Severe Storms Awareness Month

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2015) — With March 2015 being designated as Severe Storms Awareness Month, Kentucky  Emergency Management has scheduled the 2015 Statewide Tornado Safety Drill for today, March 10, at approximately 10:07 a.m. EST. The University of Kentucky Police’s Division of Crisis Management and Preparedness will not utilize the campus’s emergency notification system, UK Alert, this year. We do however, want to encourage the campus community to take time today and locate the Storm Shelter nearest your location.

Additionally, please take a moment to review the tornado/severe weather procedures at: http://www.uky.edu/EM/tornado-severe-thunderstorm.html.  

This also is an optimal time for you to add information to the UK Alert system in order to be adequately alerted in the case of class cancelation, severe weather, and crimes on campus requiring immediate action.  UK Alert email messages are automatically sent to all personnel with a uky.edu email address, however you must add your phone number to the UK Alert database in order to receive calls or text messages. Your phone number will not be shared.

For more information, visit http://www.uky.edu/EM/UKAlert/ or go to your myUK portal and click on "UK Alert."

If you have any question or concerns regarding this drill, please contact the UK Division of Crisis Management and Preparedness at CMP@uky.edu.