Flint / Joplin / New York / Kansas City / Joplin city / /
Company
Cambridge University Press / NOAA Weather Radio / NWS / Local Warning Dissemination Systems / Warnings / Emergency Alert System/NOAA Weather Radio / /
Country
United States / United Kingdom / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Person Communication and Meetings / Man-Made Disaster / /
Facility
JJ Highway / Central Region Headquarters / University of Oklahoma / /
IndustryTerm
forecast services / mobile communications technology / law enforcement dispatchers / social media networking sites / government web pages / local emergency management / dissemination systems / television media / mobile communications technologies / /
NaturalFeature
Flint / /
Organization
Cambridge University / University of Oklahoma / Storm Prediction Center / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service / Weather Forecast Office / NWS Springfield Weather Forecast Office / National Weather Service / /
Person
Lynn P. Maximuk / Tornado Watch / Roger E. Kasperson / Jennifer Spinney / Nick Pidgeon / Paul Slovic / /
Position
Director / Central Region National Weather Service July / Research Associate / Executive / /
ProvinceOrState
Michigan / Missouri / Oklahoma / Jasper County / Jasper County and Joplin / /
PublishedMedium
Storm Track / /
Region
Southwest Missouri / /
Technology
mobile communications technology / GPS-based mobile communications technologies / /
NWS Central Region Service Assessment Joplin, Missouri, Tornado – May 22, 2011 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service, Central Region Headquarters