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COMET_CASE_013: COMET Case Study 013: S. California Floods/Florida Tornadoes

Summary

A strong winter storm system moved over Southern California and brought heavy rain as tropical moisture fed into the system.At the same time, an intense storm system moved across Florida with tornadoes forming over the central part of the state.

Objectives:

This case was built to highlight the performance of the Eta model in predicting the Southern California storm and to examine the need for high-resolution models in areas of complex terrain.

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Additional information

GCMD Name A - C > COMET > Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training > 5c70d6af-b73d-418e-a793-47481302eeb5
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Temporal coverage

Begin Date 1998-02-22 00:00:00
End Date 1998-02-24 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 42.50, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -127.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -106.00

Related projects

Parent project COMET: COMET Case Studies
NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.