Significant Winter Weather Events and Associated Socioeconomic Impacts (Federal Aid Expenditures) across Oklahoma: 2000–10

作者: Trevor Grout , Yang Hong , Jeffrey Basara , Balabhaskar Balasundaram , Zhenyu Kong

DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-11-00057.1

关键词: Socioeconomic status1993 Storm of the CenturyEmergency managementSnowStorm DataLocal governmentClimatologyWinter stormStormGeography

摘要: AbstractExceptionally severe winter storms that overwhelm local government result in major disaster declarations. Each National Weather Service forecast office the United States reports events for a specific group of counties, known as county warning area. Such are reported blizzard, ice storm, heavy snow, or weather. They archived by Climatic Data Center and published Storm Data, monthly periodical. Using all Oklahoma from 1 November 1999 to May 2010 were compiled into database. The results this study demonstrated while counties northern received highest number reports, when compared with climatology blizzard storm types yielded an above-average occurrence across much southwest central over period.Disaster information, obtained Federal Emergency Management Agency, showed 1...

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