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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
800 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...Next week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Pennsylvania...

The National Weather Service,  Pennsylvania Emergency
Management Agency (PEMA), and County Emergency Management
Officials has declared, April 22nd through April 26th, as Severe
Weather Awareness Week in Pennsylvania. National Weather Service
(NWS) joins PEMA, and other emergency management officials, local
agencies, volunteer agencies and private sector organizations in
urging all residents to  learn how to protect themselves from
the hazards of flooding, tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms.

Severe Weather Awareness Week is a time to learn more about
thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning and flooding and prepare
for the dangers they bring to Pennsylvania during the spring
and summer seasons.

National weather service offices in the state of Pennsylvania
will conduct a severe weather drill on Tuesday April 23rd, 2019
at 9:00 AM EDT.

These drills are meant to provide emergency management
agencies, schools, hospitals, nursing facilities, the media and
the public an opportunity to test communications systems,
practice and update safety procedures. This is the best time to
review severe weather terminology.

Each day of Severe Weather Awareness Week will focus on a
different topic that emphasized weather safety and preparedness.
Below are the topics that will be covered.

Monday April 22...Tornadoes.

Tuesday April 23...Severe Thunderstorms.

Wednesday April 24...Flooding.

Thursday April 25...Severe Weather Terms and Definitions.

Friday April 26...Severe Weather Preparedness and Safety.

Plan ahead for hazards that thunderstorms create.  Help us make
severe weather awareness week a success by being prepared.

For more information on weather hazards and Severe Weather
Awareness Week, please visit:

http://www.weather.gov/bgm (all lower case)
http://www.weather.gov/ctp/SevereWeatherAwarenessWeek

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Mitchell Gaines
Meteorologist
National Weather Service Binghamton NY