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The Killer Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999: Applications of Ok-First in Rural Communities

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Coping With Flash Floods

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The OK-FIRST Program was developed, beginning in October 1996, as a formal educational outreach program of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. The goal of OK-FIRST was to develop a transportable, agency-driven information-support system that helped public safety agencies harness the information age. The desired impact of OK-FIRST was documentable improvements in how public safety agencies (fire, police, and emergency management) responded to weather emergencies.

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  1. Oklahoma Climatological Survey University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Kenneth C. Crawford

  2. Oklahoma Climatological Survey University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Dale C. Morris

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  1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Eve Gruntfest

  2. Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, England

    John Handmer

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Crawford, K.C., Morris, D.C. (2001). The Killer Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999: Applications of Ok-First in Rural Communities. In: Gruntfest, E., Handmer, J. (eds) Coping With Flash Floods. NATO Science Series, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0918-8_15

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