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that the creation of ESSA:

*responded to an increasing national need for adequate warnings of severe natural hazards (e.g., tornadoes, hurricanes, floods);
*responded to technological advances in capabilities to observe the physical environment and communicate and process environmental data; and
*would enable scientists to investigate the physical environment as a "scientific whole" rather than a "collection of separate and distinct fields of scientific interest."

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