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If severe weather threatens call the St. Scholastica Emergency Information Hotline at 218 723-7099 or visit this Web page for updates.
Links to current Duluth weather: NOAA | Weather.com
1. Tornado Watch
A Tornato Watch means that probabilities are high that severe weather or a tornado could occur. The National Weather Service will issue a watch bulletin to local authorities as well as to the local radio and TV stations.
2. Tornado Warning
A Tornado Warning means that a tornado has been sighted in the area. The National Weather Service alerts all weather stations and local authorities. If a tornado is approaching, the warning will be signaled by a continuous sounding of emergency siren located on the roof of Tower Hall.
If campus Security is notified of severe weather, they will make the appropriate contacts.
3. Tornado Dangers
- An approaching cloud of debris can mark the location of a tornado even if a funnel is not visible.
- Before a tornado hits, the wind may die down and the air may become very still.
- Tornadoes generally occur near the trailing edge of a thunderstorm. It is not uncommon to see clear, sunlit skies behind a tornado.
4. Severe Weather
When the emergency warning sirens sound, it is everyone's responsibility to go to the nearest designated shelter area.
Don't leave the shelter until you hear the "all-clear" signal.
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Designated Shelter Areas:
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- Tower Hall
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- Student Union Area
- Ground floor tunnel areas without windows
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- Science Building
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- First floor center hallways
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- Wellness Center/Reif
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- Lower level hallway of the Reif
- Locker rooms
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- Library/Chapel
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- Ground floor tunnel areas away from windows
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- Somers Hall/Suites
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- Ground floor hallways away from windows
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- Groves Apartments
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- Evacuate to Tower Hall designated shelter areas
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- Theater Building
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- Lower lever area away from windows
- Tower Hall designated shelter areas
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- Pine, Maple, Willow, Birch, Cedar Hall, Scanlon Hall & Kerst Hall Apartments
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- Ground floor hallways
- Wellness Center/Reif or Tower Hall designated shelter areas
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