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February 24, 2008 by ParsonsWeather.com.
The National Weather Service in cooperation with emergency management and the media are participating in severe weather awareness week across Tennessee…Arkansas…and Mississippi from Sunday…February 24th through Saturday March 1st.
Each day during awareness week will focus on a different aspect of severe weather. During the week…the National Weather Service in Memphis will issue safety messages on the following topics.
Monday…the topic will be severe thunderstorms.
Tuesday…the topic will be lightning.
Wednesday…the topic is tornado awareness and will serve as tornado drill day in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Thursday…the topic will be flooding and flash floods.
Friday is weather radio day and the emergency alert system day.
Saturday is the last day of severe weather awareness week…and will be the sky warn storm spotter program.
The purpose of severe weather awareness week is to draw attention to the many aspects of severe weather which affect all of US…to focus on safety…and to learn what to do when hazardous weather threatens.
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