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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
846 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026 /746 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026/
...A STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 19TH..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI WILL USE NOAA WEATHER
RADIO ALL HAZARDS TO CONDUCT A STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL USE THE
ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST (RWT) ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS TO
IMPLEMENT THIS DRILL AROUND 100 PM EDT.
THIS DRILL WILL COVER ALL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS DRILL...
GOGEBIC, ONTONAGON, HOUGHTON, KEWEENAW, BARAGA, IRON, DICKINSON,
MARQUETTE, MENOMINEE, DELTA, ALGER, SCHOOLCRAFT, AND LUCE.
PERSONS ARE URGED TO PRACTICE THEIR TORNADO SAFETY MEASURES DURING
THE DRILL.
TO ALL MEDIA IN THE STATE...PLEASE BE AWARE OF THESE
MESSAGES...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AS NECESSARY. THE MESSAGE
WILL BE SENT OUT ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO EAS ENCODING UNITS USING
THE ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST CODE (RWT) AND SHOULD NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT
THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS). TO OUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
LISTENERS...PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALARM
TONE WILL BE ACTIVATED ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 19TH FOR THE ROUTINE
WEEKLY TEST (RWT SAME CODE)...BUT WILL HAVE A SPECIAL WORDED
BROADCAST TO SIGNIFIED THE TORNADO DRILL.
THE STATEWIDE DRILL IS BEING CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERE
WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN MICHIGAN...MARCH 16TH TO MARCH 22ND.
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