Severe Weather Preparedness 101, Part 2- Know your National Weather Service office

 


Severe Weather Preparedness 101, Part 2- Know your National Weather Service office


If you haven’t read my previous blog and need help with knowing your location, you read it here. 


Now that you know where in the United States you are and what state and county you live in, the next important thing is that you know where to get the best, most detailed, and most accurate information for your area. 

The National Weather Service and your local news are going to be where you are going to get the most detailed information about your area. They’re going to be who is most familiar with your topography and the impact it has on your weather. I recommend these being the first places you go to for weather information impacting your area. 


You can find your National Weather Service Office at weather.gov/srh/nwsoffices


Following that link, you’ll see this map: 




You would then just need to click on your location which will bring up something like this:


This screenshot is from my local National Weather Service office, so yours will probably look different. 


Most of the National Weather Service offices have a Facebook, a Twitter/X, and a YouTube page. 
You can find links to these by scrolling to the bottom of their homepage.


Now that you know what National Weather Service Office covers your area, I highly recommend finding their social media pages and following them. 

I also recommend finding and following your local news channels. Many news channels also have apps that you can download to your phone, and you can set them to give you notifications when severe weather is coming. But do not rely on this as your only weather alert, because there have been multiple times when  I didn’t get an app notification until after the storm.


Thank you for reading. This is part of a multi-post series, so follow me on Facebook so you don't miss anything, and share this with your family and friends to help keep them safe.

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