Government Medical Facility, Smithville, Mississippi - Customer Case Study

Per its operating instructions to AccuWeather, the hospital wishes to receive twenty minutes of advance notice of an approaching tornado. This time interval is sufficient to move patients and staff away from vulnerable areas while minimizing the disruption of patient care and the discomfort (to the patients) of being in hallways and other shelter. AccuWeather provided over twenty minutes of advance warning of the F-5 tornado. The tornado emergency plan was activated and, even though there was major damage to the facility, there were no injuries.