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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
101 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016

...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES...
...TODAY IS TORNADO AWARENESS DAY...

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH TORNADO
AWARENESS DAY. IN 2015 THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 18 CONFIRMED
TORNADOES IN TENNESSEE...RESULTING IN 2 DEATHS AND 7 INJURIES.
DESPITE THE DEATHS AND INJURIES...THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES
WAS BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS TENNESSEE IN 2015. ON AVERAGE...28
TORNADOES AFFECT TENNESSEE EACH YEAR.

YOUR SAFETY DEPENDS ON BEING CONSTANTLY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF TORNADOES FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT APPROACH YOU. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING TORNADO WATCHES. A CAREFUL LOOKOUT SHOULD
BE KEPT DURING ANY PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY. PLAN IN
ADVANCE WHERE YOU WILL GO AND WHAT YOU WILL DO IF A TORNADO
THREATENS YOU.

WHEN A TORNADO WATCH IS ISSUED...THAT MEANS TORNADO DEVELOPMENT
IS POSSIBLE WITHIN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...SO PAY EXTRA
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR THE INTERNET FOR
WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH GIVES YOU TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES AND ALERTS YOU TO THE FACT THAT
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS MIGHT FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. A WATCH MIGHT COVER SEVERAL THOUSAND
SQUARE MILES OVER PARTS OF ONE OR MORE STATES.

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED...OR THAT
ONE IS LIKELY IMMINENT BASED ON RADAR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM NEED TO IMMEDIATELY FIND SHELTER...PREFERABLY IN A STURDY
BUILDING...BELOW GROUND IF POSSIBLE. USE THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
RULES TO KNOW WHERE TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN A TORNADO THREATENS.

IN HOMES OR SMALL BUILDINGS...GO TO THE BASEMENT OR TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM...ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL. GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY SUCH AS A HEAVY TABLE OR A
BED.

IN MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...ABANDON THEM AND GO TO A STURDY
STRUCTURE. IF THERE IS NO SUCH STRUCTURE NEARBY...AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH...RAVINE...GULLY...CULVERT OR LOW SPOT
WITH YOUR ARMS AND HANDS COVERING YOUR HEAD.

IN LARGE BUILDINGS SUCH AS SCHOOLS...FACTORIES...HOSPITALS...
NURSING HOMES AND SHOPPING CENTERS...GO TO THE PREDESIGNATED
SHELTER AREA. INTERIOR HALLWAYS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE USUALLY
BEST. STAY AWAY FROM ROOMS THAT ARE LARGE IN AREA BECAUSE THEY
HAVE WEAKLY SUPPORTED ROOFS.

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT BOTHER OPENING OR CLOSING THEM. IT
WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE STRUCTURE AND YOU WILL JUST
WASTE TIME AND PUT YOURSELF AT RISK SHOULD GLASS BREAK OR DEBRIS
STRIKE YOU.

TODAY IS ALSO TORNADO DRILL DAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WILL BE CONDUCTING A STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL AT 900 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING IN LIEU OF OUR ROUTINE WEEKLY WEATHER RADIO
TEST.

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