Severe Weather Awareness Week
...THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS AROUND THE CORNER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SEASON WILL BE SOON UPON US...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW TO STAY SAFE AROUND TORNADOES...FLASH FLOODS...LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS IS THE WEEK TO LEARN. THIS WEEK...APRIL 19TH TO 25TH IS COLORADO SEVERE
WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK. THIS IS THE TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER IN COLORADO...DEVELOP SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PLANS...AND TEST VITAL COMMUNICATIONS.
WE CAN LEARN LESSONS FROM THE PAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. JUST LAST YEAR ON MAY 22ND...AN EF3 TORNADO RACED NORTH THROUGH WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES RESULTING IN ONE FATALITY...SEVERAL INJURIES AND THE DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGING OF HUNDREDS OF HOMES. TWO YEARS AGO...ON MARCH 28...2007 THE TOWN OF HOLLY WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY ANOTHER EF3 TORNADO THAT RESULTED IN TWO
FATALITIES. TWELVE YEARS AGO ON JULY 28...1997 A DEVASTATING FLASH FLOOD OCCURRED IN FORT COLLINS RESULTING IN 5 FATALITIES AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
EACH YEAR FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN AN AVERAGE OF 50 TORNADOES IN COLORADO...3 PEOPLE KILLED BY LIGHTNING...AND ANOTHER 15 INJURED BY LIGHTNING.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES WHICH COVER COLORADO WILL ISSUE A SERIES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS DURING THE
WEEK COVERING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS...
...ON SUNDAY...INTRODUCTION
...ON MONDAY...WATCHES AND WARNINGS
...ON TUESDAY...TORNADOS AND TORNADO SAFETY
...ON WEDNESDAY...DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL
...ON THURSDAY...FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS
...ON FRIDAY...LIGHTNING AND WILDFIRES
...ON SATURDAY...A REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
A TIME TO TEST YOUR WARNING RECEPTION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IS PLANNED. EACH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SERVING COLORADO WILL SEND TEST TORNADO WARNINGS ON TUESDAY APRIL 21 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 AM MDT AND 11 AM MDT. THESE TEST WARNINGS WILL BE SENT TO THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM...THE INTERNET...NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
SAFETY INFORMATION...WATCHES...WARNINGS...FORECASTS...PAST WEATHER AND MUCH MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITES...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DENVER NWS DENVER
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PUEBLO NWS PUEBLO
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND NWS GOODLAND
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT NWS GRAND JUNCTION
DOWNLOADABLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROCHURES ARE AVAILABLE...INCLUDING SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION AND SAFETY BROCHURES BY CLICKING HERE.
THE SOUTHERN COLORADO GUIDE TO FREQUENTLY USED NWS TERMS IS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE...IN THE OUTREACH/EDUCATION SECTION IN THE BLUE MENU AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF EACH PAGE. CLICK ON MEDIA GUIDE...OR CLICK HERE.
