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Resources on Extreme Weather

Topics - Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
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Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security , with links to resources
Child Emergency Preparedness Resource Page
Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

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MISSION: The Child Emergency Preparedness Committee (CEPC) is a subcommittee of the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) Statewide Emergency Management and Homeland Security Advisory Council. CEPC’s primary purpose is to make recommendations to the Advisory Council and the Deputy Commissioner of DESPP/DEMHS with regard to the development and implementation of statewide strategic planning and guidance related to children in emergencies.
Resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DEMHS)
Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS)

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Site: "During emergency situations, having up-to-date information, optimized for all communities is potentially life-saving. The following resources are designed to assist the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities in Connecticut prepare for and recover from emergency situations."
Watches, Warnings or Advisories for Connecticut
Active weather alerts for Connecticut from NOAA
Weather-Ready Nation
Site: "NOAA’s Weather-Ready Nation is about building community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events."
Ready.Gov
Ready is a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign designed to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies including natural and man-made disasters. The goal of the campaign is to get the public involved and ultimately to increase the level of basic preparedness across the nation.
Active Alerts
Active weather alerts from NOAA
Severe Weather (NOAA)
NCEI Severe weather products provide access to data on destructive storms and other severe weather. They can be used to find detailed information about local, intense, often damaging storms such as thunderstorms, hail storms, and tornadoes, but can also describe more widespread events such as tropical systems, blizzards, nor'easters, and derechos.
Extreme Weather Records by State - Data Table (NOAA)
Site: "What were the highest and lowest temperatures in your state, and when and where were they measured? This site shows records for every state in categories such as temperature, total amount of rain or snow in 24 hours, weight and diameter of hail-stones, and highest wind gusts."
Extreme Events - Climate.gov
Site: "Access records of heat waves, droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Explore weather records tied or broken for each day of the year, disasters that cost a billion dollars or more, and special reports and indices that characterize extreme events."

Terminology

For most terms, check a dictionary or weather.gov

National Weather Service Glossary (NOAA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service.

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Site: "This glossary contains information on more than 2000 terms, phrases and abbreviations used by the NWS. Many of these terms and abbreviations are used by NWS forecasters to communicate between each other and have been in use for many years and before many NWS products were directly available to the public. It is the purpose of this glossary to aid the general public in better understanding NWS products."