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Alabama

Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week (Flood)
Hurricane Awareness Week
Summer Safety: Lightning, Heat, Rip Currents, Boating

Feb 16-21, 2020
TBD
May 17-23, 2020

Alaska

Tsunami Preparedness Week
Flood Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Preparedness Week
Mar 22-28, 2020
Apr 19-25, 2020
Sep 27-Oct 3, 2020

American Samoa

Tsunami Preparedness Week
Hurricane Preparedness Month

 

Arkansas

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill

Mar 1-7, 2020*
TBD

Arizona

Monsoon Awareness Week

Jun 14-20, 2020

California

Tsunami Preparedness Week
Wildfire Awareness Week
Safe Boating Week
Cold Water Awareness Week
Beach Safety/Rip Current Awareness Week
Monsoon Awareness Week
Flood Preparedness Week
Earthquake Awareness Week: Great Shake Out






Jun 14-20, 2020
 

Colorado

Flood Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Preparedness Week

Mar 1-7, 2020
Apr 12-18, 2020
Jun 21-27, 2020
Oct 18-24, 2020

Connecticut
 

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Safe Boating and Beach Safety Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Hurricane Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 9-13, 2020
Apr 27 - May 1, 2020
May 20-24, 2020
Jun 22-26, 2020
Jul 13-17, 2020
Nov 2-6, 2020  

Delaware

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week

 Mar 30-Apr 3, 2020
May 3-9, 2020
 

Florida

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill

Jan 27-31, 2020
Jan 29, 2020, 10 am

Georgia

Severe Weather Awareness Week

Feb 3-7, 2020

Guam
Northern Marianas

Tsunami Preparedness Week
Tsunami Preparedness Week Proclamation Signing
PacWave Pacific Tsunami Exercise 
Typhoon Preparedness Month
Earthquake Preparedness Week
National Preparedness Month 
Great Guam Earthquake Shakeout     

Mar 15-21, 2020 (CNMI: N/A)
Mar 16, 2020 (CNMI: N/A)
Mar 17, 2020*
Jun 2020 (CNMI: N/A)
Aug 2-8, 2020 (CNMI: N/A)
Sep 2020
Oct 15, 2020, 10:15 am (CNMI: N/A)

Hawaii

Tsunami Awareness Month

April 2020

Idaho

Winter campaign: snow, ice, flooding, wind, cold 
Spring campaign:  severe weather, flooding
Summer campaign: heat, air quality, severe weather, wildfire, dust
Great shakeout earthquake and tsunami preparedness drill
Fall campaign: snow, flooding, wind

Dec-Feb 2019-2020
Apr-May 2020
Jun-Sep 2020
Oct 15, 2020
Oct-Nov 2020

Illinois

Severe Weather Preparedness Week  (no statewide drill)
Flood Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Preparedness Week:

Mar 1-7, 2020
Mar 9-13, 2020
Nov 15-21, 2020

Indiana
 

Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Tornado Drill
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Winter Preparedness Week

Mar 15-21, 2020
Mar 18, 2020
June 14-20, 2020
Nov 8-14. 2020

Iowa

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
Heat Awareness Day
Winter Awareness Day

Mar 23-27, 2020
Mar 25, 2020, 10 am
Jun 4, 2020
Nov 5, 2020

Kansas

Wildfire Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Statewide Drill

Feb 3-7, 2020
Mar 2-6, 2020
Mar 3, 10 am CST

Kentucky

 

Severe Weather Aware Week
Tornado Drill
Winter Awareness Week

Mar 1-7, 2020
Mar 4, 2020, 10:07 am
Dec 1-7 2020

Louisiana

Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
National Hurricane Week
National Preparedness Month
Fall Severe Weather Awareness Wee

Feb  16-22, 2020
TBD
May 3-9, 2020
September
Oct 26-30, 2020

Maine

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Safe Boating/Beach Safety Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Hurricane Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week         

Mar 9-13, 2020
Apr 27 - May 1, 2020
May 18-22, 2020
Jun 22-26, 2020
Jul 13-17, 2020
Nov 2-6, 2020

Maryland


 

Severe Storms Awareness Week
Torando Drill 
Flood Safety Awareness Week
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Winter Safety Week

Mar 30-Apr 5, 2020
Apr 1, 2020
Apr 6-12, 2020
Same as National Week
Dec 7-13, 2020

Massachusetts

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Safe Boating and Beach Safety Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Hurricane Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 9-13, 2020
Apr 27 - May 1, 2020
May 18-22, 2020
Jun 22-26, 2020
Jul 13-17, 2020
Nov 2-6, 2020  

Michigan

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
Summer Seasonal Campaign  
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 22-28, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 at 1 pm
June 1-10, 2020
November 2020, Week TBD

Minnesota

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Winter Hazard Awareness Week

Apr 13-17, 2020
Apr 16, 2020, Drill, 1:45 pm, 6:45 pm
Nov 9-13, 2020

Mississippi

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Day
Tornado Drill
Hurricane Awareness Week

Feb 17-21, 2020*
Feb 21, 2020
Feb 19, 2020*
May 3-9, 2020

Missouri

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Statewide Drill
Summer Weather Safety Week, Heat and Lightning
Winter Weather Awareness Day

Mar 2-6, 20209
Mar 3, 2019, 10 am
TBD
TBD

Montana

Weather-Ready Wednesdays

Year round

Nebraska

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
NOAA Weather Radio Awareness Day
Heat Awareness Day
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Day

Mar 16-20, 2020
Mar 23-27, 2020
Mar 25, 2020, 10 am CDT
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 21-27, 2020
Nov 5, 2020

Nevada

Wildfire Aware Month
Nevada Flood Awareness Week
Winter Storm Awareness

 

New Hampshire

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Safe Boating/Beach Safety Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Hurricane Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week           

Mar 9-13, 2020
Apr 27 - May 1, 2020
May 20-24, 2020
Jun 22-26, 2020
Jul 13-17, 2020
Nov 2-6, 2020

New Jersey

Winter Seasonal Campaign: Ice, Snow, Cold

Dec-Feb 2019/20, 2020/21

New Mexico

Spring Seasonal Campaign: Severe, Flood, Wildfire
Summer Campaign: Heat, Severe, Dust
Monsoon Awareness Week
Fall Seasonal Campaign: Wind, Winter, Drought
Winter Seasonal Campaign: Ice, Cold

Mar-May, 2020
Jun-Aug 2020
Jun 14-20, 2020
Sep-Nov 2020
Dec-Feb 2019/20

New York

Flood Safety Preparedness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Hurricane Awareness Week (Only NYC office)
Safe Boating Week
Hurricane Awareness Week (Rest of NY)
Lightning Safety Aware Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 8-14, 2020
Apr 26-May 2, 2020
May 3-9, 2020
May 17-23, 2020
Jul 21-27, 2020
Jun 14-20, 2020
Nov 1-7, 2020

North Carolina

 

Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Tornado Drill
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Winter Weather Preparedness Week

Mar 1-7, 2020
Mar 4 2020, 9:30 am
May 3-9, 2020
Dec 6-12, 2020

North Dakota
 

Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Preparedness Day
Severe Winter Weather Awareness Week
Apr 27-May 1, 2020.
Apr 29, 2020
Oct 26-30, 2020

Oklahoma

Spring Seasonal Campaign
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Summer Seasonal Campaign
Fall Seasonal Campaign
Winter Seasonal Campaign

Mar-May 2020
May 5-11, 2020
Jun-Aug, 2020
Oct-Nov, 2020
Dec-Feb, 2020-21

Ohio

Spring Severe Weather and Flood Awareness Week
Statewide Tornado Drill
Flood Safety Awareness Week
Winter Safety Awareness Week

Mar 22-28, 2020
Mar 25, 2020, 9:50 am
Mar 22-28, 2020
Nov 15-21, 2020

Oregon

Winter campaign: snow, ice, flooding, wind, cold 
Spring campaign:  severe weather, flooding
Summer campaign: heat, air quality, severe weather, wildfire, dust
Great shakeout earthquake and tsunami preparedness drill
Fall campaign: snow, flooding, wind

Dec-Feb 2019-2020
Apr-May 2020
Jun-Sep 2020
Oct 15, 2020
Oct-Nov 2020

Pennsylvania

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Winter Weather Preparedness Week

Mar 23-27, 2020
Apr 20-24, 2020
May 3-9, 2020
Jun 21-27, 2020
Nov. 9-13, 2020

Puerto Rico
Tsunami Preparedness 
Air Quality Awareness
Flood Safety Awareness
Heat Safety Awareness
Hurricane Safety Preparedness
Safe Boating Awareness
Rip Current Awareness 
Severe Weather Safety Awareness
Peak Hurricane Season Preparedness

Mar 16 to Mar 20
April 20 to April 24
May 4  to May 8
May 11 to May 15
May 18 to May 22
May 27 to Jun  1
June 8 to June 12
Jun 15 to Jun 19
Aug 3 to Aug 7

Rhode Island

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Safe Boating and Beach Safety Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Hurricane Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 9-13, 2020
Apr 27 - May 1, 2020
May 20-24, 2020
Jun 22-26, 2020
Jul 13-17, 2020
Nov 2-6, 2020

South Carolina

Severe Weather and Flood Safety Week
Tornado Drill
Hurricane Awareness Week
Earthquake Awareness Week
Winter Preparedness Week

Mar 8-14, 2020
Mar 11, 2020, 9 am (backup Mar 13, 9 am)
May 31 - Jun 6, 2020
Oct 11-17, 2020
Nov 29-Dec 5, 2020

South Dakota

 

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
Winter Weather Preparedness Day
Apr 20-24, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
Oct 28, 2020

Tennessee

Severe Weather and Flood Preparedness Week
Tennessee Severe WEather Awareness Day
Summer Weather Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Day

Feb 23-Feb 29, 2020
Feb 29. 2020
May 18-22, 2020
Nov 4, 2020

Texas

Spring Seasonal Campaign
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Summer Seasonal Campaign
Fall Seasonal Campaign
Winter Seasonal Campaign

Mar-May 2020
TBD
Jun-Aug, 2020
Oct-Nov, 2020
Dec-Feb, 2020-21

Utah

Spring Seasonal Campaign: Severe, Flood, Wildfire
Summer Campaign: Heat, Severe, Dust, Air Quality
Fall Seasonal Campaign: Wind, Winter, Drought
Winter Seasonal Campaign: Ice, Cold

Mar-May 2020
Jun-Aug, 2020
Oct-Nov, 2020
Dec-Feb, 2020-21

Vermont

Flood Safety Awareness Week
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Safe Boating/Beach Safety Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 8-14, 2020
Apr 26 - May 2, 2020
May 16-22, 2020
Jun 22-26, 2020
Nov 1-7, 2019

U.S. Virgin Islands

Tsunami Preparedness Week

 

Virginia

Tornado Preparedness Day and Drill
Flood Awareness Week
Hurricane Awareness Week

Mar 17, 2020, 9:45 am
Mar 8-14, 2020

Washington

Winter campaign: snow, ice, flooding, wind, cold 
Spring campaign:  severe weather, flooding
Summer campaign: heat, air quality, severe weather, wildfire, dust
Great shakeout earthquake and tsunami preparedness drill
Fall campaign: snow, flooding, wind

Dec-Feb 2019-2020
Apr-May 2020
Jun-Sep 2020
Oct 15, 2020
Oct-Nov 2020

West Virginia

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
Winter Weather Awareness Week

Mar 16-20, 2020
Tue, Mar 17, 11 am
Nov 16-20, 2020

Wisconsin

 

Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
Winter Weather Week

Apr 13-17, 2020
Apr 16, 2020, 1:45 pm, 6:45 pm
Nov 9-13, 2020

Wyoming
 

Wyoming Severe Weather Awareness Week
Tornado Drill
Weather-Ready Wednesday

May 11-15, 2020
May 13, 9 am MDT
Year Round

*tentative
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