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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
830 AM CDT TUE APR 01 2008

...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS MONTH IN OKLAHOMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OKLAHOMA 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...IS OBSERVING THE MONTH OF APRIL AS SEVERE 
WEATHER AWARENESS MONTH IN OKLAHOMA.

APRIL...MAY AND JUNE ARE TYPICALLY THE MOST ACTIVE MONTHS FOR SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN THE STATE. TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY 
OCCURRED...AND THERE IS LIKELY MUCH MORE SEVERE WEATHER TO COME AS 
WE ENTER THE PEAK SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE 
FOR DANGEROUS STORMS BY DEVELOPING A FAMILY SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY 
PLAN AND PRACTICING IT.

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS MONTH IS BEING OBSERVED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 
THE MCREADY OKLAHOMA CAMPAIGN...A STATEWIDE SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY 
AND AWARENESS PROJECT. 

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY AT OUR SEVERE 
WEATHER AWARENESS MONTH WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN/SWAM.

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SMITH