Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987:

An Evaluation of the Warning System

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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
1 The Tornado and Its Effects	5-12	(skim)
2 Tornado Preparedness Activities	13-17	(skim)
3 Tornado Warning Activities	18-21	(skim)
4 Tornado Warning Dissemination	22-28	(skim)
5 Observations, Recommendations, and Conclusions	29-32	(skim)
References	33-34	(skim)
Appendix A Summary of Deaths in the Saragosa Tornado	35-35	(skim)
Appendix B Eyewitness Accounts	36-38	(skim)
Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland	39-40	(skim)
Appendix D Meteorological Information on the Saragosa Tornado	41-50	(skim)
Appendix E Chronology of Releases on West Texas Weather Wire	51-54	(skim)
Appendix F Palestine, Texas, Tornado, November 15, 1987	55-59	(skim)
Photo: The Saragosa, Texas, Tornado	60-60	(skim)

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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.

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An Evaluation of the Warning System

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