SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE...
Safety Weather Tips Provided
Courtesy of:  National Weather Service, April 2013

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE GREATER THAN 60-MPH. GO INDOORS OR INTO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. GO INDOORS OR INTO A BASEMENT AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAIN...HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING QUICKLY. AVOID LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AS ROADS COULD BE WASHED OUT.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

DEADLY LIGHTNING...LIGHTNING IS AN UNDERRATED KILLER.  WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...GET INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS...STAY AWAY TREES OR TOWERS... AND AVOID LAKES AND BOATS

TORNADOES...TORNADOES ARE NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS. THE BEST SHELTERS ARE A BASEMENT OR UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING OR IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR DESIGNATED SHELTER AREA.  AVOID WINDOWS...MOBILE HOMES...AND LARGE OPEN SPACES LIKE A GYMNASIUM OR AUDITORIUM.  IF ON THE ROAD...DRIVE TO FIND SAFE SHELTER.  AS A LAST RESORT EITHER ABANDON VEHICLES AND GET INTO A DITCH OR STAY BELTED IN YOUR VEHICLE CROUCHED BELOW THE WINDOW LINE.