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SEVERE WEATHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 
Eck Stadium
Practice
Lightning: Locker rooms, offices and basements. Dugouts and Bullpen are not considered a safe shelter.
Tornado: Basement
Games (Players and Staff) 
Lightning: Locker rooms, offices and basements. Dugouts and Bullpen are not considered a safe shelter.
Tornado: Basement
Games (Spectators)
Lightning: Automobiles, Skyboxes, and All-American Club. Concourses are not considered a safe shelter.
Tornado: Closest shelters are in the Marcus Center, Woodman Alumni Center, WSU police station basement, and Heskett Center.

 
Cessna Stadium and Track
Practice
Lightning: Locker rooms and team room.
Tornado: Locker rooms and team room
Events (Players and Staff)
Lightning: Locker rooms and team room. Under the stadium is not considered a safe shelter.
Tornado: Locker rooms and team room.
Events (Spectators)
Lightning: Automobiles. Under the stadium is not considered a safe shelter.
Tornado: Closest shelters are in the basement/locker room of Cessna Stadium.
 
 
Charles Koch Arena
Practice
Tornado: Basement concourse and rooms within it
Events (Players, Staff, and Spectators)
Tornado: Basement concourse and rooms within it

 
Coleman Tennis Complex
Practice
Lightning: Club House.
Tornado: Basement
Events (Players, Staff and Spectators)
Lightning: Club House.
Tornado: Basement
Indoor Facilities
Use indoor facility tornado shelters.

 
Heskett Center
Practice
Tornado: Racquetball hallway, M/W Locker rooms.
Events (Players, Staff and Spectators)
Tornado: Racquetball hallway, M/W Locker rooms.

 
Cross Country
Practice
Lightning: Automobile.
Tornado: Low lying areas or closest tornado shelter
Events (Players, Staff and Spectators)
Lightning: Automobiles. Under tents and trees are not considered a safe shelter
Tornado: Low lying areas or closest tornado shelters.

 
Golf Courses
The severe weather policies of each golf courses on which the team in playing on will be followed. The recommended course of action is to exit the golf course and enter the clubhouse at the first sight of lightning or when tornado sirens sound.

 
Wilkins Stadium
Practice
Lightning: Locker rooms and team room.
Tornado: Heskett Center and WSU police station basement.
Events (Players and Staff)
Lightning: Locker rooms and team room.
Tornado: Heskett Center and WSU police station basement.
Events (Spectators)
Lightning: Automobiles. Under the stadium is not considered a safe shelter.
Tornado: Heskett Center and WSU police station basement.