Category: safety tips

Severe Weather Awareness 2018: Severe Thunderstorms

March 1, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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safety tips, severe thunderstorms, severe weather, SWAW

There are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms in progress around the world at any given time. Most of these storms are beneficial and bring needed […]
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Severe Weather Awareness 2018: Tornado Safety

February 28, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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education, safety tips, severe weather, SWAW, tornado

The El Reno, OK EF-3 tornado of May 31, 2013, taken from about one mile away by storm chaser Nick Hellums. Tornadoes are […]
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Heat Safety: A Complete Guide from MWN

June 4, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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education, excessive heat, heat, safety tips, weather-ready nation

Many Memphians are aware of, or experienced, the record-breaking heat of the summer of 1980, even though it was 35 years ago this […]
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Multi-day severe weather outbreak possible Sunday-Tuesday

April 25, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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forecast discussion, safety tips, severe thunderstorms

A couple of hours of rain and storms and very few warnings were all that came of last night’s severe weather risk and […]
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Halloween Week Forecast: Warmer through Wednesday, then a stormy Halloween

October 28, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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forecast discussion, safety tips

To start your week off, we’re going to focus on weather through Halloween. The big picture is increasing moisture with warmer temps each […]
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The end of sub-90 weather and re-introducing “heat index”

June 10, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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heat, safety tips

UPDATE: As of 3:09pm, Memphis International Airport officially reached 91 degrees. Welcome to summer! Ladies and gentlemen, appearing for the first time in […]
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Spring weather pattern means the beginning of severe weather season

April 6, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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forecast discussion, safety tips, severe weather, spring

While most Mid-Southerners are grateful for consecutive days in the 70s (especially on the weekend!), Mid-South meteorologists and weather weenies are keenly aware […]
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Severe Weather Awareness 2013: Tornado Safety

February 20, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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education, safety tips, severe weather, tornado

Murfreesboro, TN EF-4 tornado, April 10, 2009. Photo credit Titus Bartos, TitusBartos.com/PhotoBlog/ Tornadoes are violent columns of rotating air that are produced by […]
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11 Reasons why Mid-South tornadoes are so insidious

February 18, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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dixie alley, education, safety tips, severe weather, tornado, tornado warnings

While Tornado Alley may be the Hollywood backdrop for storm-chasing worthy tornado action, those of us living in the south know that Tornado […]
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Severe Weather Awareness 2013: Severe Thunderstorms

February 18, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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safety tips, severe thunderstorms, severe weather

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND THUNDERSTORMS IN PROGRESS AROUND THE WORLD AT ANY GIVEN TIME. MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE BENEFICIAL AND BRING […]
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Video evidence that lightning safety tips work!

September 27, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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education, lightning, safety tips

As we near secondary severe weather season in the south (November-early January), I ran across the following videos that prove lightning safety tips […]
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Flood Safety Awareness Week: March 12-16

March 12, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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education, flooding, safety tips

The NWS has designated March 12-16, 2012, as Flood Safety Awareness Week It floods somewhere in the United States or its territories nearly […]
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Significant severe weather event possible tonight – plan now

January 22, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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safety tips, severe weather, tornado

Weather models have continued to come into agreement over the last 24 hours on the storm system that will impact the Mid-South tonight. […]
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Secondary severe weather season returns to the Mid-South

November 7, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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safety tips, severe weather, stormwatch+, tornado

While most Mid-Southerners are fully aware of the possibility of severe weather from mid-March through early June, there is also a distinct “secondary […]
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Flash Flooding Safety Tips

June 7, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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flash flood, safety tips

Flooding and flash flooding occur every year in the Mid-South. River flooding occurs seasonally when winter and spring rains combine with melting snow […]
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Tornado Safety

June 5, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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safety tips, tornado

Tornadoes are violent columns of rotating air that are produced by severe thunderstorms. Weak tornadoes produce wind of 65-85 mph, while the strongest […]
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Severe Thunderstorm Safety

June 5, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, safety tips, severe thunderstorms

There are typically almost 2,000 thunderstorms in progress around the world at any given time. Only a small fraction (less than 1%) are […]
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“Turn Around, Don’t Drown” – Flood Safety Awareness Week continues

March 15, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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flooding, safety tips

Vehicles ignore the threat of rushing water across a roadway. Photo courtesy MemphisWeather.net. TODAY’S THEME IS “TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN” OR TADD. TADD IS AN […]
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Flood Safety Awareness Week coincides with local river flooding

March 14, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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flooding, river, safety tips

This week is set aside by the National Weather Service as National Flood Safety Awareness Week. It happens to be a good week […]
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EF-2 tornado strikes suburban Mobile, AL

March 10, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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alabama, regional weather, safety tips, theodore, tornado

The storm system that moved through the Mid-South on Tuesday night also battered the Gulf Coast as a squall line raced across that […]
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