Session Talk Videos
- Welcome Remarks & May 3: Then and Now (6:24)
- Mike Foster and Dennis McCarthy, NWS
- May 3 Tornado Outbreak Overview (18:22)
- David Andra, NWS Norman Forecast Office
- May 3: An Historical Perspective (22:58)
- Harold Brooks, NSSL Research Meteorologist
- Building the National Weather Center (29:57)
- Doug Forsyth, NOAA Program Manager for NWC
- Session 1: Science and Technology
- Rick Smith, NWS Norman Forecast Office, Chair
- SPC Operations (16:21)
- Joe Schaeffer, Director, Storm Prediction Center
- WFO Warning Operations (19:40)
- Scott Curl, Forecast Meteorologist, NWS Norman Forecast Office
- Radar and Weather Research Contributing to Better Forecasts (17:29)
- Don Burgess, Meteorologist, CIMMS
- Session 2: Emergency Preparedness and Recovery
- Mike Foster, NWS Norman Forecast Office, Chair
- KFOR Severe Weather Coverage: Then and Now (28:32)
- Mike Morgan, KFOR
- Community Preparedness (17:35)
- David Van Nostrand, Emergency Manager for Oklahoma County (retired)
- Disseminating Warnings (17:35)
- Gayland Kitch, Moore Emergency Manager
- First Responders (12:09)
- Gary Bird, Moore Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief
- Session 3: Community and Societal Impacts
- Steve Carano, Andy Wallace, KOCO, Chairs
- KOCO Severe Weather Coverage: Then and Now (30:45)
- Steve Carano, Andy Wallace, KOCO
- OK-FIRST (11:56)
- Andrew Reader, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
- Recovery and Rebuilding Efforts (9:37)
- Steven Eddy, City Manager, Moore, Oklahoma
- State of Oklahoma Response: Shelters, Etc.
- Putnam Reiter, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
- Session 4: Individual Impacts: The People Speak
- Rick Smith, NWS Norman Forecast Office, Chair
- Haysville, Kansas Recovery (17:47)
- Tim Norton, Former Mayor, Haysville, Kansas
- Impact upon Mulhall, Oklahoma (8:53)
- Jack McAnally, Mayor, Mulhall, Oklahoma
- Emergency Planning Lessons Learned (13:14)
- Steve Couch, former Assistant Principal at Central Junior High, Moore, Oklahoma
- The Experience of Being a Survivor (9:04)
- Amber Murphy, Resident of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- Wrap-up and Closing Remarks (6:24)
- Mike Foster and Dennis McCarthy, NWS