After a severe weather outbreak in Texas on Tuesday it's as good a time as ever to review your severe weather/tornado safety plans at home and at work! Iowa is in the middle of Severe Weather Awareness Week and the NWS and emergency management will conduct a TEST TORNADO DRILL with a TEST TORNADO WATCH at 10am, followed by a TEST TORNADO WARNING at 10:15am. Everybody in the state of Iowa is encouraged to participate...Here's a portion of the Press Release from the NWS:
"The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has granted a waiver to the state of Iowa for this drill. This means that The National Weather Service will use the actual Emergency Alert System (EAS) code TOR for the tornado drill message, activating NOAA Weather Radios for the test tornado warning. The commercial broadcast industry including all cable outlets should be prepared to receive a TOR coded message for the drill.
Local officials may or may not sound outdoor warning sirens as a component of the drill, depending on local test policies. Area residents, businesses, and schools are urged to treat the drill as if it were an actual tornado warning. 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."
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