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Scanning the Skies

Author : Marlene Bradford
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 0806133023

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Tornadoes, nature's most violent and unpredictable storms, descend from the clouds nearly one thousand times yearly and have claimed eighteen thousand American lives since 1880. However, the U.S. Weather Bureau--fearing public panic and believing tornadoes were too fleeting for meteorologists to predict--forbade the use of the word "tornado" in forecasts until 1938. Scanning the Skies traces the history of today's tornado warning system, a unique program that integrates federal, state, and local governments, privately controlled broadcast media, and individuals. Bradford examines the ways in which the tornado warning system has grown from meager beginnings into a program that protects millions of Americans each year. Although no tornado forecasting program existed before WWII, the needs of the military prompted the development of a severe weather warning system in tornado prone areas. Bradford traces the post-war creation of the Air Force centralized tornado forecasting program and its civilian counterpart at the Weather Bureau. Improvements in communication, especially the increasing popularity of television, allowed the Bureau to expand its warning system further. This book highlights the modern tornado watch system and explains how advancements during the latter half of the twentieth-century--such as computerized data collection and processing systems, Doppler radar, state-of-the-art television weather centers, and an extensive public education program--have resulted in the drastic reduction of tornado fatalities.

Tornado Forecasting and Severe Storm Warning

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Meteorological services
ISBN : PSU:000014976155

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Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States

Author : Peter Folger
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437987546

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Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States by Peter Folger Pdf

Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes affect communities across the U.S. every year, causing fatalities, destroying property and crops, and disrupting businesses. Tornadoes are the most destructive products of severe thunderstorms. Damages from violent tornadoes seem to be increasing, similar to the trend for other natural hazards in part due to changing population, demographics, and more weather-sensitive infrastructure and some analysts indicate that losses of $1 billion or more from single tornado events are becoming more frequent. Insurance industry analysts state that tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and related weather events have caused nearly 57%, on average, of all insured catastrophe losses in the U.S. in any given year since 1953. Contents of this report: (1) Overview; (2) Issues for Congress: A Focus on Local Warnings and Forecasts for the National Weather Service; Mitigation: The National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program; Reauthorizing the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program; Climate Change and Severe Weather: The April and May 2011 Tornados: A Link to Climate Change?; Other Factors Contributing to Risk From Tornadoes; Forecasting and Warning: The Role of the National Weather Service; Summary and Conclusions; Appendix: Risk from Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes. Map and tables. This is a print on demand report.

U.S. Severe Weather Terminology

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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National Severe Local Storms Operation Plan

Author : United States. Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Meteorological services
ISBN : CHI:14726882

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National Severe Local Storms Operations Plan

Author : United States. Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Meteorological services
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210327230

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Tornado

Author : United States. National Weather Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Tornadoes
ISBN : PSU:000017372138

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Thunderstorm Killers

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Flood forecasting
ISBN : CHI:40565180

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Tornado Emergency Readiness

Author : Don Gehrmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Storms
ISBN : WISC:89096580170

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Tornado Forecasting Technology

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : LOC:00183667993

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Extreme Weather

Author : Robert K. Doe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118949962

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This book is about weather extremes in the United Kingdom. It presents fascinating and detailed insights into tornadoes (supercell and non-supercell tornadoes, historical and contemporary case studies, frequency and spatial distributions, and unique data on extreme events); thunderstorms (epic event analysis and observing); hailstorms (intensity, distributions and frequency of high magnitude events); lightning (lightning as a hazard, impacts and injuries); ball lightning (definitions, impacts and case studies); flooding (historical and contemporary analysis, extreme rainfall and flash flooding); snowfalls (heavy snowfall days and events). It also looks at researching weather extremes, provides guidance on performing post-storm site investigations and details what is involved in severe weather forecasting. It is written by members, directors and past and present Heads of the research group the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO). With fifteen chapters thematically arranged, and data appendix including a new tornado map of the U.K., this book presents a wealth of information on meteorological extremes. This volume is aimed primarily at researchers in the field of meteorology and climatology, but will also be of interest to advanced undergraduate students taking relevant courses in this area.

Tornado Forecasting Technology

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : PSU:000018282139

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