Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987 An Evaluation of the Warning System (1991) / Chapter Skim
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The primary purpose of this report is to combine the information provided by respondents to a postdisaster survey (see Chapter 5) with the facts surrounding the May 22, 1987, Saragosa tornado in order to understand and evaluate the severe weather warning procedures used in Reeves County, Texas.
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Despite the extensive warning dissemination efforts, which are documented in this report, the overall warning system in Saragosa failed to reach most of the residents of Saragosa and those at the community center in time for them to take effective safety measures. This communication failure indicates that warnings, to be effective, require either a common shared culture or adaptation of the warning system to multicultural social contexts.
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