Inventory Of Early Warning Systems  

An initiative of the Working Group 2: Early Warning of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction


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Title
EWS for Tornado, Wild Fire, Other in America
Maintained By NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center
Warning Years
Variable Monitored all atmospheric information
Format ASCII, Images, Other
Continuous Data No
Real Time Data No
Data Source National Weather Service, USA
Data Flow granted for > 20 years
Funded Life Time of EWS > 20 years
Technical Description
Whenever conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, severe winter weather or the rapid spread of wild fires an alert is issued.
Publications
see www.spc.noaa.gov
Conditions that Trigger The Warning
see www.spc.noaa.gov
Recipients of the Warning
US government - Government
national government - Government
state government - Government
local government - Government
media - Other
public - Other
History of the Warning
1.
  Warning Issued:
  Warning Followed By event:No
  Action Triggered:


Comments: warnings have been issued since 1952 to the US public. Triggered actions are preparations to seek safety.