Next week is Severe Weather Awareness Week. Our mission at NOAA’s National Weather Service is to provide forecasts and warnings to protect life and property. As we saw with the record tornadoes, floods and hurricanes of the past couple years, many people lost their lives in the United States despite warnings being issued. People either didn’t get warnings, did not listen or did not know what to do to get out of harm’s way.
Therefore, NOAA’s National Weather Service has embarked on a “WeatherReady” nation vision which will include increasing partnerships and redoubling our efforts on public outreach and education of severe weather and floods.
Next week offers a great opportunity for everyone to do this: prepare for the upcoming severe weather, tornado and hurricane season.
It is imperative that citizens be prepared for hazardous weather, whether it be a thunderstorm with frequent lightning to a flash flood, high winds or even a tornado.
For more information, see http://www.weather.gov/bgm/preparednessSWAW
Thanks,
David J. Nicosia
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA-National Weather Service Binghamton NY
607-770-9531 x 223
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