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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EST WED MAR 4 2026
...THE NORTH CAROLINA ANNUAL STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL WILL OCCUR
TODAY...
AS A PART OF NORTH CAROLINA'S SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK,
TODAY AT 9:30 AM, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COOPERATION WITH
LOCAL BROADCASTERS WILL CONDUCT THE ANNUAL STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL.
THIS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A REQUIRED MONTHLY 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 REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST (RMT) FOR
NORTH CAROLINA. THERE WILL NOT BE AN ACTUAL TORNADO WARNING ISSUED.
* THIS DRILL AND RMT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE USUAL WEEKLY NOAA
WEATHER RADIO ALERT TEST (RWT). 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 RMT PRODUCT; INSTEAD, THEY MAY HAVE A BLINKING LIGHT ON
THE DISPLAY TO INDICATE THAT AN RMT WAS RECEIVED. AS SUCH, WHEN
THE RMT FOR THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL IS INITIATED AT 9:30 AM
FOR NORTH CAROLINA, 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 RMT 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 RMT IS ISSUED, WHICH WILL MARK THE
BEGINNING OF THE STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL; OR SIMPLY PLAN TO START
YOUR TORNADO DRILL ON YOUR OWN AT 9:30 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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