Tuesday’s topic during Severe Weather Awareness Week is about weather warnings.

Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Kempf says there are lots of different kinds of warnings that are issued by the National Weather Service, including severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, high winds, as well as flooding and flash flooding. Kempf notes there are several ways everyone can receive warning information, which includes weather radios, television and coverage on the local radio station.

“You guys are Raccoon Valley Radio, do a great job of bringing those warnings out to people, and actually go live during the thunderstorm warnings and the tornado warnings.”

Kempf notes another way that Adair and Guthrie counties and their residents can receive weather information is through the Alert Iowa app. He says the program allows those who sign up to receive specific weather information via their 911 address.

“If you live in, let’s say Stuart, and it (the warning) comes through there, if you’re 911 address is within that polygon, and you’ve signed up to get that warning, you can get it by text, phone call, email, your choice of however many ways you want to get it. And it’s very accurate. A difference of neighbors a mile a part, one of them may get it and one may not.”

Kempf adds people can sign up for Alert Iowa on either emergency management pages on the Adair or Guthrie County webpages, or through the emergency management Facebook page.