WBBJ TV
March 4, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in Tennessee. To prepare, Thelma Barker Elementary School paused class for a tornado drill.
“We’ve seen a lot of things happen this past school year and this year, so I feel like we need to be prepared and I’m very confident about Thelma Barker being prepared,” assistant principal Mia Neely said.
Thelma Barker has safety precautions in place due to windows and doors in the school, but they added even more precautions due to COVID-19 guidelines, like social distancing. Instead of students lining the hallways, they were assigned safer designated areas to take cover.
Classes cover thunderstorm safety, the science of thunderstorms, different types of cloud formations and what they mean and how spotters can get their reports to the weather service.
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Statewide tornado drill happening today, Davidson County not included
Metroâs Office of Emergency Management won t be activating Davidson Countyâs sirens as part of the drill this morning because they will be doing their normal monthly test Saturday at noon. This way the sirens wonât go off two days in a row.
By: Cole Johnson
and last updated 2021-03-05 09:11:36-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â The National Weather Service will hold a statewide tornado drill on Friday. This comes as Tennessee marked a year since the March 3rd tornadoes and Severe Weather Awareness Week.
However, Metroâs Office of Emergency Management won t be activating Davidson Countyâs sirens as part of the drill this morning because they will be doing their normal monthly test Saturday at noon. This way the sirens wonât go off two days in a row.