PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
600 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

...GOVERNOR RICK PERRY HAS PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH MARCH 1...2008...
AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN TEXAS... 

IN TEXAS...SPRING IS THE SEASON WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY TO STRIKE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM 
IN ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES...BRINGING WITH THEM LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS TORNADOES AND LIGHTNING.  
THESE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DROPPING SEVERAL INCHES IN THE SPACE OF AN HOUR AND CAUSING 
DEADLY FLASH FLOODING.

THIS WEEK IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO TALK WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE FOR THESE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. 
THAT ALSO INCLUDES HAVING AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN AT HOME...AT SCHOOL AND AT THE OFFICE.  AN IMPORTANT PART OF 
THIS PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT AND IS READY TO PUT IT INTO ACTION WHEN NECESSARY.

DURING TEXAS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNOR’S 
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...WILL REVIEW THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HIGHLIGHT THEIR 
SAFETY RULES. SPECIAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE EACH DAY AS INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING LIST.  
NEWSPAPERS AND SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS CAN HELP TO PROMOTE AWARENESS BY PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING THE SAFETY RULES.  
THE BROADCAST MEDIA CAN HELP TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

DY/TIME SUBJECT                               
SUN AM  INTRODUCTION TO SEVERE WEATHER WEEK
    PM  NWS WATCHES AND WARNINGS           
MON AM  NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS     
    PM  DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL             
TUE AM  DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES              
    PM  TORNADOES AND TORNADO SAFETY       
WED AM  LIGHTNING FACTS AND THE 30-30 RULE 
    PM  SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY FOR MARINERS 
THU AM  TURN AROUND - DON’T DROWN          
    PM  FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD SAFETY       
FRI AM  AMATEUR RADIO AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS 
    PM  REPORTING SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NWS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK A SUCCESS.

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