Severe Weather Awareness Week 2020

Ohio’s Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week is March 22-28, 2020

To promote community preparedness for severe weather that could impact Hamilton County, Hamilton County EMHSA will be partaking in Severe Weather Awareness Week in a few different ways! Using our social media accounts (Twitter and Facebook) we will be pushing out helpful safety tips and severe weather information, so that Hamilton County residents can gather useful knowledge.

Twitter: @HCEMA

Facebook: @Hamilton.CountyEMA

For the Kids

1. Entry is open to all Hamilton County elementary school students in GRADES 3, 4, AND 5 in public, private, and charter schools, as well as any students being homeschooled.
2. Poster theme should depict what severe weather in Ohio means to the student and/or what actions to take to prepare and stay safe.
3. Creativity is the key. Individual work is encouraged. Posters with stencils, traced, computer- generated or commercially manufactured stick-on lettering or images will be disqualified.
4. Poster should be no larger than 11”x14.” Those larger than the identified size may be disqualified.
5. Students should use only crayon, markers, colored pencils, or watercolor/acrylic paint.

Themes

When creating your poster, please focus on one the following themes:

• Severe weather in Hamilton County
• Snow Emergencies
• Tornadoes
• Hail
• Flooding
• Importance of Siren/Warning Alerts
• Preparedness (kits,  emergency plans)
• Extreme Heat
• Pet Protection During Disasters