Tornado Pathfinder: A Guide to the Literature
This guide will introduce some of the titles available in the LRC on tornadoes. The various types of library materials useful in research are listed along with some examples of each type. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but is intended to be a starting point from which you can begin your research.
Books 
- Paths of destruction: the story of West Michigan's worst natural disaster: the tornadoes of April 3, 1956 by Ostuno, Ernest J. - Citation
- Tornado! 84 minutes, 94 lives, by O'Toole, John M. - Citation
- F5: devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century by Levine, Mark.- Citation
- Storm warning: the story of a killer tornado – by Mathis, Nancy. - Citation
- Big weather: chasing tornadoes in the heart of America – by Svenvold, Mark. - Citation
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Magazine Articles
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- “Tornado shelter-seeking behavior and tornado shelter options among mobile home residents in the United States” bSchmidlin, Thomas W. NATURAL HAZARDS, (February 2009) - Citation
- “Early warning systems and disaster preparedness and response in local government” by Collins, Matthew L. DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT, (2008) - Citation
- “Tuning in: weather radios for those most at risk”. Kupec, Robert J. JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, (July/August 2008) - Citation
- “OK-FIRST: an example of successful collaboration between the meteorological and emergency response communities on 3 May 1999”. Morris, Dale A. WEATHER AND FORECASTING, (June 2002) - Citation
- “Atlanta tornado: managing the response”. McNeil, John J. FIRE ENGINEERING, (June 2008) - Citation
- “Tornadoes and mobile homes: the geographic data of a stereotype”. Shears, Andrew B. JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, (January/February 2008) - Citation
- “Tornadoes and disaster management: not just in Kansas, Dorothy”. Hammond, Jeffrey S. DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS, (November 2007) - Citation
- “Tornadoes, television and trust: a closer look at the influence of the local weathercaster during severe weather”. Sherman-Morris, Kathleen. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, (2005) - Citation
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Online reports/documents/guides
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- Public response to tornado warnings: a comparative study of the May 4, 2003, tornados in Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee- Full report - PDF
- Taking shelter from the storm: building a safe room inside your house - Full report - PDF
- The spatial video acquisition system as an approach to capturing damage and recovery data after a disaster: a case study from the Super Tuesday tornadoes - Full report - PDF
- Rainfall estimates or tornado detection? an assessment based on the needs of emergency managers - Full report - PDF
- The political ecology of disaster: an analysis of factors influencing U. S. tornado fatalities and injuries, 1998-2000 - Full report - PDF
- The Groundhog Day Florida tornadoes: a case study of high-vulnerability tornadoes - Full report - PDF
- La Plata, Maryland, tornado outbreak, April 28, 2002-Full report - PDF
- Record tornado outbreaks of May 4-10, 2003- Full report - PDF
- Safe rooms save lives - State of Oklahoma safe room initiative - Full report - PDF
- Protecting school children from tornadoes - State of Kansas School Shelter Initiative - Full report - PDF
- Authority in emergencies: four tornado communities in 1953 - Full report - PDF
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Multimedia Resources
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