Severe Weather Awareness Week is here: Do you know what to do? Emergency Management Director John Bowen of Crow Wing County said: “We’re going on that time of the year when we do get severe weather. We want to make sure that our families, our businesses and residents are prepared for when severe weather does hit the Brainerd lakes area or Crow Wing County area. From years past, we've had plenty of experience with severe weather. " 9:00 am, Apr. 12, 2021 × Cloud formations turn ominous before severe weather rolled through July 8, 2020, over Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch If a tornado, lightning or hail storm were coming, would everyone know what to do?