Case 019 documents a severe convective event causing 48 deaths and several hundred injuries across Oklahoma and Kansas in May 1999. The dataset was compiled by the COMET program with contributions from UCAR, JOSS, NOAA, and CODIAC. It focuses on the tornado outbreak of May 3-4, 1999.
Use Cases
- Analyze storm track and intensity using time-series geospatial data for the May 3-4, 1999 outbreak.
- Model convective storm development by correlating atmospheric feature data from the event.
- Assess tornado impact severity using documented casualty and injury figures from the case study.
- Validate severe weather prediction algorithms against historical event parameters like location and date.
Strengths
- Focuses on a major, well-documented tornado outbreak causing 48 fatalities.
- Compiled by authoritative meteorological organizations (UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC).
Limitations
- Data is over 25 years old, limiting relevance to current climate conditions.
- Specific data volume, file formats, and column details are unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single historical event in Oklahoma and Kansas.
Provenance
- Source
- COMET program case study from UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- May 3-4, 1999.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Northern and central Oklahoma and south central Kansas, USA.