[WIham] Fw: SKYWARN: State Wide Tornado Is On For Today

[Mark Thompson]

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Milw Area Skywarn Assoc" <cwa at mke-skywarn.org> To: "cwa at mke-skywarn.org" <cwa at mke-skywarn.org>, "masa-wi at mke-skywarn.org" <masa-wi at mke-skywarn.org> Cc:  Sent: Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:40 Subject: SKYWARN: State Wide Tornado Is On For Today  


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
904 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2019

 ...THE WISCONSIN STATEWIDE TORNADODRILL IS ON FOR TODAY...


THE WISCONSIN TORNADO DRILL COMMITTEE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE

STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL FOR WISCONSIN IS OFFICIALLY ON FOR TODAY.

THERE WILL BE SOME MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF

THE STATE, BUT NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THESTATE.

AS A REMINDER, THERE WILL BE THE FOLLOWING: 1:00PM TEST TORNADO
WATCH, 1:45PM TEST TORNADO WARNING, 2:00PM END OF TEST WATCH ANDWARNING,

 6:45PM TEST TORNADO WARNING, 7:00PM END OF TEST WARNING (NOTE: NO
TEST TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EVENING DRILL)

ALSO, MILWAUKEE COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BETESTING

 THEIR ABILITIES TO SEND WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS TO THEIR COUNTY AT
1:45PM  TODAY.  OTHERWISE, CELL PHONES WILL NOT BE ALERTED VIATHE

WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER APPS AS THIS IS NOTA
 TRUE TORNADO WARNING. NOAA WEATHER RADIOS WILL BE ACTIVATED ALONGWITH
MANY LOCAL OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS WHICH ARE RUN BY CITY AND COUNTY

GOVERNMENTS. THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) WILL ALSO BE ALERTED

ON TV AND RADIO. THIS DRILL IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PRACTICE YOURPLANS
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO WHEN A TORNADO WARNING OR SEVERE

 THUNDERSTORM WARNING OCCURS AT YOUR LOCATION. WHERE IS YOUR SHELTER

AT WORK, SCHOOL OR HOME? TALK ABOUT THIS WITH YOUR FAMILYTONIGHT

WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME. 


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HALBACH



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