EMERGENCY ALERT DAY DECLARED

Hazzard:  Enhanched risk (Level 3 of 5) of Severe Weather

Timing:  From 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Risk:  large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, the potential of flash flooding

During the traffic jams of the eclipse, I decided there needed to be something to get attention of the readers.  My criteria is if there is an enhanced risk of severe weather 24 hours in advance, I would declare an emergency alert day.

The latest charts that came down from the Storm Prediction Center, shows the severe threat has increased for Franklin County.

During this time, the majority of news stories will take the back seat.  You might see the whole section of Breaking News be filled up with severe weather information, or any other hazard that is happening in the county.

I have been researching some information for this upcoming event.  The first thing I will post in the morning is updated information from the National Weather Service in Paducah and the SPC.

Through NWS chat, I will see what the weather service, emergency officials, and meteorologists in our market’s opinion.   With the storms taking a NW-SE direction which is typical in the fall, I will start monitoring the stations in the St Louis market.  They stream live during severe weather events.  My preference is KMOV Channel 4,

In a severe weather event, Franklin County is the top priority.  I will try to give as much information as I can for surrounding counties.

I welcome for questions to be asked in a severe weather event.  There could be the possibility that I might not have the time.

While checking your smoke detectors, it would be a time to check your NOAA weather radio’s batteries as well.  I would take the precautions to prepare to lose power.  Always prepare to have two sources of information.

I always quote Jim Rasor during these events, “Be aware, and not afraid.”

Steve