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- catalog abstract "[This book] 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 postwar 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12064528.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "[This book] 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 postwar creation of the Air Force centralized tornado forecasting program and its civilian counterpart at the Weather Bureau.".
- catalog description "ch. 1. Tornado theories -- ch. 2. Tornado forecasting to 1940 -- ch. 3. Wartime warnings and military forecasting -- ch. 4. A civilian severe weather forecasting center -- ch. 5. Warning the public -- ch. 6. Technological improvements -- ch. 7. An evaluation of the integrated tornado warning system.".
- catalog extent "xv, 220 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806133023 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "551.64/53/0973 21".
- catalog subject "QC955 .B72 2001".
- catalog subject "Tornado warning systems United States.".
- catalog subject "Tornadoes United States.".
- catalog subject "Weather forecasting United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "ch. 1. Tornado theories -- ch. 2. Tornado forecasting to 1940 -- ch. 3. Wartime warnings and military forecasting -- ch. 4. A civilian severe weather forecasting center -- ch. 5. Warning the public -- ch. 6. Technological improvements -- ch. 7. An evaluation of the integrated tornado warning system.".
- catalog title "Scanning the skies : a history of tornado forecasting / Marlene Bradford.".
- catalog type "text".