Data · dataset · 2026
Severe weather forecasts and public perceptions: An analysis of the 2011 super outbreak in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This paper uses the "Super Outbreak" of 2011 as a case study to examine the potential gaps between the dissemination of severe weather warnings and the public's behavioral response to this information.
Description
This study focuses on a single tornado track that passed through Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The tornado caused massive damage and destruction and led to a total of 62 fatalities.
The threat of severe storms was known days in advance, and forecasts were disseminated to the public. Questions were raised about the forecasts, warning lead times, and the perception of the warnings among residents. This paper examines the potential gaps that exist between the dissemination of tornadic warning information and citizen response.
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The analysis of data collected through a mixed-method approach suggests that, regardless of weather forecast accuracy, a significant chasm exists between the dissemination of warnings and the personalizing of risks, which results in limited use of protective measures in the face of severe weather threats.
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7c53q77 ↗
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- data.ucar.edu /dataset/severe-weather-forecasts-and-public-perceptions-an-ana… ↗
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Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=89793b7c-5fe7-490b-85d4-3bb0a3b56… ↗
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Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 74%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 89793b7c-5fe7-490b-85d4-3bb0a3b561f1 | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
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