Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Severe Weather Awareness Day - Wednesday, October 21

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1202 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2009

...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY THIS WEDNESDAY FOR THE MIDSOUTH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COOPERATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE MEDIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY ACROSS TENNESSEE... ARKANSAS... AND MISSISSIPPI ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21ST.

A TORNADO DRILL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY... OCTOBER 21ST AT 915 AM CDT. THIS DRILL WILL REPLACE THE ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO... NORMALLY SCHEDULED ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON.

THE PURPOSE OF SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY IS TO FOCUS ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE SECONDARY SEVERE WEATHER SEASON IN THE MIDSOUTH... WHICH USUALLY OCCURS IN NOVEMBER THROUGH EARLY DECEMBER.

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