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| Skywarn™
and StormReady |
| Skywarn™ involves getting yourself trained to
identify and report severe weather. StormReady goes one step
further, training communities how to prepare for severe
weather. |
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StormReady - Grant County, AR (08/07/2007) |
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| StormReady
is a nationwide program designed to encourage communities to take a proactive approach to improving
local hazardous weather operations. The goal is to prepare communities for severe
weather so that life and property may be better protected. On August 7, 2007...Grant
County, Arkansas became a StormReady community. |
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Sheridan to celebrate the
StormReady achievement. Attendees included local and state government
officials, the
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) and the National Weather Service in
Little Rock. |
| In the picture:
County Judge Kemp Nall (second from left) cuts a ribbon on 08/07/2007
making Grant County a StormReady community. Witnessing the ribbon cutting were
Rick Kelley (left), Area Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of
Emergency Management (ADEM), Randy Pruitt (second from right), Director
of the Grant County Office of Emergency Management, and Renee Fair
(right), Meteorologist in Charge at the National Weather Service in Little
Rock. Click to enlarge. |
| To become eligible for StormReady recognition, Grant County
had to provide (1) a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations
center, (2) multiple ways of receiving severe weather information, (3) a
means to monitor weather conditions, (4) the capability to inform citizens
of severe weather, (5) community preparedness/safety talks and (6) written
plans for dealing with severe weather. |
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| In the picture:
There were quite a few local and state government officials at the
StormReady ribbon cutting ceremony on 08/07/2007. They included (from left
to right) Paul Orr, Mayor of Leola...Frank Gilbert, Mayor of Tull...Dwight
Simpson, Transportation Director for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program (CSEPP) and Sheridan Schools...Kemp Nall, County
Judge...Randy Pruitt, Director of the Grant County Office
of Emergency Management...Michael Holiman, Mayor of Poyen...Kim Mullen,
Community Affairs Specialist for U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln...Rick
Kelley, Area Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Emergency
Management (ADEM)...Joe Wise, Mayor of Sheridan...and Gene Higginbotham,
Deputy District Director for U.S. Representative Mike Ross. Click to enlarge. |
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Grant County easily met the StormReady standards. This is
noteworthy considering that resources were not as plentiful as in a more
populated county...and that less populated counties could achieve the
standards. |
| In the picture:
County Judge Kemp Nall (fourth from left) and Randy Pruitt
(second from right), Director of the Grant County Office of Emergency
Management, stand with staff members from the National Weather Service in
Little Rock at the StormReady ribbon cutting ceremony on 08/07/2007. The
staff members included (from left to right) Renee Fair, Meteorologist in
Charge...John Robinson, Warning Coordination Meteorologist...Thomas Jones,
Student Volunteer...Christopher Buonanno, Science and Operations
Officer...Charley Kelly, Student Volunteer...and Jimmy Russell,
Observations Program Leader. Click to enlarge. |
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