Being part of a Weather-Ready Nation is about preparing for our community's increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events. Americans live in the most severe weather-prone country on Earth. The StormReady program helps arm America's communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property--before, during and after the event. StormReady helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen local safety programs.
StormReady uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of extreme weather—from tornadoes to winter storms. The program encourages communities to take a new, proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations by providing emergency managers with clear-cut guidelines on how to improve their hazardous weather operations. Part of being an officially StormReady, a community must develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.
If you are interested in becoming a trained weather spotter, contact your local National Weather Service office at www.weather.gov/stormready.