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050 00 $aQC955$b.B72 2001
082 00 $a551.64/53/0973$221
100 1 $aBradford, Marlene.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00013560
245 10 $aScanning the skies :$ba history of tornado forecasting /$cMarlene Bradford.
260 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axv, 220 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tTornado Theories --$g2.$tTornado Forecasting to 1940 --$g3.$tWartime Warnings and Military Forecasting --$g4.$tA Civilian Severe Weather Forecasting Center --$g5.$tWarning the Public --$g6.$tTechnological Improvements --$g7.$tAn Evaluation of the Integrated Tornado Warning System.
520 1 $a"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.
520 8 $aAlthough 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.".
520 8 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTornadoes$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWeather forecasting$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113415
650 0 $aTornado warning systems$zUnited States.
852 00 $bmat$hQC955$i.B72 2001