LEADER 04773nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910957771003321 005 20251116141803.0 010 $a9786610203864 010 $a9781280203862 010 $a1280203862 010 $a9780309572187 010 $a0309572185 010 $a9780585085487 010 $a058508548X 035 $a(CKB)111004366659582 035 $a(OCoLC)43475721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10056746 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000241201 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241201 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10297650 035 $a(PQKB)11443893 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376473 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376473 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056746 035 $a(OCoLC)923262438 035 $a(Perlego)4736052 035 $a(BIP)1407187 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366659582 100 $a19901126d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSaragosa, Texas, tornado, May 22, 1987 $ean evaluation of the warning system /$fprepared by Benigno E. Aguirre ... [et al.] for Committee on Natural Disasters, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (69 p.) 225 1 $aNatural disaster studies ;$vv. 3 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309044356 311 08$a0309044359 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 33). 327 $aNatural Disaster Studies -- Copyright -- NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 The Tornado and Its Effects -- POSTDISASTER SURVEY -- THE SETTING -- THE TORNADO -- THE DAMAGE -- THE WARNING SYSTEM (OR ABSENCE OF IT) -- Absence of Bad Weather -- Absence of Clear Geographical References -- Absence of Public Warning Systems -- Absence of Warning on Cable Television -- Absence of Pretranslated Warnings -- NOTES -- 2 Tornado Preparedness Activities -- PUBLIC AWARENESS WEEK -- STORM SPOTTER TRAINING -- HAMFESTS -- SUMMARY -- 3 Tornado Warning Activities -- WARNING ISSUANCE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES -- NOTES -- 4 Tornado Warning Dissemination -- NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -- LAW ENFORCEMENT TELETYPE SYSTEM -- NOAA WEATHER RADIO -- EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM -- TELEVISION AND THE CABLE SYSTEM -- RADIO -- SIRENS -- PECOS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY -- PECOS/REEVES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- NATIONAL WARNING SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 5 bservations Recommendations, and Conclusions -- OBSERVATIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B Eyewitness Accounts -- Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland -- 1985 -- 1986 -- 1987 -- Appendix D Meteorological Information on the Saragosa Tornado -- Appendix E Chronology of Releases on West Texas Weather Wire -- FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1987 -- Appendix F Palestine, Texas, Tornado-November 15, 1987 -- DISASTER RESPONSE -- WARNING DISSEMINATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS. 330 $aThe small community of Saragosa, Texas, was devastated by a violent multiple-vortex tornado on Friday, May 22, 1987. Despite the extensive warning dissemination efforts, which are documented in this book, the overall warning system in Saragosa failed to reach most of the residents in time for them to take effective safety measures. The primary purpose of this book is to combine the information provided by the respondents to a postdisaster survey with the facts surrounding the tornado in order to understand and evaluate the severe weather warning procedures used in Reeves County, Texas, where Saragosa is located. The evaluation of this survey is intended to determine ways of adjusting existing warning systems and better prepare the citizens, public officials, and news media in Reeves County, as well as in every city, county, and township where severe weather threatens lives and property. 410 0$aNatural disaster studies ;$vv. 3. 606 $aTornado warning systems$zTexas$zSaragosa$xEvaluation 606 $aTornadoes$zTexas$zSaragosa 615 0$aTornado warning systems$xEvaluation. 615 0$aTornadoes 676 $a363.3/492 701 $aAguirre$b Benigno E$01810325 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Natural Disasters. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957771003321 996 $aSaragosa, Texas, tornado, May 22, 1987$94361628 997 $aUNINA