Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Tells you when and where severe thunderstorms are likely tooccur. Watch the sky and stay tuned toThe Peak for more information.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued when severe weather has been reported by spotters or indicated by radar. Warnings indicate imminent danger tolife and property tothose in the path of the storm. Conditions include lightning, heavy rain, high winds and damaging hail. Severe Thunderstorms can also produce tornados and flash floods .

• Have a plan for your family for work, home and when outdoors. Make sure you cover where to go and where not to go. Practice the plan!
• Get inside a home, building, or hard top automobile (not a convertible). Although you may be injured if lightning strikes your car, you are much safer inside a vehicle than outside.
• Secure outdoor objects that could blow away or cause damage.
• Shutter windows and secure outside doors. If shutters are not available, close window blinds, shades, or curtains.
• Avoid showering or bathing. Plumbing and bathroom fixtures can conduct electricity.
• Use a corded telephone only for emergencies. Cordless and cellular telephones are safe touse.
• Unplug appliances and other electrical items such as computers and turn off air conditioners. Power surges from lightning can cause serious damage.
• Use your battery-operated Radio for updates from The Valley.

• Natural lightning rods such as a tall, isolated tree in an open area.
• Hilltops, open fields, the beach, or a boat on the water.
• Isolated sheds or other small structures in open areas.
• Anything metal—tractors, farm equipment, motorcycles, golf carts, golf clubs, and bicycles.

If you are:

• In a forest Seek shelter in a low area under a thick growth of small trees.
• In an open area go to a low place such as a ravine or valley. Be alert for flash floods.
• On open water Get to land and find shelter immediately.
• Anywhere you feel your hair stand on end (which indicates that lightning is about tostrike) Squat low tothe ground on the balls of your feet. Place your hands over your ears and your head between your knees. Make yourself the smallest target possible and minimize your contact with the ground. DO NOT lie flat on the ground.

1. Post emergency telephone numbers by phones
2. Install safety features in your house, such as smoke detectors and fire extinguishers
3. Inspect your home for potential hazards (such as items that can move, fall, break, or catch fire) and correct them
4. Have your family learn basic safety measures, such as CPR and first aid; how touse a fire extinguisher; and how and when toturn off water, gas, and electricity in your home
5. Teach children how and when tocall 911 or your local Emergency Medical Services number
6. Keep enough supplies in your home tomeet your needs for at least three days. Assemble a disaster supplies kit with items you may need in case of an evacuation. Store these supplies in sturdy, easy-to-carry containers, such as backpacks or duffle bags. Keep important family documents in a waterproof container. Keep a smaller disaster supplies kit in the trunk of your car.

• A 3-day supply of water (one gallon per person per day) and food that won't spoil
• one change of clothing and footwear per person
• one blanket or sleeping bag per person
• a first-aid kit, including prescription medicines
• emergency tools, including a battery-powered NOAA Weather Radio and a portable radio, flashlight, and plenty of extra batteries
• an extra set of car keys and a credit card or cash
• special items for infant, elderly, or disabled family members.

• Have a plan for your family for work, home and when outdoors. Make sure you cover where to go and where not to go. Practice the plan!
• Listen to this station for the latest information.
• Look for approaching storms

• Dark, often greenish sky
• Large hail
• A large, dark, low-lying cloud (particularly if rotating)
• Loud roar, similar toa freight train.

A structure (e.g. residence, small building, school, nursing home, hospital, factory, shopping center, high-rise building) Go to a pre-designated shelter area such as a safe room, basement, storm cellar, or the lowest building level. If there is no basement, go to the center of an interior room on the lowest level (closet, interior hallway) away from corners, windows, doors, and outside walls. Put as many walls as possible between you and the outside. Get under a sturdy table and use your arms to protect your head and neck. Do not open windows.

A vehicle, trailer, or mobile home Get out immediately and go to the lowest floor of a sturdy, nearby building or a storm shelter. Mobile homes, even if tied down, offer little protection from tornadoes.

The outside with no shelter Lie flat in a nearby ditch or depression and cover your head with your hands. Be aware of the potential for flooding.