AM 1240 WJON » stearns county emergency management http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:02:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Stearns County Looking for Volunteers to Watch for Storms http://wjon.com/stearns-county-looking-for-volunteers-to-watch-for-storms/ http://wjon.com/stearns-county-looking-for-volunteers-to-watch-for-storms/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:52:31 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=172795 Stearns county residents with an interest in severe weather can become trained weather spotters. Stearns County Emergency Management and the National Weather Service are offering Skywarn Weather Spotter Training this week.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-county-looking-for-volunteers-to-watch-for-storms/feed/ 0 File Photo September Is Emergency Preparedness Month http://wjon.com/september-is-emergency-preparedness-month/ http://wjon.com/september-is-emergency-preparedness-month/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:01:51 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=29969 September is National Preparedness Month and Stearns County's Emergency Management department is asking you to think about whether you're prepared for an emergency.

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]]> http://wjon.com/september-is-emergency-preparedness-month/feed/ 0 What Do You Do When the Sirens Sound? [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/what-to-do-when-the-sirens-sound-video/ http://wjon.com/what-to-do-when-the-sirens-sound-video/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:19:55 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12668 Last year Minnesota had over 100 tornadoes, more than any other state in 2010. Three of those tornadoes were in Stearns County. From 1959 - 2009, Stearns County was ranked 3rd in the state for the highest number of tornadoes. To coincide with Severe Weather Awareness Week, the Emergency Management Office put together a video about the county's warning system.

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]]> http://wjon.com/what-to-do-when-the-sirens-sound-video/feed/ 0 Several trees were snapped off in the center of St. August after a tornado briefly touched down on August 11th