Tornado Lab process summaries

Tuscaloosa Lab Process Summary

1.     Examined metadata of provided lab files.

2.     Created geodatabase. TornadoGDB.gdb

3.     Added shapefiles to the geodatabase. (Single/Multiple)

4.     Added aerial photos to the geodatabase.

5.     Created basemap of Tuscaloosa County.

a.     Shapefiles: Tuscaloosa_Cty, Schools, PrimaryRds, Aerial images.

6.     Saved file, exported to JPG.

7.     Copied 1^st .mxd file, and renamed Tornado2.mxd.

8.     Opened file, and added TCLBHM_Path shapefile, and changed name in TOC to Tuscaloosa Path.

9.     Selected Multiple Ring Buffer from Analysis Tools in ArcToolbox.

a.     Input: Tuscaloosa Path

b.     Output: Buffer (results folder)

c.     Distances: 0.5, 1

d.     Buffer Unit: Miles

10.  Clipped schools layer to Tornado Buffer.

11.  Performed location query to see how many schools were located within the tornado path, within 0.5 miles of the tornado path, and within one mile of the tornado path.

12.  Added Census Tract layer to map document.

13.  Downloaded population values by census tract from Census bureau website.

14.  Deleted fields in CSV file, and renamed headings to match attribute table of Census Tract layer in map document.

15.  Added this CSV table to map.

16.  Joined Census Tract layer, and Census Data table.

17.  Performed location query to see how many census tracts were impacted by tornado path. (“Target layers are within a distance of source layer feature”, “0 miles”)

18.  Labeled census tracts by population.

19.  Performed location query to see how many roads were impacted by tornado path. (“Target layers are within a distance of source layer feature”, “0 miles”)

20.  Created deliverable map.  Exported file to JPG, saved file and closed.

21.  Opened new map document. In ArcCatalog pane, right clicked on April27_UWF file in the Tornado/Data/Animation.gdb.

22.  Checked XY settings, and set coordinate system to GCS_WGS_1984.

23.  Exported file to Animation.gdb as Tornado_Paths as feature class.

24.  Set symbology of this layer to tornado symbol.

25.  Added US boundary layer.

26.  Enabled Animation toolbar. Selected Time tab, and changed settings.

a.     “Each feature has a single time field”

b.     Time Field: “Time_DATE3

c.     Field Format: <Date / Time>

d.     Display data cumulatively: checked.

27.  Opened animation controls.

a.     By duration: 20 seconds.

28.  Exported to video with default settings.

29.  Uploaded file to I: drive.

30.  Right clicked layer in ArcMap table of contents, and selected properties.

31.  On HTML Popup tab, checked “Show content for this layer using the HTML popup tool”.

32.  In ArcToolbox, under Conversion tools, selected “To KML, Layer to KML.”

33.  Input the Tornado_Paths file.  Saved output as Tornado_Paths.kmz.  Uploaded file to I: drive.

Joplin Lab Process Summary

1.     Downloaded data from some given sources, and also the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service.

2.     Imported layers into JoplinTornado.gdb, reprojecting them into the GCS_North_American_1983 coordinate system in the database if necessary.

3.     Added all layers to blank map document in ArcGIS, and symbolized appropriately.

4.     Created buffers around the tornado path with Multiple Ring Buffer tool at 0.5 miles and 1 miles from the tornado path as in the undergraduate section of this lab.

5.     Clipped schools within the buffer and tornado path as with the undergraduate section of this lab.

6.     Created two map deliverables; one basemap, and one of the tornado path.