish a violent (F4/EF4-F5/EF5) tornado and wintertime tornado climatology for the central Midwest, to search for previously hypothesized patterns in major tornado occurrences, and to determine whether there are links between climate variables and incidences of violent and …
Tornadic Behavior Related To Land-Falling Tropical Cyclones In The United States, Jaclyn M. Ritzman, D S. Arndt, M C. Kruk
Tornadic Behavior Related To Land-Falling Tropical Cyclones In The United States, Jaclyn M. Ritzman, D S. Arndt, M C. Kruk
Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
The 2004 and 2005 North Atlantic hurricane seasons were among the most active and economically devastating for the United States, during which 18 tropical cyclones (TCs) made landfall. These TCs were analyzed using the International Best Tracks Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) and Local Storm Reports (LSR) datasets to determine whether they produced tornadoes within a preferred quadrant and distance from the center of circulation of the TC. The land-falling TCs were tracked and analyzed through their weakening stages with tornado reports being classified based on the strength of the TC at the time of occurrence. Tornado reports were not …
Estimating Economic Loss From Flash Flooding: A Study Of Porter County, In, Samantha Cornwell
Estimating Economic Loss From Flash Flooding: A Study Of Porter County, In, Samantha Cornwell
Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
This project attempted to determine what kinds of losses occurred during the flash floods of September 2009, caused by Hurricane Ike, in Northwest Indiana. Flash floods are dangerous due to how quickly they can overtake humans, houses, vehicles, and property. Flash floods caused Northwest Indiana to be under a State of Emergency, with drastic human and economic losses. Discovering where the problem is and defining the problem can help to prevent future losses. In addition, geographic software was analyzed for its helpfulness for this kind of problem. It was found that current software, including FEMA's HAZUS-FM, is not suitable for …