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Apr 19, 2021 6:55 AM
Severe weather will happen this summer in South Dakota and officials of the state Department of Public Safety encourage people to be ready.
Severe Weather Preparedness Week is April 19-23 in South Dakota. Tina Titze, director of the state Office of Emergency Management, said the week is a good time to start thinking about what to do when severe weather does happen.
“Every summer, South Dakota experiences tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, high winds and heavy rains,” she said. “Each storm presents different challenges, and being prepared is a necessity.”
Severe Weather Preparedness Week is used by state and local officials to urge people to start making preparations. A statewide tornado drill will be held starting at 10:15 a.m. (CDT) Wednesday. Titze encourages people to participate in the drill while also making preparations for severe weather.
Campuswide tornado drill set for Tuesday (March 16)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office will conduct a campuswide voluntary tornado drill at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday (March 16).
The test is part of the National Weather Service’s “Severe Weather Preparedness Week (March 14-20),” as designated by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb. The National Weather Service, in conjunction with statewide agencies, will test communication systems around the state.
As part of Purdue’s test, multiple warning systems will be activated at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. The systems that will be activated include the All Hazard Outdoor Emergency Warning Sirens (intended to warn those outdoors only), text messaging, Twitter (@purdueemergency), desktop popup alert, alert beacon activation, some digital signs and the Boiler TV Emergency Alerting System layers of the Purdue Alert notification system. More information on the voluntary drill can be found on the Emergency
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The Greene County Office of Emergency Management wants you to start preparing now for the possibility of severe weather in the coming months. It’s hosting Weather Preparedness Week, with each day focusing on a different way to prepare for Missouri’s severe weather season.
Severe weather impacts Missouri every year, which is why the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management created Weather Preparedness Week. OEM urges citizens to do one thing each day this week to become better prepared for when disasters strike.
Greene County residents are encouraged to learn about and prepare for receiving weather information, tornado safety, lightning safety, hail and wind, and floods.
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Plan on hearing plenty of thunder this spring. That s the message from a National Weather Service Meteorologist, who warns the spring storm season looks like it will be a busy one. Chris Miller says the winter we ve experienced is setting us up for an active storm season when spring arrives.
This week is also Severe Weather Preparedness Week and Miller is refreshing everyone on the terminology you might see or hear during severe weather. He says watches mean exactly that – be watching for the possibility that severe weather will form.
Click here for Miller s comments