2024 National Storm Conference Agenda
Arlington, Texas
9:00 a.m. - Welcome & Announcements - Martin Lisius and Kim George, TESSA
9:10 a.m. - Jennifer Dunn, WCM Fort Worth NWS, Helping Each Other: The NWS, Storm Spotters, & Chasers
10:45 a.m. - Break
11:00 a.m. - David Finfrock, NBC5 Meteorologist “75 Great Years”
12:00 p.m. - Lunch. Off-campus, maps provided at welcome table. *Please return by 12:50.
1:15 p.m. - Martin Lisius “Exploring the Culinary Wonders of Tornado Alley: Places that will Raise a Storm Chaser’s Spirits on Bust Days”
2:00 p.m. - Greg Stumpf “Threats-In-Motion (TIM): Improving Lead Times for Severe Storm Warnings”
3:00 p.m. - Roger Edwards “A Career of Progress in Understanding and Forecasting Severe Storms”
4:00 p.m. - Jamie Winterstern “Projects after Supercell”
5:00 p.m. - Raffle prize presentation – for the final prizes of the evening
TESSA and Super Spotter T-shirts, tumblers, decals and videos can be purchased at the TESSA Store in the vendor area. Please support the conference by purchasing items from the TESSA Store. Take time to thank our sponsors and vendors for helping to keep this event free and open to the public.
Raffle tickets are $2.00 each and can be purchased at the TESSA Store. Prizes will be awarded at breaks and the end of the conference. Funds from the sale of tickets and TESSA Store merchandise will be used to help pay for today’s event. Must be present to win.
Sponsors
We would like to thank the following for their generous support:
The American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association chapters of North Texas and the National Weather Service Forecast Office, Ft. Worth.
Primary Sponsors: NBC5 Weather, Tempest Tours, Inc., Baron Weather Services, RAOB, USA Weather
Vendors: Skywarn, Dan Henry Meteorologist Fox 4, Severe Weather Center, USA Weather, TESSA
Special thanks to Prairie Pictures, Inc. for providing staff and materials.
Conference Team: Martin Lisius, Kim George, Steve George, Suzanne Winter, Laine and James Sabolchick
Please advise us before the conference ends if we failed to thank anyone who provided support.
Get Active!
Take what you have learned at the conference with you and help your community. Commit to doing at least one of these tasks this month: If you are not a storm spotter already, become one (storm spotters rock!). Volunteer to speak about severe weather safety at your neighborhood school, church or at your place of business. Write your state or US representative and ask for stricter building codes that address tornadoes and damaging winds in your area. Ask for laws that require stricter codes or the construction of shelters for apartments and mobile home parks. Join your local chapter of the American Red Cross, National Weather Association or the American Meteorological Society. If you think the National Weather Service is doing a great job, share your opinion with your regional NWS office or tell your US congressional representative. Finally, identify your best storm shelter option in your home and tell your family where it is (almost always the smallest, most interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy structure). Be an ambassador of severe weather safety and share what you have learned with others. TESSA, what starts here changes the world.
TESSA Mission Statement
The Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA) is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization founded to bring together both amateur and professional severe weather scientists in an attempt to better understand dangerous storms through the collection and diffusion of knowledge.
Monetary contributions can be made in person or by mail (payable to TESSA), or via our donation link at www.tessa.org. Thank you for your support!
Fundraising for TESSA
Do you have fundraising ideas for TESSA? We are looking for assistance with long-term fundraising ideas. If you are interested and have 501(c)3 fundraising experience, please contact Kim George at info@tessa.org.