Weather Cheat Sheet Pt. 1

Thunderstorms | What to do in a Thunderstorm

- Avoid baths & running water

- Keep away from windows or doors

- Stay inside for 30 minutes after hearing the last clap of thunder

- Can't get inside? Spread out, avoid metal, and get low

 

Lightning | How to not get struck

- Seek shelter in an enclosed building with electricity or plumbing. Sheds, tents, porches, and dugouts DO NOT offer protection. If that's not possible, get into a metal-roofed car with rolled up windows.

- Stay in your shelter until 30 minutes after the last sound of thunder. Remember: If you can hear thunder, you are in danger.

- If inside, avoid anything plugged into the wall, running water, windows/doors, laying on concrete floors, leaning on concrete walls, and porches.

- If outside, avoid isolated trees, anything that conducts electricity, elevated areas, bodies of water, rocky overhangs, and lying flat on the ground.

 

Tornado | Signs of a tornado

- Dark, greenish sky

- Large hail

- Large, dark, low-lying funnel clouds

- Loud roar, like a freight train