The National Weather Service, along with the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, has designated the week of March 4th through March 10th as Severe Weather Awareness Week for 2018 in both Missouri and Kansas.
The State Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service will conduct their Annual Severe Weather Tornado Drill on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. weather permitting. Everyone including schools and businesses is encouraged to participate in this drill.
During this drill, the National Weather Service Springfield will issue a test tornado warning. Local warning sirens, NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio, and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will be activated to signal the start of the drill. The “TOR” code for EAS and NOAA Weather Radio will be used again this year to simulate what would occur in the event of an actual tornado warning.