National Weather Service Forecast Office

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...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICE HAVE PROCLAIMED MAY 3RD THROUGH 9TH SEVERE WEATHER 
AWARENESS WEEK. THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP 
WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 
COMMISSION AND THE NEW YORK STATE BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION TO INFORM 
RESIDENTS OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH FLASH 
FLOODING...TORNADOES...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WE WILL ALSO 
RECOMMEND WAYS NEW YORKERS CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES 
FROM THOSE HAZARDS. THESE SAFETY TIPS WILL BE ISSUED AS PUBLIC 
INTEREST STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ALL MEDIA OUTLETS ARE BEING 
URGED TO DISSEMINATE THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES TO THEIR 
READERS...VIEWERS...AND LISTENERS.

COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES FOR WARNING DISSEMINATION WILL BE TESTED 
ACROSS THE EMPIRE STATE DURING A HAZARDOUS WEATHER DRILL SCHEDULED 
FOR MAY 7TH 115 PM. THESE CAPABILITIES INCLUDE THE NATIONAL OCEANIC 
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION/S NOAA WEATHER RADIO /NWR/ ... NOAA 
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY/S 
NATIONAL WARNING SYSTEM /NAWAS/... AND THE NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE 
INFORMATION NETWORK /NYSPIN/. NAWAS AND NYSPIN ARE NEW YORK/S 
OFFICIAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR 
STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. ALSO VOLUNTEER BROADCASTERS WILL 
USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/.

INTERNALLY...THE COMMUNICATIONS DRILLS WILL GIVE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE SKILLS USUALLY APPLIED 
UNDER STRESS. EXTERNALLY... THE STATEWIDE DRILL GIVES PUBLIC SAFETY 
AND PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS...THE BROADCAST MEDIA... AND ALL NEW 
YORKERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THEIR PLANNED METHODS OF RECEIVING 
EMERGENCY WEATHER MESSAGES. RECIPIENTS OF THE TEST WARNING MESSAGES 
SUCH AS SCHOOLS... HOSPITALS... NURSING HOMES... BUSINESSES... AND 
INDIVIDUALS CAN USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THEY ARE PREPARED TO 
DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH SUDDEN... DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATIONS. 
PRACTICING OUR RESPONSE TO HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOOD THREATS CAN 
PAY BIG DIVIDENDS WHEN ACTUAL DISASTERS OCCUR.

EACH DAY THIS WEEK WE WILL EXPLORE THE MANY FACETS OF SEVERE WEATHER 
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK...SPECIFICALLY...
MONDAY...SEVERE WEATHER TERMINOLOGY
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY...PREPAREDNESS
THURSDAY...TORNADOES
FRIDAY...FLOODING
SATURDAY COMMUNICATIONS

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY VISIT OUR WEBSITE 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV.