Kuligowski, E.
, Lombardo, F.
, Phan, L.
, Levitan, M.
and Jorgensen, D.
(2012),
Progress Report National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011, Tornado in Joplin, Missouri (NISTSP 1139), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1139, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=912461
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Progress Report National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011, Tornado in Joplin, Missouri (NISTSP 1139)
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On June 29, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it would conduct a technical investigation of the tornado that struck Joplin, MO, on May 22, 2011. In November 2011, NIST released a draft plan for the study and briefed the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee on the progress of the investigation in a meeting that was open to the public. The final investigation plan, released in May 2012, can be found at http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911000. This report summarizes the progress NIST has made and the cooperation it has received from a variety of organizations in conducting the study.Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1139
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Created November 14, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021