Know your local tornado risk and warning system
Sign up for weather alerts on your phone
Keep a NOAA Weather Radio with fresh batteries
Identify the safest shelter in your home, workplace, and school
Choose a small interior room on the lowest floor
Stay away from windows, doors, and exterior walls
Reinforce your shelter area with mattresses or heavy blankets
Prepare a family emergency plan
Practice tornado drills with everyone in your household
Decide how family members will contact each other
Pick an out-of-area emergency contact
Keep emergency supplies ready
Store water, nonperishable food, flashlight, batteries, and first aid supplies
Keep helmets, sturdy shoes, and blankets in your shelter area
Charge phones and backup power banks before storms
Secure outdoor furniture and loose objects
Bring pets indoors and prepare carriers or leashes
Know how to shut off gas, water, and electricity
Keep important documents in a waterproof container
Monitor weather forecasts during severe weather season
Take warnings seriously and move to shelter immediately
If in a mobile home, leave for a sturdy building before a tornado
If driving, seek a sturdy building and avoid overpasses
If outdoors, find the nearest sturdy shelter right away