Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987

An Evaluation of the Warning System

National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Committee on Natural Disasters (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

76 Seiten

1991
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04435-6 (ISBN)

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The small community of Saragosa, Texas, was devastated by a violent multiple-vortex tornado in 1987. This book aims to combine the information provided by the respondents to a post disaster survey with the facts surrounding the tornado in order to understand the weather warning procedures used in Reeves County, Texas, where Saragosa is located.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 The Tornado and Its Effects
2 Tornado Preparedness Activities
3 Tornado Warning Activities
4 Tornado Warning Dissemination
5 Observations, Recommendations, and Conclusions
References
Appendix A Summary of Deaths in the Saragosa Tornado
Appendix B Eyewitness Accounts
Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland
Appendix D Meteorological Information on the Saragosa Tornado
Appendix E Chronology of Releases on West Texas Weather Wire
Appendix F Palestine, Texas, Tornado, November 15, 1987
Photo: The Saragosa, Texas, Tornado

Committee on Natural Disasters, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 The Tornado and Its Effects; 4 2 Tornado Preparedness Activities; 5 3 Tornado Warning Activities; 6 4 Tornado Warning Dissemination; 7 5 Observations, Recommendations, and Conclusions; 8 References; 9 Appendix A Summary of Deaths in the Saragosa Tornado; 10 Appendix B Eyewitness Accounts; 11 Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland; 12 Appendix D Meteorological Information on the Saragosa Tornado; 13 Appendix E Chronology of Releases on West Texas Weather Wire; 14 Appendix F Palestine, Texas, Tornado, November 15, 1987; 15 Photo: The Saragosa, Texas, Tornado

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.1991
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-309-04435-9 / 0309044359
ISBN-13	978-0-309-04435-6 / 9780309044356
Zustand	Neuware