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Severe Weather Preparedness Week and the Annual Statewide Tornado Communications/Warning Exercise
To focus attention on the approaching tornado and severe weather season, the week of March
10-16, 2024 is designated Severe Weather Preparedness Week throughout the State of
Indiana. The purpose is to stress the importance of promoting the public’s awareness of what
actions to take in case of tornadoes and other types of severe weather.
In conjunction with this, and in cooperation with the National Weather Service, the Indiana
Department of Homeland Security, the Indiana Department of Education and the Indiana State
Police, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 has been selected as the date for the Statewide Tornado
Exercise which will be initiated at approximately 10:15 a.m. (EDT). Dubois County will be
participating in the upcoming exercise. Please make note that the sirens in the county will be
tested that day as well. Should actual severe weather be a threat that day, the exercise will be
held on March 13, 2024. There will be no evening exercise.
Your participation in this annual exercise will help to improve your tornado preparedness and
severe storms awareness programs and plans. This is the time to consider the purchase of a
NOAA weather radio so that you have the resource to receive notices immediately as they are
given. Dubois County Emergency Management Agency can program Midland NOAA weather
radios Model#WR-120 for Dubois County residents. Please feel free to reach out to our office
for more information. Our goal is to prevent, if possible, the potential number of deaths and
injuries from tornadoes and other severe storms this season.
For more information, please contact Tammy Humbert at Dubois County Emergency
Management at (812) 482-2202.