| What Happened? | Severe weather outbreak impacted multiple states with high winds, tornadoes, hail caused damage starting Tuesday evening February 28th and into Thursday February 29th. At mid-day on Thursday, 19 tornadoes had been reported to impact six states; Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee. Deaths were reported in multiple states. |
| National & Regional Links | FEMA Regions By State |
| Illinois | FEMA Region IV Active Disasters http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regionv/index.shtm @/FEMAregionIV Illinois Emergency Management http://www.state.il.us/iema/ |
| Kentucky |
Kentucky Emergency Management
FEMA Region IV Active Disasters
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Missouri Emergency Management http://sema.dps.mo.gov/ FEMA Region VII Active Disasters http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regionvii/index.shtm |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Emergency Management Agency http://www.tnema.org/ FEMA Region 1V Active Disasters http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regioniv/index.shtm @FEMAregionIV |
Kansas |
Kansas Emergency Management http://www.kansastag.gov/kdem_default.asp @kansasemergency FEMA Region VII Active Disasters http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regionvii/index.shtm |
| Power | Alabama Power http://www.alabamapower.com/ Illinois Illinois Outage Center @illinoisoutage Kentucky https://www.kentuckypower.com/Default.aspx Missouri and Kansas - KCP&L http://www.kcpl.com/ Tennessee http://electriccompaniesofmidtn.com/ |
| News & Social Media Twitter links | @weatherchannel @twcbreaking |
| Hashtags | #tornado #ilwx #mowx #kywx #tnwx #kswx #leapdaystorm |
| Indiana Illinois Kentucky Tri-State Red Cross | |
| Maps and Situational awareness reports | Weather Channel Map |
| 211 | 2-1-1
provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for
help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more.
Learn more about your local 2-1-1 by looking it up here. USA: http://www.211.org/ MO: http://www.211helps.org/ |
| Survive | |
| Hospitals | TBD |
| Sustain | |
| Shelters | Need to find a Red Cross shelter near you? Enter your zip code here American Red Cross Shelter Finder Red Cross Shelter Finder Feb 29th Red Cross Shelters - Press Release Harveyvlle, KS: Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and United Way volunteers have set up tents to help the storm victims with food and shelter Source |
| Reunite | After
a disaster, letting your family and friends know that you are safe and
well can bring your loved ones great peace of mind. This website is
designed to help make that communication easier. https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php |
| Red Cross | Here
are some of the local Red Cross Chapters in the areas impacted by the
storm or you can find your loca Red Cross chapter by entering your zip
code here. Kansas: Capital Area http://www.thinkred.org/ @KScapredcross Kansas: Greater Kansas City http://www.kcredcross.org Illinois: Harrisburg: Murphreysboro Illinois Red Cross Missouri: http://www.ozarksredcross.org/ @ozarksredcross SE Missouri: http://www.semoredcross.org Kentucky: Bowling Green: http://www.sckyredcross.org/ Arkansas: http://www.arkansasredcross.org Ohio: http://chapters.redcross.org/oh/ohiostate/ Tennessee: Middle Tennessee Chapters Knoxville TN Chapter |
| Animals in Disaster Shelter Links |
Pet Friendly Lodging Finder |
| General Information | Communities below were among those impacted by severe storms overnight February 28th and February 29th. |
| Hareyville Kansas | 40-percent of the town has been damaged. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a State of Disaster Emergency Tuesday night for Wabaunsee County |
| Branson, Missouri | http://www.branson.com/ |
| Harveyville, Kansas | Harveyvlle, KS: Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and United Way volunteers have set up tents to help the storm victims with food and shelter Source |
| Hodgenville, Kentucky | Larue County Website http://www.laruecounty.org/ Hodgenville Website http://www.hodgenvillekentucky.org/ |
| Harrisburg, Illinois | HARRISBURG, IL (KSDK/AP) - At least six people have been confirmed dead and approximately a hundred more people injured in the southern Illinois city of Harrisburg after a severe storm that swept through the region. Source: |
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