Tornado Safety

What does a tornado warning mean?

• A tornado has been spotted by observers or indicated by weather radar.

• A tornado hasn't been spotted, but conditions are favorable for tornadoes to occur.

• It's a new Discovery Channel special on storm chasers.

• The conditions will be right for a tornado to form within your area in the next day or two.

If you're outside with no shelter, where is the safest place to be during a tornado?

• Under a bridge or overpass.

• Hug a tree.

• Laying flat in a ditch while covering your head.

• Find a vehicle and get in it. Stay low and cover your head.

If you don't have a basement, which of the following choices is the safest shelter during a tornado?

• An interior room (closet, hallway, bathroom, etc.) on the lowest floor of your house away from windows.

• If one is available, in an outside garage or shed.

• The North wall of the house is always the safest.

• If you have a fireplace try to crawl into it. Use it as a shelter.

What should you do if you are in a car during a tornado?

• Try to outrun it if you can.

• Get out and away from the car. Find a low ditch and lay flat in it. Cover your head.

• Find an over pass and climb up the embankment of the bridge. Stay low.

• Stay in the vehicle.

If you are in a building during a tornado what should you do?

• Open all the windows to equalize the pressure.

• Seek shelter in the lowest part of the house, away from windows. Cushion yourself if you can.

• Escape the building as fast as you can, and lay flat on the ground.

• Stand by the North wall and cover yourself with a mattress. If there is time close windows, turn off all power, and gas to prevent possible fires.

True, or False- Trying to outrun a tornado in a car is always a safer choice than seeking shelter.

• True

• False

Don't waste time to cover yourself with a mattress.

• True

• False

True, or False. You should evacuate a mobile home even if it has a tie-down system.

• True

• False