Over the past 20 years, public perception that highway overpasses offer sound shelter from tornado winds has increased substantially, mainly due to the events of 10 April 1979 in Wichita Falls, TX and, especially, a video from 26 April 1991 in southern Kansas that gained widespread distribution. During the course of this event, many people sought shelter from approaching tornadoes under highway overpasses. Rasmussen, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Boulder COĭuring the late afternoon and evening hours of, tornadic supercell thunderstorms produced several long-tracked violent tornadoes that struck parts of central Oklahoma and southern Kansas. Stumpf, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman OKĮrik N. Brooks, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman OK Doswell III, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman OK Miller, NOAA/National Weather Service Forecast Office, Norman OKĬharles A. How Do We Minimize the Use of Overpasses as Sheltering Areas?ĭaniel J. Non-Meteorological Reasons Why Highway Overpasses Are Dangerous Severe Storm and Tornado Sheltering Areas How Can Meteorologists Assist in Solving This Problem?Ĭurrent Safety Guidelines for Well Constructed Buildings are Extremely EffectiveĬlose Examination of the Current Open-Country Safety Guidelines Paul Hail/Windstorm and Flash Flood – 1 July 1997 Other Severe Weather Threats in Addition to TornadoesĮxamples of Other Severe Weather Threats - Gainesville TX – 26 April 1994 and Jarrell TX – Įxamples of Other Severe Weather Threats - Lancaster TX – 25 April 1994Įxamples of Other Severe Weather Threats - Minneapolis/St. Misconception of Tornadic Winds - Part IIĪ More Realistic Conception of Tornadic Winds - Part IĪ More Realistic Conception of Tornadic Winds - Part II Shields Boulevard Overpass - Moore Part IIĪ Tornado and an Overpass - What is Reality? Shields Boulevard Overpass - Moore Part I
Meteorological Reasons Why Highway Overpasses Are Inadequate Tornado Sheltering Areasġ6 th Street Overpass – Newcastle, Oklahoma Schematic of the Kansas Turnpike Video from
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