S.W.A.T. Quiz

Name: ____________________________School Position______________________________

Please select your answer choice then submit your quiz to your school weather safety coordinator(s).  
Thank you for your participation. 

1.	What are some sky clues to monitor for increasing lightning potential?		
a.	Rotating wall cloud and a descending funnel cloud. 
b.	A rain foot in the downdraft and a forming shelf cloud.
c.	Tall cumulus clouds, dark cloud bases and crisp cloud texture.  
d.	A tilted smoke stack or scud clouds rising into a cloud base. 
Your Answer:______

2.	What the true statement below regarding weather monitoring sources? 			
a.	The NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards will always tone alert for severe storms, even if the NWS does not issue warnings. 
b.	A trained weather observer can monitor the sky and check multiple weather resources as often as needed. 
c.	The intranet will constantly update with the latest warning information. 
d.	Commercial TV and radio stations will always interrupt the broadcast cycle to relay NWS weather warnings.  
											Your Answer:____

3.	You are responsible for kids during outside recess this afternoon. You heard on the morning school announcements that thunderstorms were possible today. What would be the best choice below? 
a.	Check internet radar before going outside to look for storms in the area and try to get a weather monitor to go outside with you so you can watch the kids, and the weather monitor can scan the sky and check the radar for possible storm development. 
b.	Check the Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlook for today on the internet.  If there is a low probability of storms in the area, then it would be safe to take the kids out with no further weather assessment.
c.	Check internet radar. If there are no warnings in effect, it is ok to take the kids outside with no further weather assessment. 
d.	Ask the weather monitor to scan the sky and report to you if he/she hears thunder about 15 minutes before you go outside. If the report is negative, then it is ok to take the kids outside. You will call the weather monitor on your personal cell phone during the middle of recess to see if he/she has detected any storms on internet radar. 
Your Answer:______

4.	The school’s NOAA Weather Radio alerts because a tornado warning has been issued that includes portions of your county.  What is the best sequence below to determine if the school is under imminent threat of being impacted by a tornado?   			
a.	You call the county superintendent to see if you should execute your school’s tornado shelter plan. 
b.	Look outside…no tornado is spotted, thus the school is not in danger.  
c.	Check another weather warning source like the TV or the internet that shows where the warned storm is relative to the school’s location. If the school is in the path of the storm, execute the tornado plan. 
d.	Wait to see if the news broadcasts any tornado confirmation or damage reports before you execute your tornado shelter plan. 
Your Answer:______

5.	The principal announces over the intercom and school radio system to immediately execute your class tornado shelter plan.  Which of the below choices is the best tornado shelter given the situation?
a.	Your class is in a portable that is elevated above the ground.  You take the kids outside as the winds increase in advance of the tornado to try to take them to the main building before the tornado hits.  
b.	You are out on the baseball field and hear the announcement. There are open air dugouts on the field, and you instruct the kids to go get under the dugouts and to hold on tight. 
c.	You send half of your class to a small windowless closet in your classroom and the other half across the hall to the bathroom. You instruct all to crouch down and cover their heads until the all clear. 
d.	You instruct the kids to quickly open the classroom windows to equalize air pressure then have the kids get under their desks under the all clear. 																	Your Answer:______