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width="715"> <h1><a href="http://www.StormReady.noaa.gov/index.html"><img alt="StormReady logo" src="/images/stormready/sr-images/StormReady_logo.png" style="float: right; width: 150px; height: 53px;" /></a>NWS StormReady<font size="small"><sup>®</sup> </font>Program</h1> <h2><em>Working Toward a Weather-Ready Nation</em></h2> <div id="coin-slider"><img alt="New Port Richey SR Recognition" src="/images/stormready/NewPortRicheySR-Recognition-2-14-25.png" style="width: 650px; height: 375px;" /><img alt="Florida Aquarium SR Recognition" src="/images/stormready/FloridaAquariumSR-Recognition-2-14-2025.png" style="width: 650px; height: 375px;" /> <img alt="Georgetown, TX StormReady Ceremony August 2024" src="/images/stormready/slider/GeorgetownTX-004-img.png" style="width: 648px; height: 375px;" /><img alt="Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, OR, StormReady Recognition Ceremony" src="/images/stormready/slider/TualatinHillsPark-20-14-2025img.png" style="width: 648px; height: 375px;" 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href="http://www.weather.gov/stormready/share"><img alt="Share Your Story" src="/images/stormready/images/share.png" style="float: right;" /></a>Being part of a <a href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/#.VWSKPUaUJKg">Weather-Ready Nation</a> is about preparing for your community's increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events. Americans live in the most severe weather-prone country on Earth. You can make sure your community is <strong>StormReady</strong>®. Some 98 percent of all Presidentially declared disasters are weather related, leading to around 500 deaths per year and nearly $15 billion in damage. The StormReady program helps arm America's communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property--before, during and after the event. StormReady helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen local safety programs.</p> <p class="bullet">StormReady communities, counties, Indian nations, universities and colleges, military bases, government sites, commercial enterprises and other groups are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through advanced planning, education and awareness. No community is storm proof, but StormReady can help communities save lives.</p> <p>StormReady uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of extreme weather—from tornadoes to winter storms. The program encourages communities to take a new, proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations by providing emergency managers with clear-cut guidelines on how to improve their hazardous weather operations. Applying is easy. To be officially StormReady, a community must:</p> <ul> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center</font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Have more than one way to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public</font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Create a system that monitors weather conditions locally </font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars </font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises. </font></li> </ul> <p class="Bullet"><span class="Bullet"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">To apply, see the <a href="http://www.weather.gov/stormready/become">How to Become StormReady</a> page.</font></span><span class="bullet"> Your local NWS office <a href="http://www.weather.gov/stormready/contact">Warning Coordination Meteorologist</a> will walk you through the easy application process. Sites that can't meet the StormReady criteria can show their support for weather safety by joining the StormReady <a href="http://www.weather.gov/stormready/supporters"> Supporter</a> program.</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="div-full"> <div class="cms-content"> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="partial-width-borderbottom feature-block">  </div> <div class="full-width-first"> <div class="full-width-first communication-links"> <div class ="one-sixth-first divs"> <div class="myforecast-current"> <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://twitter.com/NWS" target="_blank"> <img src="/bundles/templating/images/social/x.png" width="16" alt="Follow us on X" height="16" />  Follow us on X </a> </div> </div> <div class ="one-sixth-first divs"> <div class="myforecast-current"> <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://www.facebook.com/nws" target="_blank"> <img src="/bundles/templating/images/social/facebook.png" width="16" alt="Follow us on Facebook" height="16" />  Follow us on Facebook </a> </div> </div> <div class ="one-sixth-first divs"> <div class="myforecast-current"> <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/usweathergov" target="_blank"> <img src="/bundles/templating/images/social/youtube.png" width="16" alt="Follow us on YouTube" height="16" />  Follow us on YouTube </a> </div> </div> <div class ="one-half-last nopad"> <span class="txt-rt myforecast-current"> <div class="myforecast-current"> <a href="/rss_page.php?site_name=stormready" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;"> <img src="/bundles/templating/images/social/rss.png" width="16" height="16" alt="STORMREADY RSS Feed" />  STORMREADY RSS Feed </a> </div> </span> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="footer"> </div>  <div class="footer-legal"> <div class="footer-legal"> <div class="footer-legal-content"> <div class="one-sixth-first" id="footer_legal_gov"> <a href="http://www.usa.gov"><img src="/bundles/templating/images/footer/usa_gov.png" alt="usa.gov" width="110" height="30" /></a> </div> <div class="one-half-first" id="footer_legal_info"> <p> <a href="http://www.commerce.gov">US Dept of Commerce</a><br /> <a href="http://www.noaa.gov">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov">National Weather Service</a><br /> StormReady<br /> 1325 East-West Highway<br /> Silver Spring, MD 20910 <br /><br /> <br /><a href="mailto:wrn.feedback@noaa.gov">Comments? 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