Severe Weather Travel Decision Checklist: 14 Items
Decide when to delay a journey and how to respond to dangerous travel conditions from storms, wind, hail, and flooding.
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๐ก๏ธ Prepare Before an Emergency
Notes: Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Notes: Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Notes: Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Notes: Severe weather may cross county and state boundaries.
Severe weather may cross county and state boundaries.
Notes: Prefer delaying travel when warnings are active.
Prefer delaying travel when warnings are active.
Notes: Include charging, weather-appropriate clothing, and water.
Include charging, weather-appropriate clothing, and water.
Notes: Share expected arrival and check-in instructions.
Share expected arrival and check-in instructions.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Avoid underpasses as tornado shelters.
Avoid underpasses as tornado shelters.
Notes: Even shallow moving water can sweep vehicles away.
Even shallow moving water can sweep vehicles away.
Notes: A vehicle is not reliable tornado protection.
A vehicle is not reliable tornado protection.
Notes: Report hazards to authorities.
Report hazards to authorities.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Do not assume a route is clear after the rain ends.
Do not assume a route is clear after the rain ends.
Notes: Hail and debris can affect glass and tires.
Hail and debris can affect glass and tires.
Notes: Avoid unnecessary detours into hazardous areas.
Avoid unnecessary detours into hazardous areas.
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How to Use This Checklist
Decide when to delay a journey and how to respond to dangerous travel conditions from storms, wind, hail, and flooding.
Follow current alerts and instructions from local officials. Hazards, climate, geography, access requirements, and household needs can change which actions are appropriate.
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This practical checklist is an independent, English-language adaptation of the Ready.gov preparedness topic. It does not reproduce FEMA publications and is not endorsed by FEMA or any U.S. government agency.
Use this checklist to organize preparations and recovery tasks. In an active emergency, follow the latest official instructions rather than relying on a static checklist.
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