Severe weather preparedness week is an annual initiative between the National Weather Service and State Emergency Management Agencies across the country. In Missouri, Severe Weather Preparedness Week is in March. This year it is March 4 – 8. The statewide tornado drill will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6. The National Weather Service will issue a Routine Weekly Test (RWT) to NOAA Weather radios to initiate the drill. As with a real tornado warning, this will activate the Outdoor Warning Siren (OWS) system in Boone County at the same time. MUPD will test the campus emergency notification system at 11 a.m. A test tornado warning will be sent out through MU Alert via text, email, Alertus beacons, and the Mizzou Safe app. The purpose of the drill is to involve our campus community in preparing for life-threatening severe weather events such as tornadoes, flash floods, and damaging straight line winds and understanding how they should respond to these hazards.