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PRJ-3349 | StEER - 10 December 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak
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Project TypeField research | Reconnaissance
Natural Hazard Type(s)Tornado
Event(s)
10 December 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak | Mayfield, KY | 2021-12-10 ― 2021-12-11 | Lat 36.735997056 long -88.637330784
Awards
EAGER: Operationalization of the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network | CMMI-1841667
Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER): Data to Knowledge Framework for Coordinated Reconnaissance following Natural Hazard Events | CMMI-2103550
KeywordsStEER, reconnaissance, tornado, quad-state tornado, Kentucky, Mayfield, damage assessment
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Description:

In the late hours of 10 December and into the early hours of 11 December 2021, unseasonably warm air instigated an outbreak of at least 60 confirmed tornadoes across nine states. The outbreak included a family of damaging “Quad-State” tornadoes, with an EF4 tornado that was on the ground for over 160 miles causing devastating impacts to many small communities and in particular Mayfield, KY. This tornado outbreak is expected to be one of the largest and deadliest tornado events in US history. Given the historic nature of this outbreak, StEER immediately issued a Level 3 response to this event, simultaneously activating its Virtual Assessment Structural Team (VAST) on 11 December, while, its Field Assessment Structural Team (FAST) was assembled to begin collecting perishable data in Mayfield and surrounding areas on 14 December. This project encompasses the products of StEER's response to this event: a joint Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report-Early Access Reconnaissance Report (PVRR-EARR) and Curated Dataset.

Document Collection | StEER: 10 December 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak Joint Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report and Early Access Reconnaissance Report (PVRR-EARR)
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Pilkington, S., D. Roueche, M. Gutierrez Soto, M. Alam, R. Napolitano, T. Kijewski-Correa, D. Prevatt, S. Kaushal, J. Nakayama, M. Saleem, H. Ibrahim, A. Lyda, H. Lester, D. Caballero Russi, K. Gurley, I. Robertson, F. Lombardo (2021). "StEER: 10 December 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak Joint Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report and Early Access Reconnaissance Report (PVRR-EARR)", in StEER - 10 December 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-2b2k-ws96

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Date Published2021-12-30
DOI10.17603/ds2-2b2k-ws96
License
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Description:

This is first product of StEER's Level 3 response to the 10 December 2021 Midwest Tornado outbreak culminated in a single joint PVRR-EARR, a hybrid of StEER’s standard Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR) and Early Access Reconnaissance Report (EARR): (1) summarizing the genesis and hazard characteristics of these tornadoes, (2) providing an overview of the regulatory environment in Kentucky, (3) outlining StEER’s field response and reconnaissance methodology, (4) documenting the performance of a wide range of buildings and other infrastructure, and (5) recommending topics worthy of continued study by the natural hazards engineering community and affiliated fields. The PVRR-EARR includes both the official report as well as a supplementary media repository containing additional imagery gathered by the VAST. The report is a combination of both virtual reconnaissance by StEER's VAST and field investigations by StEER's FAST.

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Virtual ReconnaissancePreliminary Virtual Assessment
  
Virtual ReconnaissancePreliminary Virtual AssessmentField Assessment
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