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Tornado Safety - National Weather Service

This website is designed to teach you how to stay safe when a tornado threatens. If you know what to do before, during and after a tornado, you will minimize ...

Tornado Safety Tips - American Red Cross

Tornadoes are dangerous. They can knock down buildings, uproot trees, move vehicles and destroy things in their path.

Tornado Safety (Online Tornado FAQ) - Storm Prediction Center

There is no such thing as guaranteed safety inside a tornado. Freak accidents happen; and the most violent tornadoes can level and blow away almost any house ...

Tornado Safety Measures - Mercer Police Department

Prevention and practice before the storm: Turn on local TV, radio or NOAA Weather Radio and stay alert for warnings.

Tornadoes | Ready.gov

Go to NOAA Weather Radio and your local news or official social media accounts for updated emergency information. · Go to a safe shelter ...

Tornado Safety Rules - National Weather Service

A tornado warning is usually issued for portions of one or two counties, for an hour or less. The storm could also produce large hail and destructive straight ...

Preparing for a Tornado - StormAware Tornado Safety - MO.gov

Being StormAware means having a plan before severe weather strikes. The following tips can help you create a tornado-safety plan.

Safety Guidelines: During a Tornado - CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend, as its first recommendation, that people in the path of a tornado ...

10 Tornado Safety Tips to Keep Kids Safe - Save the Children

Save the Children is here to talk about tips to help keep children safe before, during and after a tornado.

During a tornado - Get Prepared

During a tornado ; If you are in a house · If you have no basement, protect yourself by taking shelter under a heavy table or desk. ; If you are in ...

Tornado Preparedness Tips for School Administrators

PREPARE A TORNADO SAFETY PLAN... The most important part of tornado safety in schools, and in similar logistical arrangements such as nursing homes, is to ...

Tornado Safety Tips - Mass.gov

Learn how to take safety precautions to avoid injury and minimize property damage if your area is impacted by a tornado.

Tornado Safety | Webster Groves, MO - Official Website

April is tornado awareness month, and Missouri ranks fifth among the states in the number of tornadoes that occur each year.

Tornado Safety for Citizens - Kansas Adjutant General's

Tornado season is generally March through August, although tornadoes can occur at any time of the year. They tend to occur in the afternoons and evenings.

Tornado Safety - Kentucky Emergency Management

Severe weather can, and does, occur throughout the year in the Commonwealth! Knowing the risks, being prepared and having an emergency plan could save your ...

Tornado Safety and Recovery - ICC - International Code Council

A properly built, high-wind-resistant safe room protects your family from the most intense tornadoes and hurricanes.

Tornado Preparedness - Texas GLO Recovery

Put as many walls as possible between you and the outside. Avoid large rooms with large span roofs (gymnasiums, cafeterias). If in a high-rise building, go to a ...

BE PREPARED FOR A TORNADO - Ready.gov

safe shelter for high winds, such as a safe room built using FEMA criteria or a storm shelter built to ICC 500 standards. The next best protection is a small, ...

Tornado Safety - Newsroom - Virginia Department of Health

The safest place during a tornado is the interior part of a basement. If your home does not have a basement, go to an interior room without windows on the ...

Tornado Preparedness and Response - Introduction - OSHA

Tornadoes can occur with little or no warning. Taking precautions in advance of the storms, such as developing an emergency plan, learning the warning signs, ...