{"id":2626,"date":"2010-04-14T08:41:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T14:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2626"},"modified":"2010-04-14T08:41:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T14:41:26","slug":"statewide-tornado-drill-to-occur-in-colorado-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/statewide-tornado-drill-to-occur-in-colorado-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Statewide tornado drill to occur in Colorado on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This funnel cloud was seen from the Thornton Civic Center (looking north) on June 10, 2009. Image courtesy Lisa Wilson, the City of Thornton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you happen to be outside or listening to broadcast media this morning, don\u2019t be surprised to hear a tornado warning \/ siren. As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week<\/a>, the National Weather Service<\/a> will be conducting a statewide tornado test around 9:15am.<\/p>\n

The service is urging all government agencies, schools, businesses, broadcast media and emergency management agencies to participate in this important drill.<\/p>\n

This is a good time for citizens to ensure they are prepared and know what to do when a tornado strikes. As we saw with last year\u2019s tornado activity<\/a> and in 2008 with the Windsor tornado<\/a>, twisters can and do strike the Denver area. Preparation and planning are critical to ensuring you and your family remain safe.<\/p>\n

It is perhaps most fitting that Colorado saw its first tornado of 2010 yesterday. The twister which struck in Kit Carson County 11 miles south-southwest of Bethune caused no damage. However, it serves as an important reminder.<\/p>\n

Will you hear tornado sirens in Thornton?\u00a0 Unfortunately not.\u00a0 The city does not have a warning system in place.\u00a0 Find out why<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do you know what to do when a tornado strikes?\u00a0 Learn what you can do to protect you and your family here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you happen to be outside or listening to broadcast media this morning, don\u2019t be surprised to hear a tornado warning \/ siren. As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, the National Weather Service will be conducting a statewide tornado test around 9:15am. The service is urging all government agencies, schools, businesses, broadcast media and … Continue reading Statewide tornado drill to occur in Colorado on Wednesday<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[127,275,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626\/revisions\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}