PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
900 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...THIS IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK FROM MARCH 29TH THROUGH APRIL 4TH...

ON WEDNESDAY...APRIL 1ST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WILL
USE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS TO CONDUCT A STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL USE THE ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST (RWT) ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS TO SIMULATE AN ACTUAL TORNADO WARNING. EACH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SERVING MICHIGAN WILL CONDUCT THE TEST DRILLS FOR THEIR COUNTY WARNING AREA BETWEEN 1115 AM EDT AND NOON EDT.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL FOR YOUR AREA. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PLANS. KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

THE TEST DRILL WILL BE BROADCAST ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS USING THE EAS/SAME CODE OF RWT (ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST).

THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS DESCRIBING SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES...
AND FLASH FLOODS. EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
CALL OR WRITE YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...THE
RED CROSS...OR YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL CAN ALSO BE VIEWED OVER THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/BROCHURES.SHTML   

OTHER OUTREACH INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND OVER THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/REACHOUT/INDEX.sHTML

ON WEDNESDAY...WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT TORNADO SAFETY RULES.

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