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Storm Spotting Dbq

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Tornado warning forecasts in the 1880s and 1890s were more harmful than beneficial to the public (Coleman et al. 2011). The public was not aware of the safety procedures that prevented unnecessary fatuities and injuries due to reckless behavior. The impulsive, reckless behavior caused tornado warnings to be banned in 1887, however, the Civilian US Weather Bureau (USWB) lifted the ban in 1938 (Coleman et al. 2011). The USWB was the first warning system that informed the public of severe weather development information, and safety information. In the World War II era, storm spotting was only used to protect military bases from severe weather, and then became a public service in 1948 by the Air Force’s Fawbush and Miller (Doswell et al.

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