The same tips you saw on Survive the Storm are available on-line. Click here for a compilation of important safety tips during different types of severe weather. Follow the tips below and stay with KSPR and KSPR.com to stay safe during dangerous weather.

BEFORE THE STORM

    • Put on your shoes in case debris covers the ground following the storm.

    • Have your wallet or purse nearby.

    • Watch KSPR and log ont to KSPR.com or listen to National Weather Service Weather Radio for the latest weather information.

It is especially important to create a plan ahead of time. You may have little time to react in the event of a tornado or strong thunderstorm so knowing exactly what to do could save your life. Review the plan on days when you know that severe weather is possible.

DURING TORNADOES

INDOORS

    • Abandon mobile homes, Try to find shelter in an another sturdier building. Otherwise, if no building is available find a nearby culvert or ditch and lie flat while covering your head.

    • Go to a basement, cellar, or storm shelter below ground. If below ground shelter is not available take shelter in an interior room on the lowest level of your home such as a bathroom without windows or a closet. You want to put as many walls between you and the outside. Get under a sturdy piece of furniture if possible and cover yourself with a mattress, pillows, and blankets.

    • DO NOT waste time opening your windows in advance of a tornado. Research clearly shows there is no advantage in doing so.

OUTDOORS

    • Find a nearby structure. If one is not available find a culvert.

    • Find something to hang on to.

    • As a last resort lie flat in a ditch and cover your head.

IN A VEHICLE

    • If the roads and traffic permit free movement, it is possible to outrun a tornado only if you can see the tornado and can tell which direction is is moving. If so, drive perpendicular to its movement.

    • If the tornado is close and there is time, abandon your vehicle and get into a sturdy structure.

    • Do NOT hide under a highway overpass they provide no shelter and increase the winds and your danger.

    • As a last resort find a ditch and lie flat in it away from your vehicle.

DURING FLASH FLOODS

OUTDOORS

    • Keep a watch on rivers and streams for rapidly rising water. If camping along a river, mark the water level with a stick so that you can tell what is happening to the river level. It does not have to be raining in your location for a river to rise. If you observe a rise of 6 inches in less than an hour, you should look for higher ground immediately.

    • Get to higher ground and climb to safety.

    • Stay away from and keep children away from drainage ditches and storm drains.

    • Do not walk into or near high water.

    • Do not attempt to cross flowing stream where water is above your ankles.

INDOORS

    • NEVER drive into water covering the road. You do not know how deep it is or if the road is washed out.

    • Turn around and go the other way!

    • If your vehicle stalls, leave it immediately and seek higher ground.

    • Be especially cautious at night when it is more difficult to identify flood dangers.

DURING THUNDERSTORMS

OUTDOORS

    • Postpone outdoor activities if thunderstorms are imminent.

    • Move to a sturdy, enclosed buildings.

    • Get inside a hardtop vehicle and keep the windows rolled up. Avoid touching metal.

    • If outdoors with no shelter, stay away from tall trees. Crouch in the open, keeping twice as far away from a tree as it is tall.

    • Avoid being the tallest object around by getting as low to the ground as possible without lieing on the ground. Squat on the heels of your feet to have minimum contact with the ground.

    • Toss metal objects such as gold clubs, fishing rods, or backpacks away from you.

    • Get out of the water.

    • Get away from other people by not gathering in groups or sharing a bleacher with people.

INDOORS

    • Do not use electrical appliances and unplug unnecessary ones.

    • Turn off air conditioners and computers to protect them from power surges.

    • Do not use a corded telephone.

    • Do not bathe or shower.

    • STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.