Question for ya

soundfisher

First, this is a great site. Lots of information.

My question: Following the NOAA storm survey after a tornado event, they will release a Public Service Anouncment detailing their findings from their investigation. Typically, it looks something like this:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
344 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2009

…TORNADO CONFIRMED ON JULY 31 AT MADISON IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY CT…

LOCATION…MADISON IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY CT
DATE…JULY 31 2009
ESTIMATED TIME…428 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH…2.75 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON…41.30N/72.62W
ENDING LAT/LON…41.28N/72.57W
* FATALITIES…0
* INJURIES…0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

…SUMMARY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY…IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE NORTH MADISON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OF MADISON….HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO AT MADISON IN NEW HAVEN
COUNTY CT ON JULY 31 2009.

THE TORNADO CUT A NARROW…DISCONTINUOUS SWATH OF DAMAGE NEARLY 3 MILES
LONG FROM NEAR COPSE TRAIL EAST-SOUTHEAST TO HULL ROAD BETWEEN ACORN
AND SAXON ROADS. DOWNED TREES ON WELLSWEEP DRIVE WERE STREWN IN MULTIPLE
DIRECTIONS IN A PATTERN INDICATIVE OF A TORNADO. SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
HARDWOOD TREES WERE ALSO INDICATIVE OF MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 100
MPH…OR EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.


Is there an archive where one could research all of the surveys released by NOAA? It seems to me, they are located all over the place, but don't have a centralized location to gather information about various tornado events.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
 
No, nothing that detailed exists. You will need to use the NCDC Storm Data database, but that doesn't cover much detail.
 
Thanks rdale. I didn't think there was anything (i.e, centralized location) where all these surveys are stored.
 
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