HomeMy WebLinkAboutTornado Warning and Emerergency Meteorolgical Plan 1970 BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL I FENSE
COUNTY COURTHOUSE BRYAN
April 1970
TORNADO WARNING AND
EMERGENCY METEOROLOGICAL DIVISION PLAN
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EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
TAMU COMMUNICATIONS FAA SHERIFF DPS
CENTER
Leroy Johnson 846 -8784 322 -2525
345 -4311 846 -8785 822 -2345 822 -6111
845 -4567 Control tower 846 -4419 Williams (H) 846 -4383
EMERGENCY UNITS RADAR STATION POLICE
Huebner 845 -6645 Radar Room 845 -6013 Bryan 822 -1596
(H) 846 -5475 Meteor. Dept. 845 -6011 College Station 846 -8364
Kluth 822 -1600 Moyer (H) 846 -5130
(H) 846 -7960 Clark (H) 822 -6270 Campus
Youngblood 823 -8010 Lightfoot (H) 825 -2542 Security 845 -2345
(H) 822 -4081 (PMVASO1A)
SCHOOLS A&M WEATHER STATION CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS
Bryan Lightfoot 845 -642' County
Bowen (H) 846 -0676 — Canglose 845 -6013
822 -1655 (H) 823 -0524
323 -5441 HOSPITALS Burns 345 -3126
323 -5442 (H) 846 -4130
823 -5443 Bryan 822 -1340 Bryan
St. Joseph's Sch.. 022 -6641 822 -1347 Sandlin 823 -0071
822 -5614 822 -1348 (H) 846 -5308
822 -2721 822 -1349 Texas A &M
Allen Academy 823 -0066 St. Joseph's Hill 845 -2533
023 -0067 822 -3776 (H) 346 -4531
823- 0068 822 -3777 College Station
College Sta. 822 -3778 Huebner 845 -6645
Riedel 846 -5110 822 -3790 (H) 846 -5475
846 -8225 Boswell 846 -33068
846 -4870 (H) 846 -7034
FIRE DEPT. NEWS MEDIA JOHN RAUCH
Bryan 822 -1213 KBTX -TV 846 -7777 WTAW 846 -7788 Rescue Units
#2 Station 822 -1939 846 -5728 Watkins (H) 846 -7176 845 -2122
Central Sta. 822 -2722 KORA 322 -1240 Thompson 823 -5745 845 -2723
(H) 846 -9092 822 -4812
College Sta. 846 -4567 Mistovich (H) 822 -6547 KWCB (Navasota)
Jones (H) 822 -1133 825 -6484
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BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
Tornado Warning Plan
April 1, 1969
I. GENERAL
The Brazos County Civil Defense Tornado Warning and Meteorological Division,
established under the authority of Brazos County, Bryan, College Station, and
Texas A&M University, has the basic mission of providing a tornado warning plan
and meteorological support in the event of a national emergency.
To provide a comprehensive tornado warning plan, this division has co-
ordinated the use of meteorologists at Texas A&M University and the cooperation
of federal, state, county, and city offices, volunteer spotters, and Citizens
Band and RACES communication units for tornado detection and warning.
The Texas A&M Radar Control Room is the nerve center of the tornado -
watch operation with the Texas A&M Communication Center providing a 24 -hour
communication point for receiving reports and handling emergency and warning
communications.
II. SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS
Whenever a severe weather alert is issued for this area, the following
procedures will apply:
A. FAA and DPS, upon receipt of severe weather alert or reports of severe
weather in the outlying areas, will notify the Tornado Warning Officer or his
deputies on the radar phone.
B. If the Radar Station is closed, FAA or DPS will immediately contact
the communications center and give them the information.
C. Tie Comminications Center will then notify the Tornado Warning Officer
or his deputies.
D. The Tornado Warning Officer or his deputy will activate the Radar
Station and go on tornado watch if needed.
E. Detection agencies and tornado spotters will maintain a "tornado
watch" and if a tornado is spotted will immediately call the Radar Room, giving
location, direction of travel, name, and unit number or telephone number.
F. If close in "on -spot watch" is needed in areas where no spotters are
located, the Tornado Warning Officer or his deputies will contact the Civil
Defense Citizens Band Communications Officer, who will send a dispatcher -
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operator to the Radar Station and activate the local Citizens Band club mobile
units to move into predetermined watch locations or other stations as needs arise
for weather intelligence reports.
G. Unusual weather condition reports received by the Department of Public
Safety, Sheriff's Department, Texas Highway Department, or other law enforce-
ment agencies will be relayed to the Tornado Warning Officer either at the
Radar Station or the Communication Center.
H. The Brazos County RACES officer will alert all RACES units; infor-
mation on weather conditions in areas roughly southwest to northeast of Brazos
County within a range of approximately 75 miles will be relayed to the RACES
officer. The County RACES officer will keep the Tornado Warning Officer in-
formed of unusual weather conditions in outlying areas such as:
a., large hail; b., high winds; c., extremely heavy rainfall.
III. TORNADO WARNING
A. When the Tornado Warning Officer, either by radar detection or spotters'
reports, determines that a tornado warning should be issued, he will take the
following action:
1. If the tornado path threatens the cities of Bryan or College Station:
a. Notify the Communication Center to activate the public warning
signals and put the tornado warning plan in operation.
b. Call the local news agencies for an emergency broadcast of the
impending danger.
2. Local police units, sheriff department units, and Department of Public
Safety units, when applicable, will supply their headquarters with current in-
formation on funnel path and direction of travel.
3. Department communication officers will keep the Tornado Warning
Officer advised of pertinent information for advance warning of the tornado
path.
4. All emergency Civil Defense units such as rescue, Citizens Band, RACES,
medical, etc., will report to their division officers and stand by for emer-
gency assignments.
IV. RURAL TORNADO WARNING
1. When determined by the Tornado Warning Officer that a tornado threatens
an area outside the cities of Bryan and College Station, he will immediately:
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a. notify the local radio and TV stations to issue an immediate news
bulletin advising the threatened area of the impending danger.
b. notify Communications Center to advise all key agencies but will
not activate the cities tornado alarm systems.
c. the Tornado Warning Officer will notify the Sheriff's Department,
Department of Public Safety and the County Civil Defense Director.
d. Sheriff's Department and D.P.S. units will proceed immediately to
the threatened area to give assistance and supply intelligence reports.
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e. the Sheriff's Department will alert the Brazos County Emergency
Corp to stand by for possible assistance.
f. All agencies of city and county CD units will stand by for Emergency
Assignment.
Although this plan has been carefully reviewed and all aspects taken into
consideration, it must be recognized that emergencies do not always occur ac-
cording to plan.
All persons engaged in emergency activities should remember that good
judgement and a careful analysis of the situation is always important before
a decision is made.
In many instances the Situation Gives the Order under emergency conditions.
Dr. Vance E. Moyer
Tornado Warning and Meteorological
Division Chief
Dr. Robert A. Clark
Deputy
Mr. James W. Lightfoot
Deputy
approved by:
Jake Canglose
County Civil Defense Director
Fred Sandlin
Bryan Civil Defense Director
John W. Hill
Texas A&M Civil Defense Director
George L. Huebner
College' Station Civil Defense Director