As the flood waters continue to rise, Minnesotans are being asked to remember another threat as we head into the spring and summer months.
It's tornado season, and as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, state and local officials will sound the sirens statewide twice on Thursday. They do it to make sure they're operating, but also to remind residents to have a plan if and when sever weather hits close to home.
WCCO Radio Chief Meteorologist Paul Douglas said there are saver places to ride out tornadoes, and you should identify those in your home.
“Of course under the stairs and the basement are the safest places,” Douglas explains. “If you don’t have a basement, a small windowless room on the ground floor, a closet, a bathroom, a bathtub. People have survived EF-5 tornadoes by crawling into the bathtub and putting pillows on top of them.”
The sirens will sound twice, once at 1:45 p.m. and again at 6:45 p.m.
“It is a good reminder as we head into tornado season and everybody should have a plan,” Douglas says.
That plan includes making sure your family knows where to go in your home in the event of severe weather.
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