The National Weather Service is responsible for issuing watches, warnings and advisories to alert the public when dangerous weather conditions are expected.

If you live in a high-rise apartment building, you should use the stairs to get to the bottom floor, and seek shelter in the staircase, hallways, or even parking garage! If you can’t get to the bottom floor, get away from windows, seek shelter in a closet, and cover yourself with a blanket or mattress.

A tornado drill is scheduled to take place in West Virginia at the end of March. According to a press release from the National Weather Service in Charleston, West

The most immediate way to get information during dangerous weather is turning on the television. The KXAN First Warning Weather team can provide life-saving information over the air, on not one but all three of our in-house channels — KXAN-TV, KBVO-TV and KNVA-TV.

Michigan 's statewide tornado drill is Wednesday afternoon and it may cause a bit of panic – but don't be alarmed. Tornado sirens and alerts on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radios, TV, and radio stations will go off at 1 p.m.

As severe weather season starts up once again, Meteorologist Christian Boteler brings the difference between the watches and warnings we see on a regular basis and why they are issued: WATCHES: Watch

This week marks Iowa’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, and a statewide tornado drill will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Mariposa, Merced and Tuolumne counties on Monday afternoon.

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