COMET CASE 041 "Southern California Severe Weather 2-3 September, 1998" Now Freely Available

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        --------COMET CASE STUDY 041--Southern California Severe 
Weather---------
                                 (2-3 September, 1998)

SUMMARY: On 2 September 1998, a series of strong thunderstorms affected 
Southern California, bringing strong winds, lightning and heavy rains. 
The winds knocked down power lines and trees across the area, while the 
heavy rains resulted in widespread flash flooding across the valley. In 
addition, a funnel cloud was reported by a helicopter pilot near Pomona, 
CA.  Lightning strikes also started several wildfires, the largest fire 
consumed 1,500 acres of grass east of Bakersfield. 

OBJECTIVE: This case expands our severe weather coverage to southern 
California and allows an in-depth study of dynamics producing these 
conditions.

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To order case study 041 data, please go to:

    http://www.joss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_041



                      ----ADDITIONAL RESOURCES----

For a detailed description of case study 041 and other training support 
documentation, see COMET Case Study 041 at:

    http://dev.comet.ucar.edu/resources/cases/c36_02sep98/index.htm

Additional case studies and other case studies handling this type of 
event can be found at:

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/casestudies/ofInterest/


To view other projects included in JOSS's CODIAC system visit:

    http://www.joss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/projs

                        -----FUTURE CASES-----

The next case study to be released will be "Colorado Fire Weather"  of 
June 11-12 2002. This is the first case developed by the Unidata Program 
Center.  The UPC is continuing to create and distribute case studies on 
a regular basis, to help fill the void left by the reduction of COMET 
case studies.

UPC welcomes your comments on these case studies, along with 
contributions for future case studies.

The release of the Colorado Fire Weather case is anticipated within the 
next 4 weeks.


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-Yuan

Yuan Ho
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