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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

17 years ago today! As part of VORTEX2, we parked in front of an incipient tornado and collected coordinated data (also I still thought radomes were cool 😎). Lots of papers were written about the Goshen tornado using DOW data! Learn more by going to our retro cool website 💾👇

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I am the prettiest thing in this picture 😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Josh Wurman showing off the latest and greatest DOWA 😁 to the @climasillinois.bsky.social students and @kakosiba.bsky.social showing tornado 🌪️ data from the 2026 season 🤩! As always, a great group of students…and always happy to talk all things DOW 😁!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Read all about it 📣📰! Latest updates on DOW tornado damage and evolution research. DOWs prepping to go out when atmosphere remembers that it is tornado season 🌪️

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Swirls, whirls, and windshield cracking hail 😬. All in a days work near Seibert, CO on 5/21/2026! Some of those swirls and whirls crossed our delta-V = 40m/s, “it’s a tornado”, threshold 🌪️ @nsficechip.bsky.social

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

DOW A’s view of the tornado near Saint Libory, NE at 2 different times Image 1: 2211 UTC with eye Image 2: 2213 UTC with debris ball

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Under the mini COW 🐮 and Dow radar umbrellas 📡☂️, the heavy lifting was being done by the Pod People 👾! Pods were deployed near Coby, KS collecting the all-important thermodynamic and surface wind data in these hail storms 🧊! @nsficechip.bsky.social

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Follow along… data eventually are geolocated 😬 svr.guru/data.php?id=...

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Scanning a circulation just east of Goodland at 2338 UTC.

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Fire ants 🐜, goat weed 🐐, and multi-frequency observations 📡📡🧊 of hailstorms 👍 @nsficechip.bsky.social

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Watching the Early Rod Run…from the sidelines ☹️

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Analyzing large debris with LDR for 1st time ever in a tornado (!) & learning how vortex mergers affect tornado intensity from data I collected during the active 2024 tornado season then going out again for more 2026 tornado & hail data!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The pressure 😁 is on…sparks are flying to get new hydraulics before next 🌪️🧊mission!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Don’t have a mobile radar? What about a ruler 😁? (It’s that rectangular thing…usually about 12 inches long 😁)

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

MiniCOW moovie (with swarmsondes!) of almost/maybe tornadoes near Mill Creek, OK on 4/25/2026. #okwx

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

MiniCOW packs MegaPOWER! Observes birth and ingestion of satellite tornado and Fujiwara effect deflecting tornado. Tornado transitions 2x between clear eye and debris ball. Prelim data from most powerful mobile radar, 1 MegaWatt C-band storm-penetrating miniCOW in Braman, OK 🌪️

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

DOW (🐮📡) observations of the tornado 🌪️ near Braman, OK on 4/23/2026

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

DOW obs of Lena, IL tornado on 4/17/26. *Very* prelim: Lots of change min to min. 🌪️Max Winds ~120 -130 mph (EF2) on east side. Obs 1300 ft above radar so might be stronger lower. Clearly lofting debris before & in town 🌪️At times large ~ 3000 ft in diameter #ilwx

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

3rd Annual FARM Radar institute DEADLINE EXTENDED until Monday, 27 April at 1159PM MDT! (Turns out my people are slackers…and didn’t answer questions very timely 🙄)

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mini 🐮📡 sending up *some* real-time data from our deployment near Delaware, IA. (I just take the data…the humans plot it…and then put labels over the interesting parts 🙄). Link to real-time data website in comments 👇

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Surveilling. Keeping it lean for this @nsficechip.bsky.social shake-out mission.

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Time to clear out the mice 🐭…headed east and then ???

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It’s baaaack 😁! The 3rd FARM Facility Radar Institute runs from 25 June - 1 July 2026 in Boulder, CO. If you have completed at least 2 years of college in a math/science/engineering/tech major…Apply to spend a week with me 😃!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

#SNOWSCAPE sunset…after a good day in the snow playground of the Wasatch ❄️

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Rain, rain, go away…let’s get some snow today! #SNOWSCAPE

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Good morning Utah! I’m baaaack (scanning) 😁! FROPA-ed and looking at the precip ❄️💧#SNOWSCAPE

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A powerful tornado swept over Greenfield Iowa in 2024, causing widespread damage, killing several people. DOWs captured 300 mph winds! House-by-house comparisons of DOW winds vs damage & videos of turbine collapse allow better understanding of tornado winds vs damage. Link 👇

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

You are welcome Utah ⛷️…we brought you some snow ❄️😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Good morning Snowbasin Utah ⛷️! I am just a DOW in a field getting ready to look for some snow ❄️😃!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

DOW Jenga* takes work 😁! …And what piece to remove 🤨 so you don’t lose 🤣?(*adding wood just provides some extra support for long deployments)

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

What’s greater than a salt lake? Me at the Great Salt Lake 😁 looking for snow ❄️

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Everyone is all excited about a ball drop on NYE…but let me introduce you to the antenna drop 📡😁!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Home for the holidays 🏠…before heading off to our next big adventure ❄️☃️!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Good morning, Nashville 🥶! Excited to show off 🤩 and talk radar, tornadoes, and all sorts of weather at the Tennessee Computer Science Momentum Expedition 😃

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Thanks @ncar-ucar.bsky.social and everyone who came out for a Superb Super Science Saturday!! Until next year 😁. (And don’t forget to fall back tonight…unless you are a mobile radar and use UNIX time 🤣)

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It’s going to be a thing 😁…#DogsOfDOW 🐕📡

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Super Science Saturday bonus 🎁! @ncar-ucar.bsky.social has a library…with books…featuring young me 😁!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It’s…Super! It’s…Science! It’s…Saturday! Head to @ncar-ucar.bsky.social for a DOW-riffic good time 😁! And…there are stickers 😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

20 years ago today, I intercepted my 7th hurricane eye as Rita made landfall near Port Arthur, TX. Led by Joshua Wurman & @kakosiba.bsky.social, I parked on a bridge to stay above the surge and mapped the intense winds: doi.org/10.1175/MWR-... Ready to intercept landfalling hurricanes this fall!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Good morning San Diego 😎! If you are at #EsriUC2025 and haven’t come to visit me yet…why not?! But, you still have time! Come chat about mobile radars, severe weather, and how we use mapping to help us do our missions…all my favorite things!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hellooo KC 😎! I am in my reserved parking spot (s) 😁…and ready to talk mobile radar 📡 and severe weather 🌪️🌀 with @ametsoc.org Project Atmosphere!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Can I be in 2 places at once? Why yes, I can 😁. Excited to be in KC for @ametsoc-radar.bsky.social Project Atmosphere to talk severe weather and mobile radar technology my favorite topics!)…and, of course, see what I look like before years of chips & gummy bears coat the interior operator cab 😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Are you going to be at #EsriUC2025? Good news…so am I 😁! Besides admiring my color coordination…come learn how mobile radars are used to study fires 🔥, hurricanes 🌀, & tornadoes 🌪️! See how we are using ArcGIS to help us find radar sites to get the best data possible in these high impact events!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

End of Season, ND Radars, Mesonets, Pods out 🎩 So happy to have been part of the @nsficechip.bsky.social field phase! After 24 IOPs…now the work begins 😁

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