How Weather Announcements Will Be Made
- SchoolCast messages to students and staff by phone voicemail, cellphone text, and email.
- You will be emailed instructions for signing up for SchoolCast early in your first semester. Keep your contact information up to date! More information: http://www.nacc.edu//faculty-and-staff/nacc-alert-system.
- Radio and television
The following stations carry NACC announcements:
Radio:
- WQSB/WAVU 105.1 FM Albertville
- WTWX 95.9 Arab/Guntersville
- WQEN 103.7 FM Gadsden/B’ham
- WRSA 96.9 Huntsville
- WKEA 98.3 FM Scottsboro
- WKEA 1480 AM Scottsboro
- WWIC 1050 AM Scottsboro
- WZCT 1330 AM Scottsboro
Television:
- WHNT Ch 19 Huntsville
- WAAY Ch 31 Huntsville
- WAFF Ch 48 Huntsville
- WZDX Ch 54 Huntsville
- WRCB Ch 3 Chattanooga
- WTVC Ch 9 Chattanooga
- WDEF Ch 12 Chattanooga
- PA system on campus if classes are affected immediately. If these do NOT make a weather announcement about Northeast, assume that classes WILL meet at the regular time. For current National Weather Service information and severe weather statements (not NACC announcements), go to: http://www.srh. noaa.gov/hun/ Safe Zones for Use During Storm Warnings. Take cover in the nearest safe zone when a storm warning is announced via PA system or NACC Alert (SchoolCast). All onestory buildings and Knox will evacuate to safe zones in two-story buildings. Those near the new Math Science Engineering Building (MT) will use its Storm Shelter.
All two-story buildings except Knox have a safe zone inside them as listed below. If people prefer to leave these safe zones and go to the MT Storm Shelter they can do so, but it will be at their own risk.
- AX Annex MT Storm Shelter
- BE Campbell Business Ed Bldg Rooms 100 and 110 and east hallway
- EN English Bldg MT Storm Shelter
- GY Beck Health and Fine Arts\Gym Downstairs rear hallway
- HE Health Ed Bldg Rooms 110 and 106 and downstairs east hallway
- IC Industry Training Ctr/Alabama Room 101 or MT Storm Career Ctr Shelter
- IS Industrial Systems Technology If time allows, MT Storm Bldg Shelter; if not, center hallway away from doors
- KX Knox Science Bldg MT Storm Shelter
- LI Library/Word Learning Audio-Visual Room 101 and Resources Ctr Distance Learning Room 102
- LY Tom Bevill Lyceum Front vestibule between lobby and auditorium, closing all doors; green room, rehearsal room, dressing rooms at the back of the stage, restrooms in lobby, east corridor; or move to Pendley Bldg rear hallway
- MT Math Science Engineering MT Storm Shelter Tech Bldg.
- PA Pendley Admin Bldg Downstairs rear hallway and break room
- SI Salon Institute Offices, break room, and hallway
- SC Student Center MT Storm Shelter
- SS Social Science Bldg. MT Storm Shelter
- TC Tech Bldg Move to WD Bldg Room 132
- WA Wallace Admin Bldg MT Storm Shelter
- WD Workforce Development Bldg Room 132
Restrooms without glass qualify as safe zones but should be the last choice for shelter because they should remain available for use as restrooms.
Message to NACC Students
from Dr. David Campbell, President:
Inclement weather may sometimes determine whether or not the college will be open. Northeast personnel have a number of sources of information available to decide if the college should be closed due to icy roads and snow and will be monitoring weather conditions very carefully.
CLOSINGS: If the college is to be closed for day classes, this information will be sent to student and staff email and phones by SCHOOLCAST. Information also will be provided to LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS so that they might give notification by no later than 6:30 a.m. If the college is to be closed for evening classes, this information will be made available to the media for release no later than 4:00 p.m. Decisions to close will be made and released at the earliest possible time.
DELAYS: Depending on highway conditions, on some occasions the college may have a LATE OPENING. It may, for example, be announced that the college will open at 10:00 a.m. Under these circumstances students would go directly to their normally scheduled 10:00 a.m. class and follow the rest of the day’s schedule.
If there is NO SchoolCast or media announcement for a specific date, assume that classes WILL meet at the regular time.
EMERGENCIES: In the event of an announced weather warning during classes, the college will evacuate classrooms to safe areas.
Be mindful that weather conditions in Northeast Alabama can change very quickly and that our students come from a diverse geographic area. On some occasions road conditions in most locations of our service area may be fine, but dangerous in a few isolated places. Therefore, when inclement weather occurs, please use caution and your best judgment in deciding whether to drive to Northeast or not. Your safety and that of our staff is our number one concern.