Publications & Papers
Published Works
A Preliminary Look at Using Rainfall Average Recurrence Interval to Characterize Flash Flood Events for Real-Time Warning Forecasting
Journal of Operational Meteorology article. Investigation of 3-hr rainfall ARIs as a potential tool for determining onset of flash flooding based upon over 20 cases.
https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2018.0602
Utilizing Crowd-Sourced Rainfall and Flood Impact Information to Improve the Analysis of the North Central Gulf Coast Flood Event of April 2014
Journal of Operational Meteorology article. Usage of crowd-sourcing to increase coverage of flood reports and rainfall reports. Analysis of rainfall sensitivity to data sources used in analysis.
http://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2017.0503
Using New Orleans Pumping Data to Reconcile Gauge Observations of Isolated Extreme Rainfall due to Hurricane Isaac
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering article. Usage of pumping records from New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to back calculate rainfall on the city.
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001338
Recent Technical Papers
Rainfall Analysis of the August 12, 2021, Flash Flood in and near Gibson City, IL.
Analysis of rainfall observations, flood impact collection, and hydrologic modeling for a extreme event in central Illinois.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/technical_papers_presentations#technical_papers
Rainfall Analysis of the July 12-13, 2021, Flash Flood in the Vicinity of Seneca, IL.
Analysis of rainfall observations, flood impacts collection, and hydrologic modeling for a very localized, extreme event in northern
Illinois.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/technical_papers_presentations#technical_papers
Determining the Location of the May 22, 1855, Chicago Area Tornado.
A combination of newspaper research, genealogy research, and GIS analysis to narrow down the location of one of the first tornadoes in Illinois recorded history.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/technical_papers_presentations#technical_papers
Rainfall Analysis of the June 27th, 2020, Flash Flood in the Vicinity of Kentland, IN.
Analysis of rainfall observations and flood impacts for a very localized, extreme event in northwest Indiana.
2018 Analysis of Gridded Precipitation Estimation Techniques at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
Validation statistics compiled and presented for several different rainfall estimation techniques.
http://www.weather.gov/.../2018_Analysis_QPE_Techniques.pdf
2017 Update to Gridded Flash Flood Guidance at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
http://www.weather.gov/.../2017_LMRFC_GFFG_Update.pdf