[WIham] Fw: SKYWARN: Tornado Awareness Week And Drill

[Mark Thompson]

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Subject: SKYWARN: Tornado Awareness Week  And Drill

 
  
APRIL 19-23 IS 
TORNADO AWARENESS WEEK.... A STATEWIDE DRILL SET FOR APRIL 
22.
 
Wisconsin Governor Jim 
Doyle has proclaimed April 19-23, 2010 as Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness 
Week in Wisconsin. 
  On April 22, 2010, between 1-2 PM a statewide tornado drill is planned 
when all five
National Weather 
Service offices will issue mock tornado watches and warnings. The drill is 
designed to test 
your ability to receive 
weather warnings, disseminate the message, and then activate your safety/shelter 
plans. 
If actual severe 
weather occurs anywhere in the state on April 22nd the tornado drill will be 
postponed until 
Friday, April 23 with 
the watch/warnings issued at the same time.

Plan now for this 
test at your home and work locations. Also for schools, hospitals, 
institutions, sporting centers, 
or large gathering venues to reveal 
system weaknesses. During the week educational and informational 
messages
will be issued on NWS websites, the weather wire, 
participating TV media, and NOAA weather radios. Note: Some 
of the newer weather 
radios will not hear the mock warning since it is being sent under the 
Required Weekly Test 
(RWT) mode. 

1:00 pm MOCK TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF 
WISCONSIN


1:10-1:15 pm 
- GREEN BAY National Weather Service issues mock tornado warning for 
Brown, Calumet, Door, 
Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, 
Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, 
Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Vilas, Waupaca, Waushara, 
Winnebago and Wood Counties. 

1:20-1:25 pm - MILWAUKEE National Weather 
Service issues mock tornado warning for Columbia, Dane, Dodge, 
Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, 
Lafayette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, 
Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha 
Counties. 

1:30-1:35 pm - LA CROSSE 
National Weather Service issues mock tornado warning for Adams, 
Buffalo, Clark, 
Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, 
Richland, Taylor, Trempealeau and Vernon Counties. 

1:40-1:45 pm - MINNEAPOLIS National Weather Service issues mock tornado warning for Barron, Chippewa, 
Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk and St. Croix 
Counties.

1:50-1:55 pm - 
DULUTH National Weather Service issues mock tornado warning for 
Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, 
Douglas, Iron, Price, Sawyer and Washburn Counties. 

2:00 pm - END OF MOCK TORNADO 
WATCH/WARNING DRILL
 
 
WISCONSINEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
TornadoSchoolAwareness Packet, Media 
Packet, Governor’s 
Proclamation, County Stats.
 
LINK:http://emergencymanagement.wi.gov/
 
 
 
Distributed by the Milwaukee Area 
Skywarn Association, Wisconsin Nonprofit and IRS 501c3 tax exempt.
The 
Skywarn program promotes severe weather identification, evaluation, and 
reporting.
Everybody talks about the weather, but storm spotters do something 
about it. Fear is not a option.
Today’s Tornado Outlook: http://www.mke-skywarn.org/spcprods.htm
Our best storm spotters always 
practice safety first.