The Bountiful Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness Council is made up of citizens who work to assist Bountiful’s residents before and during emergencies.
A Disaster Communications seminar will be held on Thursday, March 20, at 7 PM, at the South Davis Junior High School. Topic: "What are you going to do, if all normal methods of communications are wiped out in a disaster?
Due to a water line issue, Bountiful Water Dept is asking people not to water outside until Friday evening on the following streets:
Canyon Creek, Highland Oaks, Sunset Hollow, Mountain Oaks, Sunrise Place, and Sunset Loop.
B’ful City Water at 801-298-6180 for urgent questions
Today on the 30th anniversary of the California Northridge earthquake, we remember the devastation and loss.
We encourage all to take proactive measures to protect your home against earthquakes.
Find preparedness information from @Readygov: ready.gov/earthquakes
ALT Secure your home. Make sure your home is shake proof. Bolt tall furniture. Secure loose objects. Know how to turn off utilities.
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) tomorrow (Oct. 4th) at approximately 12:20 PM MT.
See below for more details.
IMPORTANT: On Wednesday, Oct. 4th at 2:20 p.m. ET, there will be a nationwide emergency alert test on cell phones, wireless devices, radios, and TVs.
This is a standard test that occurs at least once every three years. No action is needed.
Info & FAQs: fema.gov/emergency-managers/…
ALT A person holds a mobile device showing a test emergency alert reading, "National Alert. This is a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
The Community Emergency Response Team ("CERT") is offering fall classes - sign up to learn essential skills for crisis management and take part in a mock disaster! Sign up closes on August 20th, so hurry before the spots are filled!
Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for Ogden UT, Layton UT and Bountiful UT until 9:00 PM MDT. This storm will contain wind gusts to 70 MPH!
ALT This graphic displays a severe thunderstorm warning plotted on a map. The warning is in effect until 9:00 PM MDT. The warning includes Ogden UT, Layton UT and Bountiful UT. This warning is for Southwestern Weber, Southeastern Box Elder, Northwestern Salt Lake, Davis and Northeastern Tooele Counties. The threats associated with this warning are wind gusts up to 70 MPH and pea sized hail. There are 590,793 people in the warning along with 193 schools and 8 hospitals.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Utah and Wyoming until 8 PM MDT
ALT This graphic displays Severe Thunderstorm watch number 541 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 8:00 PM MDT. The watch includes parts of Utah and Wyoming. The threats associated with this watch are no tornadoes expected, isolated hail up to quarter size possible and scattered gusts up to 75 mph possible. There are 3,007,575 people in the watch along with 983 schools and 51 hospitals.
Bolstering the meteor theory for this morning's #boom in #Utah, the two reddish pixels shown over Davis and Morgan counties are from the GOES-17 Lightning Mapper, but not associated with evidence of thunderstorm activity in satellite or radar. Likely the meteor trail/flash #utwx
The water seems to be receding in most parts of town, but there are still some flooded areas. The water washed rocks onto roads and displaced manhole covers, so please use caution when driving.