Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987
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Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987

An Evaluation of the Warning System

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  1. 70 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987

An Evaluation of the Warning System

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About this book

The small community of Saragosa, Texas, was devastated by a violent multiple-vortex tornado on Friday, May 22, 1987. Despite the extensive warning dissemination efforts, which are documented in this book, the overall warning system in Saragosa failed to reach most of the residents in time for them to take effective safety measures.The primary purpose of this book is to combine the information provided by the respondents to a postdisaster survey with the facts surrounding the tornado in order to understand and evaluate the severe weather warning procedures used in Reeves County, Texas, where Saragosa is located.The evaluation of this survey is intended to determine ways of adjusting existing warning systems and better prepare the citizens, public officials, and news media in Reeves County, as well as in every city, county, and township where severe weather threatens lives and property.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
1991
eBook ISBN
9780309572187
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Natural Disaster Studies
  2. Copyright
  3. NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Glossary of Abbreviations
  6. Contents
  7. Executive Summary
  8. 1 The Tornado and Its Effects
  9. 2 Tornado Preparedness Activities
  10. 3 Tornado Warning Activities
  11. 4 Tornado Warning Dissemination
  12. 5 bservations Recommendations, and Conclusions
  13. References
  14. Appendix A
  15. Appendix B Eyewitness Accounts
  16. Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland
  17. Appendix D Meteorological Information on the Saragosa Tornado
  18. Appendix E Chronology of Releases on West Texas Weather Wire
  19. Appendix F Palestine, Texas, Tornado—November 15, 1987