SWAW Day 5 Heat

Note: Meant to post this yesterday! Sorry! Once again, it’s Severe Weather Awareness Week here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, brought to you by the National Weather Service along with the Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Each day a new topic of severe weather will once again be covered: Monday: Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and [...]

SWAW Day 4 Tornado Safety

Once again, it’s Severe Weather Awareness Week here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, brought to you by the National Weather Service along with the Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Each day a new topic of severe weather will once again be covered: Monday: Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and LightningTuesday: Severe Weather Watches and Warnings, and [...]

SWAW Side Note: Siren Activation and Thursday’s Tornado Drills

Once again, it’s Severe Weather Awareness Week here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, brought to you by the National Weather Service along with the Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Each day a new topic of severe weather is covered, but we thought that we would bring you additional information on siren activation and tomorrow’s [...]

SWAW Day 3 Flash Floods

Once again, it’s Severe Weather Awareness Week here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, brought to you by the National Weather Service along with the Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Each day a new topic of severe weather will once again be covered: Monday: Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and LightningTuesday: Severe Weather Watches and Warnings, and [...]

SWAW Day 2 Severe Weather Watches and Warnings and How to Receive Severe Weather Information

Once again, it’s Severe Weather Awareness Week here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, brought to you by the National Weather Service along with the Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Each day a new topic of severe weather will once again be covered: Monday: Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and LightningTuesday: Severe Weather Watches and Warnings, and [...]

SWAW Day 1 Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and Lightning

Once again, it’s Severe Weather Awareness Week here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, brought to you by the National Weather Service along with the Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Each day a new topic of severe weather will once again be covered: Monday: Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and LightningTuesday: Severe Weather Watches and Warnings, and [...]

SWAW, Day 5: Heat Waves

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in MN and WI, which means its time to start going over what everything is again and what precautions to take when severe weather strikes. While no major heat is in the forecast, some severe weather might be, so now is as good as time as any to relearn what [...]

SWAW, Day 4: Tornado Safety Information

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in MN and WI, which means its time to start going over what everything is again and what precautions to take when severe weather strikes. The Storm Prediction Center has a Slight Risk of Severe Storms Friday just south and east of the STC area, so now is as good [...]

SWAW, Day 3: Floods and Flash Floods

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in MN and WI, which means its time to start going over what everything is again and what precautions to take when severe weather strikes. The Storm Prediction Center is now charting out a possibility of strong to severe storms on Thursday for the Arrowhead of MN stretching down to [...]

SWAW, Day 2 Part 2: Description of Summer Watches and Warnings

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in MN and WI, which means its time to start going over what everything is again and what precautions to take when severe weather strikes. The Storm Prediction Center is now charting out a possibility of strong to severe storms on Thursday, with the main threats being damaging winds and [...]