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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
554 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

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

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH TORNADO AWARENESS
DAY.   IN 2013 THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 41 CONFIRMED TORNADOES AFFECTING
27 TENNESSEE COUNTIES.  FORTUNATELY NO ONE IN TENNESSEE LOST THEIR LIFE
AS A RESULT OF A TORNADO LAST YEAR BUT THERE WERE FIVE INJURIES.

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.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE...SO PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR WEATHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

THE 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.


                         TORNADO SAFETY RULES

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, 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. DON'T BOTHER OPENING OR CLOSING THEM. IT
WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE STRUCTURE AND YOU'LL JUST WASTE
TIME OR PUT YOURSELF AT RISK SHOULD GLASS BREAK AS YOU ARE NEAR.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL CARRY INFORMATION AND SAFETY TIPS ALL THIS
WEEK CONTAINING IMPORTANT SAFETY RULES THAT YOU CAN USE TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES FROM THE DANGERS OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

$$

UNGER




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