severe weather awareness week

Despite the snow and continued cold weather, thunderstorm and tornado season will be here before you know it. This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota.

This is "Severe Weather Awareness Week" in Minnesota. Each day is devoted to a specific topic: today (Monday) is alerts and warnings, tomorrow (Tuesday) is severe weather, lightning and hail, Wednesday is floods, Thursday is floods, and Friday is extreme heat.

Benton County will test its new mass notification system tonight.

The National Weather Service will issue a simulated tornado warning twice today to help communities prepare for the severe weather season.

It's Severe Weather Awareness Week, meaning it's time to refresh your memory on some of the hazards that come with summer weather in Minnesota.

Minnesota will conduct two tornado drills today (Thursday). The first drill is statewide at 1:45 p.m. It allows schools, businesses and hospitals to practice their emergency plans.

Minnesotans will get ready for storm season with Severe Weather Awareness Week starting Monday. The state has conducted Severe Weather Awareness Week for more than 25 years, in partnership with the National Weather Service and local governments.