Tennessee’s Severe Weather Awareness Week is Sunday, February 28, 2021 to Saturday, March 6, 2021. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency offers some basic severe weather advice:
- Never venture into high water, either on foot or in a vehicle.
- If you’re outside and hear thunder, go indoors immediately.
- Go to a basement or an innermost, first floor room in your home if you’re told to take shelter during a tornado warning.
- Know the location of and route to your office or building’s tornado shelter.
- Never try to outrun a tornado.
- Have an emergency plan ready at places where your family spends time – work, school, daycare, commuting and outdoor events.
- Emergency plans should include where to meet, and who family members should check in with, if you are separated from family members during a severe weather emergency.
TEMA’s ReadyTN mobile application, available for Apple and Android devices, provides emergency preparedness, response, and recovery information. You can also go to TEMA’s website which includes an emergency preparedness section at https://www.tn.gov/tema/prepare.html, with practical information on creating emergency plans for yourself and your family, emergency planning for children, the top threats in Tennessee, and local contact information for county-level emergency management agencies.