Emergency Response - Severe Weather
Background Information
Severe Weather - "Watch"
- Be alert to possible severe weather conditions.
- Conditions are right for severe weather. This tells you when and where severe weather is likely to occur.
- Watch the sky and stay tuned to radio or television for information.
Severe Weather - "Warning"
- Indicates imminent danger to life and property to those in the path of the storm or hazard.
- All outdoor and open area activities should be closely monitored and suspended, if possible, until the threat has passed.
- Be alert when severe weather is confirmed to be in the area and has been sighted.
- Be prepared and close enough to a permanent building that you can get into it with short notice.
Action Steps
Steps to take if caught in severe weather:
- Be alert to possible weather conditions.
- Monitor local radio/television for information.
- Stay or get indoors.
Steps to take if caught in severe weather:
- Lightening is generally associated with these storms. Time is critical and moving to an interior room must be done quickly. People outdoors should move indoors to a permanent facility interior room.
- Ensure that you are in a permanent building and not a temporary structure such as a trailer, automobile, truck, or pole building.
- Move to an interior room away from windows.
- Monitor 970 WATH AM Radio or WOUB Cannel 20 Television for Watch & Warning details.
- If you hear thunder you are in close proximity to lightning and a possible lightning strike.
Remember the 30/30 Lightning safety rule:
- Go indoors if, after seeing lightning, you cannot count to thirty (30) before hearing thunder and stay indoors for thirty (30) minutes after hearing the last clap of thunder.
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