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The statewide tornado drill in Kansas and Missouri has been postponed until Thursday, due to the threat of inclement weather today. Originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today, the statewide drill now take place at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The event, an annual part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, is used to promote severe weather safety. State emergency management and the National Weather Service encourages every school, citizen and business to participate in the drill by practicing seeking secure, safe shelter from a “tornado.”
Local officials may sound warning sirens to initiate the drill. Area residents, schools and businesses are urged to treat the drill as if it was an actual tornado emergency. The purpose of the annual drill is to test everyone’s readiness for life-threatening severe weather events such as tornadoes, flash floods, large hail and damaging winds.
Southeast Kansas is often hit by a variety of severe weather events, including tornadoes, severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail, and flash flooding. Residents are encouraged to use this week, and the annual test day, to review their severe weather safety plans and practice what they would do in a real tornado emergency.
Also as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, the Bourbon County Emergency Management office will host a Storm Spotters Training class at the Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The training will be conducted by meteorologists from the NWS office in Springfield, Mo. Pre-registration is not required. Each person that attends will fill out registration forms to document their attendance in the class. The class is free and open to the public.
Information will be presented at the class about making reports to the NWS and to Bourbon County Emergency Management during storm events using text messages and Twitter.
Kansas recorded 103 tornadoes in 2009, resulting in six injuries.
The statewide tornado drill in Kansas and Missouri has been postponed until Thursday, due to the threat of inclement weather today. Originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today, the statewide drill now take place at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The event, an annual part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, is used to promote severe weather safety. State emergency management and the National Weather Service encourages every school, citizen and business to participate in the drill by practicing seeking secure, safe shelter from a “tornado.”
Local officials may sound warning sirens to initiate the drill. Area residents, schools and businesses are urged to treat the drill as if it was an actual tornado emergency. The purpose of the annual drill is to test everyone’s readiness for life-threatening severe weather events such as tornadoes, flash floods, large hail and damaging winds.
Southeast Kansas is often hit by a variety of severe weather events, including tornadoes, severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail, and flash flooding. Residents are encouraged to use this week, and the annual test day, to review their severe weather safety plans and practice what they would do in a real tornado emergency.
Also as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, the Bourbon County Emergency Management office will host a Storm Spotters Training class at the Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The training will be conducted by meteorologists from the NWS office in Springfield, Mo. Pre-registration is not required. Each person that attends will fill out registration forms to document their attendance in the class. The class is free and open to the public.
Information will be presented at the class about making reports to the NWS and to Bourbon County Emergency Management during storm events using text messages and Twitter.
Kansas recorded 103 tornadoes in 2009, resulting in six injuries.
