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Appendix E: Findings from NOAA Natural Disaster Survey Reports
Pages 86-90

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From page 86...
... This posed a significant problem to forecasters trying to obtain information during the storm." References for each disaster survey are found in the reference section at the end ofthis report under "NOAA, United States Department of Commerce," listed by the name of the storm under specific study.
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From page 87...
... so that adequate warning for seiches and coastal dooding can be given." Recommendation 2-3 "The NWS should install an adequate marine observational network that would fill the gaps in the current arrangement and would provide the minimum coverage necessary for the reconfigured forecast areas in the modernized NWS. This network should include shoreline/shallow water wave height measurements." HURRICANE ANDREW 23-26 AUGUST 1992 Finding I.I.1 "Satellite imagery is the only source of information over data-sparse oceans, except for ships which generally avoid rough weather." Finding II.I.1 "The U.S.
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From page 88...
... This lack of data coverage was also addressed in the Halloween Nor' caster of '91 and the Northeast Blizzard of '78 reports. The loss of the Coast Guard's Large Navigational Buoys just off the Delaware coast barely a month prior to the Great Nor' caster of December 1992 proved to be a particularly great handicap to forecasters." Recommendation II-2 "The NWS should supplement the present marine observational network in order to fill the gaps which presently exist and to provide the minimum coverage necessary for the reconfigured forecast areas in the modernized NWS.
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From page 89...
... A similar finding was noted in previous DST Reports." Recommendation 4. l "NOAA should pursue additional marine observation sources including collaborative efforts with state and private organizations." Finding 4.3 "The NGWLMS Next Generation Water Level Measurement System]
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From page 90...
... For example, NWFSO Wilmington, North Carolina, has access to only four automated coastal observing sites along its 125-mile (approximately 200 km) coastal area of responsibility." Recommendation 6: "Efforts to properly equip coastal areas with real-time ocean level observations, for both land and marine areas, should be intensified.
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