The National Weather Service has announced their Severe Weather Preparedness Week, which is a program meant to help the public be ready in the case of problematic weather or conditions.
Severe Weather Preparedness Week (SWPW) in Missouri and Kansas will be held the week of March 7-11, 2022. Each day of the work week will have a specific theme or topic to promote. These themes are:
Monday – Receiving weather info/Have a plan
Tuesday – Tornado Safety
Wednesday – Lightning Safety
Thursday – Severe Thunderstorm safety
Friday – Flood Safety
This year’s tornado drill will occur on Tuesday, March 8 at 10 AM. There will not be a backup date. They encourage you to promote this drill as an opportunity for schools, businesses and households to practice sheltering as if it were a real tornado.
This year, in order to avoid confusing the public, they will not be sending out a live Tornado Warning text product or on NOAA Weather Radio. They will release a Routine Weekly Test (RWT) message through NOAA Weather Radio with verbiage asking people to practice sheltering.
