Tornado Quick Response Surveys

The Tornado Quick Response Survey Data Collection is a multi year, multi event database that aims to improve understanding of how different factors interact to influence people’s perception of and response to tornado threats. Post event surveys gather detailed data on how environmental conditions, warning information sources and channels, social cues, prior experience, vulnerability characteristics, and situational constraints combine to shape individual preparedness and protective action decisions as the hazard unfolds. Surveys were disseminated in collaboration with 6 participating National Weather Service Forecast Offices between December 2022 – May 2024 representing 13 tornado events. A total of 3,864 surveys were collected. Data included in the collection: a) Survey Flow Chart, b) Codebook and c) Data Collection Results available in CSV, Stata, and SPSS formats (forthcoming), and Data Collection Summary Notes.