Johnson Forensic Meteorological Consulting

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Details of our services

I am a testifying expert for both plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials and depositions. I provide extensive pre-trial preparation and site specific reports prior to litigation, as well.

· Conduct research and analysis for plaintiffs and defendants in weather cases involving hail, personal injury, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, storm surge, train accidents, automobile accidents, lightning damage, heat waves and winter storms.

· Particular focus on tropical meteorology including water vs. wind issues, timing, storm side, wave effects and rainfall.

· Have written hundreds of site specific reports on numerous tropical cyclones include Charley, Frances, Jeanne, Wilma, Ivan, Katarina, Joaquin, Sandy, Matthew, just to name a few.

· Have written hundreds of site-specific analyses of severe weather including hail, derechos, downbursts and severe thunderstorms that caused property damage, as well as, personal injury.

· Proficiency with radar analysis using my previous employer's Doppler radar, as well as, analyzing data from.

National Weather Service, super resolution, dual-polarized Doppler radar data
National Climatic Data Center raw surface data and post-storm reports
National Hurricane Center real time advisories and post-storm analyses
Local National Weather Service post-storm reports and analyses
Surface weather data from the following types of meteorological reporting platforms:
MESONET mesoscale weather networks
WeatherFlow
International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) sites
Texas Tech University Research Team wind probes
C-MAN coastal marine
National Ocean Survey tide gauges
Coastal Ocean Monitoring & Prediction System (COMPS)
Buoys
Ships
Weather Bug
NOAA Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS)
Citizens Weather Observer Program (CWOP)
Hydrological Automated Data Systems (HADS)
NOAA coastal tide gauges
United States Geological Survey Coastal (USGS) Tide gauges
NOAA rapid deployment streamgages
Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) high water marks
USGS pressure transducer water level sensors (30 seconds)
USGS pressure transducer wave level sensors (2 seconds)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)
Satellite imagery
Pre and post-storm aerial photography, if available

What we do

We conduct research and analysis for plaintiffs and defendants in weather cases involving hail, personal injury, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, storm surge, train accidents, automobile accidents, lightning damage, heat waves and winter storms.