Statewide Test Tornado Drill Planned Wednesday Morning

A statewide test tornado drill is planned on Wednesday morning as part of Nebraska Severe Weather Awareness Week.

The test drill is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, unless the weather is active that day. This drill announcement is courtesy of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, Antelope County Sheriff's Office and the Neligh Police Department.  

March 25-29 marks severe weather awareness week in Nebraska. Following the recent response and recovery to severe weather that affected most of the Nebraska during the past two weeks, most Nebraskans will already be aware of the need to prepare for hazardous weather conditions that can occur during the spring and summer months in Nebraska. The state celebrates Severe Weather Awareness week each year as a way to get citizens prepared for severe weather.
 
A proclamation by Gov. Pete Ricketts signed March 12, reminded Nebraskans that community preparedness can minimize the dangers which the annual severe weather season presents to the lives and property of Nebraskans.