StormReady is a community preparedness program that encourages local government entities and commercial gathering sites to prepare for severe weather. The program, sponsored by the United States National Weather Service, issues recognition to communities and sites across the country that demonstrate severe weather readiness. The program is voluntary, and provides communities with clear-cut advice from a partnership with the local National Weather Service Office, state and local emergency managers, and the media. Montgomery County has made the commitment to be StormReady since 2005 and looks to continue our partnership with the National Weather Service by becoming recertified in 2011.