Congratulations to St. Alphonsus Catholic School and Shorewood School District for being StormReady!


From Left to Right: Tim Halbach (NWS Milwaukee Warning Coordination Meteorologist), Tim Lethlean and Principal Pat Wadzinski from St. Alphonsus Catholic School in Greendale, WI.	From Left to Right: Deb Stolz (Director of Shorewood Recreation and Community Services), Colin Plese (Shorewood School District Board Member/Vice President), Tim Halbach (NWS Milwaukee Warning Coordination Meteorologist), Patrick Miller (Shorewood School District Director of Business Services and Human Resources), and Mark McGinnis (Fair Skies Consulting, LLC).

Congratulations to St. Alphonsus Catholic School in Greendale, Wisconsin and the Shorewood School District in Shorewood, Wisconsin for becoming StormReady Supporters! These schools have taken major steps toward making sure that the students, staff and visitors to the schools are ready for when hazardous weather occurs. They have developed ways for the school to be able to receive National Weather Service weather information and also to disseminate it to the people on the school's campus. They also have developed hazardous weather plans and have performed numerous drills to ensure that people know where to go when severe weather approaches. Students, staff, and parents of the students should be very proud of the work being done at these schools to ensure the safety of the people there during normal and after school hours.

StormReady is a nationwide community preparedness program which is a grassroots approach to preparing for natural hazards. Today, more than 2,200 StormReady communities and nearly 400 StormReady Supporters throughout the nation help citizens become better prepared for severe weather.

To be recognized as StormReady Supporter, an organization must promote the principles and most guidelines of the StormReady program, which includes maintaining a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center; monitoring local weather and flood conditions; conducting community preparedness programs; and ensuring hazardous weather and flooding are addressed in formal emergency management plans, which include training SKYWARN weather spotters and holding emergency exercies.

Tim Halbach

Warning Coordination Meteorologist-NWS Milwaukee