Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week

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Media Release, February 22, 2021
Mike Moritz, NOAA / Michael.Moritz@noaa.gov

After such a cold stretch of weather, it’s hard to believe spring is around the corner and so is severe weather. In an effort to help everyone prepare, the National Weather Service (NWS) is sponsoring the 2021 Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week March 1-5, 2021.
 
One key to surviving a natural disaster is preparedness. To that end, the NWS will conduct a tornado drill to help everyone practice their safety plan. The tornado drill occur on Tuesday, March 2 at 10:00 AM CST. A test tornado warning will be issued by each local NWS office. The NWS suggests everyone consider treating the drill as a real event and practice your severe weather safety plan. However, in the time of COVID-19, the NWS also encourages everyone to abide by health and safety guidelines, including social distancing and wearing a mask per local directives. If that's not possible during the tornado test, then consider participating by simply sheltering-in-place or discussing sheltering options/plans among co-workers/family members.  
 
In addition to the drill, the NWS has produced a packet of information which includes a summary of the 2020 severe weather season, lots of tornado facts for Kansas and local NWS office reviews of last season’s weather. All the information in the packet is free and can be republished.

• Download 2021 Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Information Packet (PDF)
  

 
The NWS hopes you will use Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week to “brush up”, so you can be prepared for whatever Mother Nature brings in the months ahead.
 
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About the National Weather Service:
 
The National Weather Service’s Hastings Forecast Office located in Hastings, NE., is the primary source of weather data, forecasts and warnings for people in 24 south central Nebraska counties and 6 north central Kansas counties. Join us on Facebook and  Twitter. Working with partners, the National Weather Service is building a Weather-Ready Nation to support community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather.

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