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NOAA Issues Service Assessment Report on Hurricane Katrina; Evaluation Highlights Agency Successes & Recommends Improvements (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2006 at 03:00:19
| The NOAA National Weather Service released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Katrina. Service assessments are done routinely following major weather events and include input from government agencies, emergency managers, media and the public. The NOAA National Hurricane Center consistently projected for more than two days in advance that Katrina would strike southeast Louisiana as a "major" hurricane and later issued hurricane watches and warnings with lead times of 44 and 32 hours, respectively?an extra eight hours beyond when such alerts are typically issued. "The accurate forecasts provided for extended warning times," said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of the NOAA National Weather Service. "Our ability to identify where a major hurricane would hit the Gulf Coast was among the actions that saved countless lives." |
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