Severe Weather Community Outreach Event To Be Held In Fort Pierre Tuesday Night

Severe Weather Community Outreach Event To Be Held In Fort Pierre Tuesday Night

FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — Severe weather awareness week may be over, but the severe weather season in South Dakota is just at the beginning. Hughes/Stanley County Emergency Manager Troy Blevins is looking to keep severe weather front of mind for residents with a community education event Tuesday night in Fort Pierre…

Blevins says those who attend the roughly 30 minute presentation will have the chance to win a N-O-A-A Weather Radio….

Cell phones have Wireless Emergency Alerts that work on cellular networks while weather radios work like traditional AM or FM radio signals….

Blevins says he’d like to see more residents taking advantage of the free presentations…

Blevins will also touch some on his job as Emergency Manager and how it fits into the community.