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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Severe Weather Awareness Week: April 21 - 27, 2024

...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS...

The National Weather Service and the New York State Office of Emergency Management have proclaimed April 21 to April 27 Severe Weather Awareness

Week in New York State. The National Weather Service will be working in partnership with several agencies

of the New York State Disaster Preparedness Commission and the New York State Broadcasters Association

to inform residents of the

potential dangers associated with flash flooding, tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms.

Internally, the communications drills will give the National Weather Service staff the

opportunity to practice skills usually applied under stress.  Externally, the statewide

drills give public safety and preparedness officials, the broadcast media, and all New

Yorkers the opportunity to test their planned methods of receiving emergency weather

messages. Recipients of warning messages such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, businesses, and individuals can use this opportunity to see

if they are prepared to deal effectively with sudden, dangerous weather situations.

Practicing our response to hazardous weather or flood threats can pay big dividends

when actual disasters occur.


We will also recommend ways New Yorkers can protect themselves and their families from those hazards. These safety tips will be issued as Public

Information Statements as well as Facebook posts and Twitter feeds throughout the week. All

media outlets are being urged to disseminate these important messages to their readers,

viewers, and listeners.

Practicing our response to hazardous weather or flood threats can pay big

dividends when actual disasters occur.