Weather experts urge Oklahomans to prepare as tornado season hits its peak

Meteorologists with the National Weather Service say all Oklahomans should prepare for severe weather, even when it’s not in the forecast,

“If nothing’s on (the) radar kind of think about your plan if something were to happen, I would go to my storm shelter, my bathroom, indoor wherever it is, think about those things before it’s too late,” Fox said.

The safest place you can be during severe weather is a tornado shelter, and many urge Oklahomans to get some sort of shelter in their home,

“There’s never a good time to really prepare, you know if you have a chance to protect your family put some type of tornado protection in your home,” said the CEO of Oz Saferooms, Andrew Zagorski.

Experts also recommend building an emergency kit that you can bring to your safe place with you,

“We’ve got a place that we’ve got medicines, we’ve got some of the family pictures and some important documents, we’ve already thought about that we have them in a safe place,” Fox said, “We’ve got them in a bin if we need to take those to shelter, we’ll take those with us.”

Other important items to have in your kit are flashlights, batteries, a weather radio, and a first aid kit.