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.