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TORNADO SAFETY RULES
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground.
A Tornado Watch -- indicates the tornadoes and severe weather are possible.
A Tornado Warning -- means that a tornado has been detected.
Develop a plan for you and your family members at home, work, home, school, and when outdoors. Practice your plan. Know the county in which you live, and keep a highway map nearby to follow the storm reports. Listen to NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts. Your local media may provide weather updates and warnings.
Move to a designated shelter, such as a basement. if no shelter is available, move to a lower floor interior hallway or room. If in an automobile, leave the car immediately, find a low spot, and lie flat on the ground. Mobile homes provide little protection from tornadoes and should be moved away from during the tornado watch phase. Tornadoes can develop so rapidly that no warning is possible. Remain alert for the signs of approaching tornadoes. Most deaths and injuries from tornados are due to flying debris.
One of the most interesting recent developments is the concept of strengthening an interior room to serve as a storm shelter in your home. After studying houses damaged by high winds and tornadoes it has been found that often a small interior room, such as a closet or bathroom, remains intact after the house is destroyed. Part of the reason for this relates to how winds act on the structure. High winds like those generated by a tornado often lift the house off of the floor of the house, leaving behind the floor and the interior rooms. So the idea is to strengthen an interior room to serve as a shelter during a tornado or other high wind event. To order a copy of FEMA's: Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House: and the accompanying construction plans and specifications, call 1-888-565-3896 and request a copy of publication FEMA 320. If you would like to order only the construction plans and specifications, please call the same telephone number and request publication FEMA 320A. For more information see In Residence Storm Shelters Welcome to the Disaster Center See our Tornado Bulletin Board: For general Tornado Information Postings For information about a Tornado that impacted a particular state see that States page and the State's message board at Disaster Center index page Volunteer opportunities through the Disaster Center Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming The States Pages include the most complete reference on the net today about State and local disaster information as well as links to State government information and Newspapers in the State Experimental 3 Hour Rainfall and Lightning Forecasts Northwest Rainfall amount Lightning Forecasts North Central Rainfall amount Lightning Forecasts Northeast Rainfall amount Lightning Forecasts Southwest Rainfall amount Lightning Forecasts South Central Rainfall amount Lightning Forecasts Southeast Rainfall amount Lightning Forecasts May 3 Oklahoma Tornado Map CAPS/wx: Archive: 03 May 1999 May 3 Oklahoma Tornado F-5 Path May 3 - MPEG ( Large 3.3mb ) movie of Oklahoma tornadoes May 3 - Broad view of fatal tornadic cells in the Southern Plains May 3 - Close-up colorized IR image of tornadic supercells over Oklahoma May 3 - Dramatic visible image of tornadic supercells over Oklahoma NCDC Special Tornado Reports Oklahoma, Kansas Tornadoes--May 1999 Arkansas, Tennessee Tornadoes--January 1999 California Flooding and Florida Tornadoes--February 1998 Texas Tornadoes--May 1997 Tornadoes and Flooding--March 1997 Fort Smith, Arkansas Tornado--April 1996 Galva, Iowa Tornado--June 1994 Super Outbreak of April 1974 Business Continuity Planning and Preparation for Disasters Residential Code Guides and Misc. Code Books Southern Building Code Congress International -- Code Books International Conference of Building Officials -- Code Books Building Officials and Code Administrators International -- Code Books Concrete Masonry And Steel Building Codes The National Electrical Code Books ICBO BOCA SBCI Mechanical Code -- Code Books webmaster@disastercenter.com Back to the Disaster Center About the Disaster Center
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