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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
815 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
...THE SOUTH CAROLINA ANNUAL STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL WILL OCCUR
TODAY...
AS A PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD PREPAREDNESS
WEEK, TODAY AT 9 AM FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN COOPERATION WITH LOCAL BROADCASTERS WILL CONDUCT THE ANNUAL
STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. FOR SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WILL BE IN THE
FORM OF A ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST ON ALL NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND PUBLIC
ALERT SYSTEMS. THE ALARM TEST WILL ACTIVATE THE STATE EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM AND BE CARRIED BY LOCAL RADIO BROADCASTERS. THIS WILL
ALLOW SCHOOLS, BUSINESS, AND RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE
THEIR TORNADO DRILLS AND SAFETY PLANS. EVERY SCHOOL, BUSINESS,
WORKPLACE, AND FAMILY ACROSS THE STATE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL.
HERE ARE A COUPLE KEY THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT TODAY'S STATEWIDE
TORNADO DRILL:
* THE DRILL WILL BE BROADCAST ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM VIA THE ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST (RWT). THERE
WILL NOT BE AN ACTUAL TORNADO WARNING ISSUED.
* THIS DRILL AND RWT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE USUAL WEEKLY NOAA
WEATHER RADIO ALERT TEST. THAT IS, THERE WILL NOT BE A WEEKLY
RADIO TEST DONE BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON TODAY.
* SOME NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS DO NOT SOUND AN AUDIBLE ALERT
FOR THE RWT OR RMT PRODUCT; INSTEAD, THEY MAY HAVE A BLINKING
LIGHT ON THE DISPLAY TO INDICATE THAT AN RWT WAS RECEIVED. AS
SUCH, WHEN THE RMT FOR THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL IS INITIATED AT
9 AM, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO MAY NOT
SOUND AN ALARM.
* SINCE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO MAY NOT SOUND AN ALARM AT THE TIME
THE RWT IS ISSUED, YOU WILL WANT TO DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
MANUALLY TURN ON YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVER FIVE MINUTES
BEFORE THE START OF THE DRILL, AND SIMPLY LISTEN TO THE AUDIO
BROADCAST TO HEAR WHEN THE RWT IS ISSUED, WHICH WILL MARK THE
BEGINNING OF THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL; OR SIMPLY PLAN TO START
YOUR TORNADO DRILL ON YOUR OWN AT 9 AM.
* THERE WILL BE NO FOLLOW-UP STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NWS TO MARK
THE END OF THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. IT WILL SIMPLY BE OVER
WHEN YOUR GROUP, SCHOOL, BUSINESS, ORGANIZATION, OR FAMILY FEELS
THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATELY PRACTICED YOUR TORNADO SHELTER
PROCEDURES.
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