Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week April 10th-16th, Part 2
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 -- 11:37 AM
-Next week is Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week.I spoke with John Ross, Clark County’s Emergency Management Director, and he talked about the hazards associated with severe weather.
"A severe thunderstorm warning is generally issued when winds are greater than 58mph or hail is over 3/4 of an inch in diameter. In a severe thunderstorm, you can obviously have the impacts of high winds, you can have hail, you can have heavy rains, which can result in flash flooding. In can result in ponding of water on roadways. It can result in culvert and roadway washouts even. Obviously, when you have high winds, you have the potential for debris. Whether it be flying debris off of roofs or buildings or things not anchored down in yards. But it can also be falling tree limbs, falling trees, trees falling into power lines. Live power lines on the ground are, obviously, a significant threat to your life and safety. You want to stay away from them."
"When the road is flooded because of heavy rains, if you're out driving and you come across a place where the road is covered in water, turn around, find a different route. You do not know what the condition of that roadway is underneath. You don't know of the road has been washout or compromised. It does not take much water to move a vehicle. It's just better to turn around and find an alternate route."
Coming up on Wednesday, John will offer tips on staying safe during a severe storm.
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Part 1: http://cwbradio.com/news/?fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=16402
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