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Severe Weather

Watch – indicates a particular weather hazard is possible

Warning – indicates a particular weather hazard is imminent or has been reported

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

• Monitor weather status
  • http://www.wral.com/weather/
  • http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
• Avoid being outdoors, especially near trees and water, during a lightning storm.
• Seek shelter indoors, under shelter or in a hard-topped vehicle until the storm passes.
• Limit the use of metal objects, including tools, sporting apparatus, metal fencing, etc., until the storm passes.
• Avoid congregating in large groups as lightning passes between people.

TORNADOES

• Monitor weather status. The City of Raleigh does not have any weather warning sirens
  • http://www.wral.com/weather/
  • http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

• If you are notified a tornado is approaching:
  • move to an interior hallway on the lowest level.
  • stay away from the windows,
  • sit or kneel on the floor against the wall
  • put your hands placed on your head.
  • leave the area once the all-clear signal is given .
  • If you are outside, seek shelter in a nearby building or find a ditch or depression in which you can hide your head.
  • After a tornado, beware of broken glass, unstable structures and debris.

• Report damages to Campus Police
  • campus phone 911
  • activate emergency blue light phone

North Carolina State University Adverse Weather Policy

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