Disastrous Texas Flash Floods of August 1-4, 1978

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dc.call-noQC 877.N3 no. 79-1 1979 GBAY
dc.creatorUnited States National Weather Service
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-12T17:45:00Z
dc.date.available2010-11-12T17:45:00Z
dc.date.issued1979-03
dc.descriptionApproximately 150 pagesen
dc.description.abstractTeam members began the field survey on Monday, August 7 -- 4 days after the last victim drowned. The field phase was completed Friday, August 11. Three main areas were covered: (1) internal NWS operations, (2) role of the broadcast media, and (3) community preparedness and individual public response. The survey was limited to those counties with known fatalities. Gillespie County was not visited by the team as the team did not find out about the deaths that occurred there until the following week. The Southern Region quickly organized a special team to conduct a field search for verification of rainfall from unofficial and previously unreported sources--customarily referred to as a bucket survey. Private weather modification operations were conducted northeast of Abilene during the period of heavy rains in central Texas. An analysis of the possible impact of these activities in enhancing rainfall amounts is beyond the scope of this report and will not be addressed.en
dc.history2/11/11 ksws
dc.identifier.otherAccession # 10892
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/27427
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.locationGBAY Circulating Collection
dc.publisherUnited States National Weather Serviceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNatural Disaster Survey Report;79-1
dc.subjectflash floodsen
dc.subjectflood mitigationen
dc.titleDisastrous Texas Flash Floods of August 1-4, 1978en
dc.title.alternativeA Report to the Administratoren
dc.typeTechnical Reporten

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