Stay safe with the free AccuWeather app when severe weather threatens

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When severe weather strikes, it's important to know how to respond. AccuWeather's Jon Porter shows how you can plan in advance with the free AccuWeather app before stormy weather hits your area.

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00:00there will be a threat for severe thunderstorms and yes some even the risk

00:07for widely separated tornadoes across parts of the south in the coming days

00:12we have many resources on the free AccuWeather app to help you to stay

00:15safer and make the best weather-informed decisions and when severe weather

00:19threatens we're going to talk about that detail in your local AccuWeather

00:24forecast let's go over to Jackson Mississippi today but of course you

00:27could tap on the top of the screen and go anywhere around the country around the

00:30world for your latest local forecast with proven superior accuracy from

00:35AccuWeather I'm going to go down to the daily tab and this is where you see the

00:39day-by-day AccuWeather forecast let's tap on Friday and when you tap on a day

00:43that's where more details come up and look at the descriptions that our expert

00:47meteorologists have added in Jackson on Friday storms can bring flooding

00:51downpours hail damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado many times people tell

00:55me they like to screen capture that best description available from AccuWeather

01:00and they might send that via SMS text to their friends or family to number one

01:05help them be informed but also encourage them to download the free AccuWeather app

01:08as well in times of severe weather it's always helpful to remember tap in the

01:12upper right hand corner of the AccuWeather app and go down to settings and go

01:17into manage notifications and this is very important because this is where you can

01:21get severe weather warnings for your community push directly to your device

01:25and we deliver those alerts here at AccuWeather faster on average than any

01:29other source look at AccuWeather government alerts make sure those are

01:32turned on as well as lightning alerts for your present location and any other

01:37locations you care about maybe where your kids live or you have other family

01:40members that's a great resource to help you to stay best informed AccuWeather has

01:44been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings

01:47better protect your family keep them safer download the free AccuWeather app today

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