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Tornado Alley Safety Sites

Click on any state to find tornado safety resources for your state. You can also view the links for each state in our State Safety & Disaster Index.

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Centers for Disease Control: Tornadoes

Knowing what to do when you see a tornado or hear a tornado warning, can help protect you and your family. During a tornado, people face hazards from extremely high winds and risk being struck by flying and falling objects. After a tornado, the wreckage left behind poses additional injury risks. Nothing can be done to prevent tornadoes, but there are actions you can take for your health and safety.

How to Build a Safe Room

Your residence may be built “to code, but is it built to withstand winds from extreme events such as tornadoes and major hurricanes? A safe room can help you save lives.

Multi-Community Environmental Storm Observatory

The MESO Association is organized for the purpose of singly or collectively assisting any community or community agency with the work of public safety, severe weather warnings, disaster preparedness, severe weather awareness, and public education. Assistance is provided in whatever capacity possible through the use of combined or individual skills and/or resources.

NOAA Public Alert Radios

Federal agencies has distributed more than 182,000 Public Alert Radios to preschools; Head Start programs; K-12 nonpublic schools; K-12 school district offices and post-secondary schools.

Oklahoma State Tornado Safety Site

Maintained by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, this site brings together a variety of safety and informational resources about tornados, including an interesting history of tornado forecasting.

Popular Mechanics: Survive Anything

From wind-up radios to dry food, this Popular Mechanics series is ground zero for natural disaster preparedness.

State Safety and Disaster Sites Index

Compiled by TornadoSquad.com, this index offers links to safety sites for all states in "Tornado Alley."

Surviving Nature's Most Violent Storms

Preparedness guide developed by the NOAA, FEMA, and the American Red Cross. Details family disaster plans and safety facts about tornadoes.

The Weather Channel: Tornado Safety

The site offers a tornado overview and provides key information about risk factors, storm preparation, tornado warnings and popular tornado myths.

Tornado Plan from the American Red Cross

Information from the Red Cross to Prepare a Home Tornado Plan. Topics include: assembling a Disaster Supplies Kit; understanding storm warnings and watches, Post storm information also provided.

Tornado Protection/Safety

Details on protecting family and property from tornadoes.

Tornado Safety Checklist

American Red Cross Tornado Preparedness Plan and Checklist

What to Do After a Tornado

Tornados often do not end with a funnel cloud touching down. The after effects destroy communities and lives of many residents in their path. This site, offered by the American Red Cross, provides critical information to help disaster victims deal with a storm's aftermath.