Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is an Associate Professor at Villanova University, specializing in severe weather risks, societal impacts and hazard mitigation.  His research focuses on tornado and lightning exposure at large outdoor gatherings.  In addition, it focuses on urbanization effects on disasters and improving public safety strategies.  Dr. Stephen Strader, welcome back to WeatherBrains.

Brandon Skalniak is a senior emergency management major at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He is passionate about all things weather, having gained an interest in the field when he stumbled upon the Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers in second grade. Brandon loves weather history, and cataloging the country's significant weather events on radar is his main hobby.  Welcome to the show as tonight's Guest Panelist, Brandon!

Also, Bruce Jones joins us to discuss the importance of NOAA Weather Radio and its integration in order to save lives.  Welcome back, Bruce!

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: [email protected].

• Manufactured housing safety rules situation (17:00)
• National Manufactured Housing Database under construction (28:20)
• Secondary confirmation when warned with impending severe weather (45:00)
• Generalities on gender reaction to severe weather threats (48:30)
• Stopping flash flooding deaths and mitigating risk (53:40)
• Risk ranking metric developed by Dr. Strader (59:40)
• NASCAR lightning strike protocol (01:06:00)
• Tradeoffs when considering weather safety and proper procedure when in a warning (01:18:30)
• Further observations on tornado-related fatalities in mobile homes (01:23:00)
• Continued FAR in the industry and the fallout of these problems (01:25:00)
• Average lead-time of severe weather warnings (0 1:25:30)
• Bruce Jones/Midland Weather Radio  (01:45:00)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:29:14)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:30:40)
• E-Mail Segment (01:31:55)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1005:

Midland Weather Radio

Brandon Skalniak on X

Picks of the Week:

Brandon Skalniak - Millersville AMS on X

Brandon Skalniak - Millersville AMS on Instagram

Bruce Jones - William Abner Eddy background

James Aydelott - Doppler radar view of Madill Oklahoma tornado

Jen Narramore - Deep Dive into Florida's Largest Tornado Outbreak - Hurricane Milton

Rick Smith - Pat Hyland, CCM: Durant radar view of Madill Oklahoma tornado

Troy Kimmel - US Weather Analysis Sites Restored After Funding Lapse

Kim Klockow-McClain - Trump Administration Restores Funding for Critical Weather Data Centers

John Gordon - A methodology for forecasting, heavy convection precipitation and flash flooding

John Gordon - Comparison of the meteorological aspects of the Big Thompson and the Rapid City Flash Floods

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Storm Chase Archive

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.