[Durham INC] Fw: North Carolina Severe Weather Awareness Week March 4-10, 2012 and Statewide Tornado Drill on March 7 at 9:30 AM

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From: Nicholas Petro [mailto:Nicholas.Petro at noaa.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:29 PM
To: nws.er.rah.state at noaa.gov; nws.er.rah.dot at noaa.gov; nws.er.rah.partners at noaa.gov; nws.er.rah.schools at noaa.gov; nws.er.rah.media at noaa.gov; Nicholas Petro
Cc: Steve Pfaff; John Cole; Anthony Sturey; Phil Hysell; Bill Sammler; George.Mathews at noaa.gov
Subject: North Carolina Severe Weather Awareness Week March 4-10, 2012 and Statewide Tornado Drill on March 7 at 9:30 AM

 

Today, Gov. Bev Perdue declared March 4-10 Severe Weather Awareness Week in North Carolina and recommends that families have safety plans for home, work or school so they can respond quickly when tornadoes or severe storms threaten.   In addition, the annual Statewide Tornado Drill is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at 9:30 AM.  Please take a moment to review the following press release for all the details....  http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/GovPressRelease_2012NC_SWAW.pdf

The National Weather Service encourages everyone to participate in this year's SWAW activities and drill.  In addition to initiating this year's tornado drill via NOAA Weather Radio and the EAS Required Monthly Test product, all week long the NWS will be issuing informative messages (public information statements) to help everyone prepare for severe weather.  Each day will cover a different topic.  For your information and use...below is a list of the topics that will be covered each day, and a link to download that day's message.  Feel free to use and distribute these messages as you'd like: 

  a.. Sunday:  Overview of the 2012 NC SWAW:  http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Sunday.pdf
  b.. Monday: Severe thunderstorms: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Monday.pdf
  c.. Tuesday: Lightning: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Tuesday.pdf
  d.. Wednesday:  Tornadoes: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Wednesday.pdf
  e.. Thursday:  Flooding: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Thursday.pdf
  f.. Friday:  The alert process: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Friday.pdf
  g.. Saturday:  SWAW summary:  http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/2012_SWAW_Saturday.pdf
Thank you for your help and participation in this year's severe weather awareness week.   As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me any time.  

Best regards,
Nick Petro 



-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nicholas Petro, WX3HWarning Coordination MeteorologistNational Weather Service RaleighNicholas.Petro at noaa.gov(919)515-8209, ext 223http://weather.gov/Raleigh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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