CodeRED Weather Warnings Keep Residents Informed

BRADENTON, FL — Manatee County residents who want to stay on top of emergency weather alerts as they are issued have a place to turn.

The county’s CodeRED Weather Warning system provides free voice, text or email notifications that are delivered to users when emergency information is issued by government and public safety officials. All residents need to do to receive the alerts from Manatee County Government is fill out an online form. Once that’s done, emergency alerts and severe weather warnings will be sent directly to residents. Users can even customize the kinds of alerts they receive to include tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings.

See Also:

• Florida Tornadoes: What You Need to Know
• Severe Storms, Tornadoes in Tampa Bay’s Winter Forecast
• Florida Tornadoes Were No Freak Storms

Forecasters have warned that severe weather conditions are likely throughout the winter courtesy of the El Nino weather pattern. Already, Manatee and Sarasota counties both have witnessed landfall of EF2-rated tornadoes.

To sign up for the weather alerts, visit Manatee County government online.

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