Sponsors Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Weather Service (NWS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Principal Science Advisor Dr. Mark DeMaria – NESDIS/ORA Project Leader Carl Whitehurst – UCAR/COMET Instructional Designers Dr. Victoria Johnson – UCAR/COMET Pat Parrish – UCAR/COMET COMET Staff Meteorologists Richard Cianflone – NWS/NOAA Patrick Dills – UCAR/COMET COMET Director Dr. Timothy Spangler – UCAR/COMET COMET Assistant Director for Education and Training Dr. Joseph Lamos – UCAR/COMET COMET Assistant Director for Information Technologies Susan Jesuroga – UCAR/COMET COMET Meteorologist Resources Group Head Dr. Gregory Byrd – UCAR/COMET Data Provided by NWS – NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service – Office of Research and Applications (NESDIS/ORA) Sound Effects Provided by Richard Cianflone – NWS/NOAA Carl Whitehurst – UCAR/COMET Computer Graphics/Animation Steve Deyo – UCAR/COMET Heidi Godsil – UCAR/COMET Carl Whitehurst – UCAR/COMET Copyright Administration Lorrie Fyffe – UCAR/COMET Hanne Mauriello – UCAR/COMET Hardware/Software Support and Programming James Hamm – UCAR/COMET Max Parris – UCAR/COMET Dennis Ward – UCAR/COMET Carl Whitehurst – UCAR/COMET Multimedia Authoring Carl Whitehurst – UCAR/COMET Software Testing/Quality Control Kay Levesque – UCAR/COMET Michael Smith – UCAR/COMET