CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – The National Weather Service – Jacksonville has renewed the Clay County Emergency Management’s StormReady certification.
The StormReady program provides safety skills needed to save lives and property before, during, and after a weather event — aiming to prepare communities during severe weather better.
Recommended Videos
The NWS inspected the Emergency Management program, interviewed staff, reviewed plans, and examined community outreach and preparedness education.
RELATED | Hyperactive hurricane season expected by top forecast group
In order to be StormReady, the community must meet the following criteria:
- Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center
- Have more than one way to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public
- Create a system that monitors weather conditions locally
- 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