SkyGuard®

Severe Weather WarningsSkyGuard warnings provide the most accurate, proactive notification of impending threats to your specific locations when severe weather threatens human lives, facilities, or business operations – 24x7, 365 days a year. SkyGuard warnings are developed specifically for you by AccuWeather’s own team of expert meteorologists, and are not just re-broadcasted government wide-area warnings.

SkyGuard® warnings from AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions protect your people and facilities in emergencies, while saving money by reducing unnecessary responses to false alarms. SkyGuard warnings are customized to the severe weather threats and locations that matter to you and that require your action, including tornadoes, hail, flooding, and much more. Delivered in the format that best fits your operating processes, SkyGuard warnings are backed by expert consultation to help you make the right decision.

/ Accurate and TimelyYou have more time to enact your emergency procedures, because, in one weather emergency after another, AccuWeather has been the first – and often the only – warning of life-threatening severe weather. Accurate, timely warnings are key when minutes count in sheltering your employees. Studies have shown that SkyGuard tornado warnings typically provide double the amount of lead time to prepare, and are more than seven times as accurate, compared to National Weather Service (NWS) warnings. And AccuWeather also notifies you when the threat has passed, so you can promptly resume normal operations with confidence.

/ Actionable and ConsistentAccuWeather’s SkyGuard warnings provide clear guidance because they are tailored around your company’s emergency preparedness procedures, whether for tornado sheltering, lightning notifications, snow/ice, high winds, or other conditions of concern. And our warnings provide a single statement that can be used throughout the company to make sure all are on the same page, replacing the confusion that can result when various employees get conflicting weather information from TV, radio, websites and other sources.

/ Site-Specific and Customized to Your Needs

Knowing exactly how severe weather will affect each of your locations builds your credibility and enables you to promptly take the right actions. Unlike the NWS, which issues general public warnings covering large areas, AccuWeather issues pinpoint alerts for your specific locations of interest, including:

• A fixed location or locations, such as a factory, data center, store or call center.

• Pre-defined geographic areas, such as a service footprint.

• Segments, such as highways or pipelines.

• Moving assets, where the warning follows the phone or other mobile device wherever it is carried by crews in the field.

/ Delivered in the Way that Works for YouYou choose the delivery method that integrates most smoothly into the way you operate. SkyGuard warnings can be delivered by email, interactive website, mobile device, or in a variety of data formats for direct ingest into your business intelligence systems. You also choose who in your organization must acknowledge the receipt of a warning.

/ Consultation with Expert Meteorologists Always Available

Whenever you have questions on the verge of a critical decision, AccuWeather is there to help with expert explanations that can clarify options and deliver peace of mind. Live, on demand telephone consultation with an expert AccuWeather meteorologist 24x7x365 is a key part of SkyGuard. This can even include multiple senior level briefings with your senior management. These consultations explain the nuances of a warning and increase the likelihood that your organization is going to make the right decision.

/ Saving You Time and MoneySkyGuard warnings build your own credibility as the one in the know in severe weather situations, because we also tell you when severe weather won’t affect your facilities! When the NWS issues a warning for your county, but the storm is located away from your location or traveling in a direction that will not impact you, AccuWeather meteorologists will issue a proactive “null notification” to let you know there is no need to shut down. Null notifications save you money from costly, unnecessary shutdowns and reduce unnecessary sheltering, helping to improve productivity and build your credibility, while also maintaining the safety of your people.

Call 814.235.8600 today to request your free consultation and learn how you can protect your people, property and profits with SkyGuard® warnings.

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