What do you do in a tornado event?

If you are under a tornado or severe weather warning: Go to a safe shelter immediately, such as a safe room, basement, storm cellar or a small interior room on the lowest level of a sturdy building. Stay away from windows, doors, and outside walls. Do not go under an overpass or bridge.

What should you not do during a tornado?

Things to Avoid Doing During a Tornado

• Not taking tornado warnings seriously. There are tornado warning false alarms all of the time.
• Look out the window.
• Open the windows of your house.
• Try to outrun a tornado.
• Take cover underneath an overpass.

Where is the safest place during a tornado?

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Go to the basement or an inside room without windows on the lowest floor (bathroom, closet, center hallway). If possible, avoid sheltering in a room with windows. For added protection get under something sturdy (a heavy table or workbench). Cover your body with a blanket, sleeping bag or mattress.

What are two things you should do after a tornado?

What you need to do AFTER a tornado strikes

• Give first aid when appropriate.
• Turn on radio or television to get the latest emergency information.
• Stay out of damaged buildings.
• Use the telephone only for emergency calls.
• Clean up spilled medicines, bleaches, or gasoline or other flammable liquids immediately.

What do babies do during a tornado?

Seek shelter. If possible, get under something sturdy such as a heavy table. If you do not have a basement or storm cellar, consider an interior bathroom, closet, or hallway on the lowest floor. Putting as many walls as you can between you and the outside will provide additional protection.

Where is the safest place in a school during a tornado?

The safest place to survive violent, killer tornadoes is in an approved underground storm shelter or in an approved above ground storm shelter. The next safest place is on the lowest floor of your home, school or business in an interior room like a closet, hallway, or bathroom.

What are the safety procedures for a tornado?

Specific tornado safety procedures vary from location to location, building to building, at the University, however, general safety precautions include: Taking shelter in the nearest substantial building immediately. Going to the basement or to an interior corridor. Avoiding windows, large rooms, auditoriums or gymnasiums.

What do you do if you are caught in a tornado?

What to do if you are caught in a tornado. A structure is typically a sturdy building such as a hospital, school, high-rise, mall or nursing home. If you find yourself in one of these buildings during a tornado warning, move calmly and quickly to a safe space such as a basement or storm cellar.

What should you do before a tornado approaches?

#1 Find the Safest Place in Your Home. It’s important to know the best place to go when a tornado is bearing down.

What are the safety rules for a tornado?

In the event of a tornado, here are some tornado safety rules to keep you and your family safe: In general, get as low as you can. Tornadoes could be obscured by rainfall or come at nighttime. Do not waste time opening or closing windows and doors.