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PSW NACC REVIEW 1 QU IZES
Question : The Eye Of A Category 2 Hurricane Is 450
Nautical Miles Away And Forecast To Come Ashore At Your Coastal Location. The Tropical Storm-Force Winds Extend 150 Nautical Miles. The Hurricane Is Moving At 15 Knots. If It Maintains Forward Speed, How Long Before Tropical Storm-Force Winds Begin To Affect Your Community?(a) 10 Hours (b) 15 Hours (c) 24 Hours (d) 30 Hours
Correct Answer: 24 Hours
Question : When Should You Aim To Have An
Evacuation Be Completed?(a) By The Time Tropical Storm-Force Winds Arrive (b) 12 Hours Before Landfall
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(c) 6 Hours After Landfall (d) Any Time Before The Storm Arrives
Correct Answer: By The Time Tropical Storm-Force
Winds Arrive
Question : You Explain To An Official That A
Hurricane's Forward Speed And Path Can Change
Considerably. She Asks Why And You Respond:
(a) Hurricanes Have Internal Engines (b) Hurricanes Are Steered By Other Changing Weather Features Around The Storm (c) They Are Guided By Magnetic Poles (d) The Earth's Rotation Affects Them Randomly
Correct Answer: Hurricanes Are Steered By Other
Changing Weather Features Around The Storm
Question : As A Hurricane Or Tropical Storm
Approaches Your Location, Its Forward Speed Decreases From 20 Kt To 10 Kt. How Might That Affect Rainfall?(a) More Total Rainfall From A Slower Moving Storm
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(b) Less Total Rainfall From A Slower Moving Storm (c) Rainfall Is Unaffected By Forward Speed (d) Rainfall Only Depends On Intensity
Correct Answer: More Total Rainfall From A Slower
Moving Storm
Question : A Hurricane Warning Means Hurricane-Force
Winds Are Generally:
(a) Expected Within 12 Hours (b) Expected Within 24 Hours (c) Possible Within 36 Hours (d) Possible Within 48 Hours
Correct Answer: Possible Within 36 Hours
Question : Which Agency Disseminates Coastal Watches
And Warnings For Tropical Storms And Hurricanes?(a) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) (b) Local Nws Weather Forecast Offices (c) National Hurricane Center (Nhc)
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(d) Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)
Correct Answer: Local Nws Weather Forecast Offices
Question : The Eye Of A Category 2 Hurricane Is 450
Nautical Miles Away And Forecast To Come Ashore At Your Coastal Location. The Tropical Storm-Force Winds Extend 150 Nautical Miles. If The Hurricane's Forward Speed Is 20 Knots, How Long Before Tropical Storm- Force Winds Begin To Affect Your Community?(a) 10 Hours (b) 15 Hours (c) 20 Hours (d) 25 Hours
Correct Answer: 20 Hours
Question : The Storm Surge Atlas Provides Information
On:
(a) Historical Storm Tracks (b) Rainfall Totals (c) Wind Speed Probabilities