[Press Release] : Columbia/Boone County awarded 'storm ready' distinction

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: James P. McNabb - (573) 874-7400

Columbia/Boone County awarded 'storm ready' distinction 

COLUMBIA, MO (October 17, 2007) - The National Weather Service in St.
Louis has awarded Boone County and Columbia with the distinction of
being “Storm Ready” for 2007-2010. This is the second consecutive
recognition Boone County has achieved. This distinction honors the
pro-active approach to improving local hazardous weather operations and
public awareness in order to save lives and property, before and during
a weather event.

Boone County is one of 16 "Storm Ready" communities in Missouri, and
one of 658 counties in the United States with this distinction.

The requirements for achieving this distinction are:
● Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center
● Have more than one way to receive severe weather forecasts and
warnings
● Have more than one way to alert and warn the public
● Create a system that monitors local weather conditions
● Promote the importance of public readiness through community
seminars
● Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training
severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises

For further information, you may contact James Kramper at the National
Weather Service in St. Louis at 1-636-441-8216.

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