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| Skywarn™
and StormReady |
| Skywarn™ involves getting yourself trained to
identify and report severe weather. StormReady goes one step
further, training communities how to prepare for severe
weather. |
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StormReady - Jackson County, AR (06/20/2001) |
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| StormReady
is a program designed to encourage communities to take a proactive approach to improving
local hazardous weather operations. The goal is to better prepare communities for severe
weather so that life and property may be better protected. On June 20, 2001...Jackson
County, Arkansas became a StormReady community in the Little Rock
County Warning Area. |
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Newport to celebrate the StormReady
achievement. |
| In the picture: Mr. Dean Young
(right), Newport Mayor, gets ready to cut a ribbon officially making Jackson County a
StormReady Community. He was joined by the Honorable Jerry Carlew (left), Jackson County
Judge; Mr. Don Ivie (second from left), Jackson County Emergency Coordinator; and Mr.
Lloyd White (second from right), Jackson County Deputy Coordinator. Click
to enlarge. |
| Attendees were mostly from local and state government, the Arkansas
Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) and the National Weather Service in Little Rock. |
| Being StormReady means that a community has taken the necessary steps to
become better prepared for severe weather. |
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| In the picture: In
addition to the ribbon cutters...Mr. Tom Allen (third from right), Area Coordinator for
the Arkansas Department of Emergency Mangement and Mr. Jim Bishop (right), Jackson County
Sheriff joined in the celebration. Click to enlarge. |
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The preparations include finding ways to receive warning information, to
figure out how to get the word out to emergency presonnel in the county, and to schedule
training classes to learn more about severe weather. |
| In the picture: Members
of state government attending the StormReady ceremony included Mr. Jack Critcher (second
from left), State Senator in District 24; Mr. Kelly Boyd (center), Technology Liaison in
Governor Huckabee's office; and Mr. Roger Fisher (right) from Senator Blanche Lincoln's
office. Click to enlarge. |
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