National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Office

News update:

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Staff
Scott Weaver	Director	301 975-5983
stephen.potts [at] nist.gov (Steve Potts)	Management & Program Analyst	301 975-5412
Marc Levitan	Research Wind Engineer	301 975-5340

News and Updates

A home in the mountains of Puerto Rico lies in ruins as a result of the extreme force winds of Hurricane Maria.

NIST Launches Study of Hurricane Maria’s Impact on Puerto Rico

May 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it will

Federal Program to Reduce Windstorm Impacts Requests Comments on New Strategic Plan

March 14, 2017

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” When time management guru

NIST Leads Federal Effort to Save Lives and Property from Windstorms

July 12, 2016

Congress recently designated the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to be the lead agency for the

Progress Toward National Resiliency: NIST Marks Joplin Tornado 5th Anniversary

May 19, 2016

Disaster struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, when the deadliest and costliest single tornado in U.S. history left

First Code Improvements Adopted Based on NIST Joplin Tornado Study

December 7, 2015

Protecting schools and their associated high-occupancy buildings from the most violent tornadoes is the goal of the

A steel shelter bolted to a concrete garage floor was all that remained of a wood-frame home destroyed in the Joplin, Mo., tornado of May 22, 2011.

NIST Issues Final Joplin Tornado Report, Begins Effort to Improve Standards and Codes

March 28, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final report on its technical investigation

New Roadmap Outlines Research Path to Reduce Storm Impacts

March 26, 2014

A new measurement science research and development (R&D) roadmap,* prepared for the National Institute of Standards and

NIST Tornado Reports Urge New Standards for Saving Lives, Property

December 3, 2013

Nationally accepted standards for building design and construction, public shelters and emergency communications can

NIST to Announce Results of Study of 2011 Joplin, Mo., Tornado Disaster

November 19, 2013

On May 22, 2011, a massive tornado struck Joplin, Mo., destroying some 8,000 structures in its path and killing 161

NIST researchers collected data following Joplin, Missouri, tornado

June 6, 2011

A massive tornado, rated category EF5 (the most powerful on the Enhanced Fujita scale), hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011

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Events

Forty-Fourth Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UJNR) Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects

Wed, Feb 20 - Thu, Feb 21 2013

The NIST Engineering Laboratory will host the 44th meeting of the UJNR Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The Panel

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Publications

Measurement Science R&D Roadmap for Windstorm and Coastal Inundation Impact Reduction

January 30, 2014

Author(s)

William Coulbourne, Jon Galsworthy, Horia Hangan, Christopher Jones, Chris Letchford, Thomas Smith

Windstorms, storm surge, and other coastal inundation events caused 4,045 fatalities and property losses of $250 billion (in 2012 dollars) in the United States

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