StormReady

Lake County is StormReady®!

About the StormReady® Program

StormReady® uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of extreme weather—from tornadoes to winter storms. The program encourages communities to take a new, proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations by providing emergency managers with clear-cut guidelines on how to improve their hazardous weather operations.

According to the National Weather Service, The StormReady® program helps arm America’s communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property–before, during and after the event. StormReady® helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen local safety programs.”

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How a community becomes StormReady®

To be officially StormReady®, a community must:

• Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center;
• Have more than one way to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public;
• Create a system that monitors weather conditions locally;
• Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars and;
• Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.