General Information	
School Name		County		
No. of Faculty/Staff		No. of Classrooms		No. of Students		
Primary Point of Contact	Secondary Point of Contact	
Name		Name		
Title		Title		
Mailing Address
		Mailing Address		
City		City		
State, ZIP		State, ZIP		
Phone		Phone		
e-mail		e-mail		
Recognition Guidelines	
Guideline 1: SkywarnTM Spotter Training (must include Lightning Safety training; S.P.O.T. Course) 	At minimum, the principal, assistant principal(s), severe weather coordinator(s), physical education teacher(s), athletic director(s), and coach(es) completed NWS sponsored SkywarnTM Storm Spotter training course. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
Date completed (mm/dd/yyyy):  		Number Trained: 		NWS Presenter                       (if applicable): 		
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Guideline 2: Severe Weather Threat Assessment Training (S.W.A.T. Course)	At minimum, the principal, assistant principal(s), severe weather coordinator(s), physical education teacher(s), athletic director(s), and coaches completed the online Severe Weather Threat Assessment training course. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
Date completed (mm/dd/yyyy):  		Number Trained: 		
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Guideline 3: Severe Weather Emergency Plan (S.W.E.P.)	Develop, customize, maintain and review the SWEP with faculty annually.  Designate severe weather coordinator(s).  	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
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Guideline 4: NOAA Weather Radio	A SAME NWR must be located in the school’s front office and in the athletic office. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
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Guideline 5: Back-up Weather Source	Establish at least one backup method to receive real time weather information at the front office. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
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Guideline 6: Tornado Shelter Areas	Identify and prominently mark all potential tornado shelter areas on the school grounds. Routes to shelter areas should be marked if students and/or faculty are normally displaced from shelter areas. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
Include a basic floor plan of the shelter areas and routes in the S.W.E.P. 	
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Guideline 7: Tornado Drills 	Participate in at least 2 annual tornado dills; one must be the Florida Hazardous Awareness Week statewide tornado drill (each February). 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
Dates tornado drills completed (mm/dd/yyyy): 	Drill 1: 	Drill2: 	
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Guideline 8: Daily Forecast Dissemination 	Disseminate the daily NWS weather forecast with special attention called to the forecast on possible severe weather days. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
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Guideline 9: Hazardous Weather Awareness Week	Participate in Hazardous Weather Awareness Week each February. 	Completed         Yes:      No: 	
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Signature of Applying Official	
Application Submitted by: (print name):	
School:	Title:	
Signature:	Date:	
NWS Personnel Receiving Application (print name):	
Date Received:	
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