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Upon seeing an approaching storm or noticing any of the danger signs, they were advised to prepare to take shelter immediately, [2] such as moving to a safe room, internal stairway, or other safe-haven area. All individuals and families should have a disaster preparedness kit made prior to tornado.
There are the generic underground storm/tornado cellar, also called storm or tornado shelters, as well as the new above-ground safe rooms. A "cellar" is an underground unit, but for the sake of the specified use of a "storm cellar" to protect one from high-wind storms, it seems relevant to mention saferooms.
It is recommended that people in the path of a large and violent tornado, whether referenced in a tornado warning or a tornado emergency, seek shelter in a basement, cellar or safe room, as stronger tornadoes (particularly those significant enough to warrant the inclusion of a tornado emergency declaration within a tornado warning) pose a ...
Part of having a tornado plan ready should include visiting the closest tornado shelter to become familiar with where to go and how to get there rather than relying on GPS.
A tornado [3] struck Clearfield County during the 1985 United States-Canada tornado outbreak that occurred on May 31 of that year and destroyed a great portion of the forest in Parker Dam State Park. The tornado was rated F4 on the Fujita scale with winds in the park of up to 260 M.P.H at the time, however with the newer Enhanced Fujita scale ...
The tornado - on April 3, 1974 - destroyed Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School, along with nearby homes and businesses, and killed a local woman.
Often people try to avoid or outrun a tornado in a vehicle. Although cars can travel faster than the average tornado, the directive from the National Weather Service is for house-dwellers in the path of a tornado to take shelter at home rather than risk an escape by vehicle. [15] This is a result of several factors and statistics.
At 6:31 p.m. CDT (23:31 UTC), with the sirens not functional, the police drove through the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park and through the town warning residents to seek shelter. 10 minutes later, the now large wedge-stovepipe hybrid tornado entered southern Andover and began to impact the mobile home park, which ultimately sustained a direct hit ...