08/09/2024
⚠️Tornado Safety⚠️
Be Prepared! Identify A Safe Place in Your Home
🟢Pick a safe place where family members can gather if a tornado is headed your way. It could be your basement or, if there is no basement, a center hallway, bathroom or closet on the lowest floor.
🟢Keep this place uncluttered. Make sure it is located away from windows. Know where heavy objects rest on the floor above (pianos, refrigerators, waterbeds, etc) and do not go under them - they may fall through a weakened floor.
🟢Be ready to shelter yourself under sturdy protection, such as a heavy table or workbench, or cover yourself with a mattress or sleeping bag.
🟢If you are in a high-rise building you may not have time to go to the lowest floor! Pick a place in a hallway in the center of the building.
🟢Manufactured homes are particularly vulnerable. A manufactured home can turn easily during a tornado, even if you have tied down the unit. When a tornado warning is issued, take shelter in a building with a strong foundation. If shelter is not available, lie in a ditch or low-lying area a safe distance away from the unit.
Watches And Warnings
The National Weather Service will issue a Tornado Watch when tornadoes are possible in your area. Remain alert for approaching storms. This is the time to remind family members where the safest places in your home are located, and listen to the radio or television for updates or for instructions from public safety officials.
A Tornado Warning is issued when a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar.
For more information visit http://ready.nj.gov/plan-prepare/tornadoes.shtml
📻Stay tuned to your local weather for updates!
For those living in Central and Southern New Jersey visit US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly http://www.weather.gov/phi/. For those living in Northern New Jersey and the New York Metro area visit US National Weather Service New York NY http://www.weather.gov/okx/.
New Jersey State Police
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