Joint Meeting
Central Oklahoma Chapters
of the American Meteorological Society
and National Weather Association

Thursday, November 15th, 2007 - COCAMS/NWA Meeting, NWC, Room 1350, Norman


National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd
(State Highway 9 and Jenkins)
Norman, OK
Map of National Weather Center



Agenda:

4:30 pm: Chapter Business Meeting
- Recap of NSSL Phased Array and Dual-Pol Radar Tour
- Storms of 2007 Vote Results and mailing project
- Screening for Storms of 2007 in early December

5:00 pm: Presentation by Jack Hales


"The Kansas City, MO Flash Floods of 1977 and 1998"

Jack Hales - Lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK

Tremendous rains fell during the nights of September 11th/12th, 1977 and during the evening of October 4th, 1998 over the Brush Creek basin which runs along the southern portion of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza region, an area of up-scale shopping and dining along with five-star hotels. Around 25 people were killed in the area from the flood in 1977, while 7 lost their lives during the 1998 event. Jack Hales will describe the weather conditions that characterized each event, as well as discuss some of the measures taken to mitigate flood damage after these events.