To be recognized as Storm Ready, a community must:
- Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center.
- Have more than one way to receive severe weather forecasts and warnings and to alert the public.
- Create a system that monitors local weather conditions.
- Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars.
- Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.
The training session also included information on a new product that the National Weather Service will soon be using to advise the public about better predicting winter storm snowfall amounts for our area.
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