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Forecasting & Assorted Research


2010-Present

 NWS BMX Reduces Tornado Warning False Alarm Rate - BMX Staff, 2014.

 Weather Review - April 18-19, 2013 - Unger, Scott, 2013.

 Dual Pol from Monday, October 1, 2012 Small Tornado in Coosa County - Unger, Scott, 2012.

 Overview of Summer Convection Study over Central Alabama - Unger, Scott W., Kevin B. Laws, Gary D. Goggins, Jessica Talley, Jonathan Case, Tara N. Golden, & Holly M. Britton. Presentation at 2011 NWA Conference in Birmingham, AL., 2011.

 Weather Review - August 14, 2010 - Unger, Scott, 2010.

 Weather Review - April 17, 2010 - Unger, Scott, 2010.

 Weather Review - January 29, 2010 - Unger, Scott, 2010.

 Analysis of Summer Convection over Central Alabama - Goggins, Gary D., Matthew L. Grantham, Scott W. Unger, Kevin B. Laws, Kevin J. Pence,  & Logan Dawson, 2009. Paper & presentation at 90th Annual AMS Conference in Atlanta, GA., 2010.


2000-2009

 Weather Review - August 4, 2009 - Unger, Scott, 2009.

 Weather Review - June 28, 2009 - Unger, Scott, 2009.

 Weather Review - June 26, 2009 - Unger, Scott, 2009

 An Examination of the Hail Detection Algorithm Over Central Alabama - Laws, Kevin, B., Scott W. Unger, & John Sirmon, 2008.

 Overview of the Central Alabama November 28, 2005 Mini Tornado Outbreak, - Scotten, Michael & Kristin Scotten, 2006.

 Hurricane Ivan:  Two Different Operational Perspectives - Scotten, Michael & Kristin Scotten, 2004.

 Local El Niño Links - BMX Staff, 2003.


1995-1999

 The Interaction of a Gravity Wave & a Thunderstorm - Kilduff, B., 1999.

 Analysis & Comments on a March 1998 Wedge Event - Rose, M. W., 1998.

 The Alabama Gravity Wave Event of February 22, 1998:  A Classic Mesoscale Forecasting Challenge - Bradshaw, J. T., R. Murphy & K. Pence, 1998.

 Special Report on the Hytop WSR-88D Radar - Peters, B., 1997.