From Finley to NEXRAD : the evolution of tornado forecasting and warning capabilities in the United States, 1870-1996 /

The United States leads the world in the number of tornadoes, tornado fatalities, and property damage by tornadoes. Before 1938 the annual death rate regularly exceeded two hundred and often climbed to five hundred, but the United States Weather Bureau, fearing public panic and believing that torna...

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Main Author:	Bradford, Marlene Kay
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
Subjects:	Major history.
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