MB...Look on your local tv stations website. They may offer weather bulletins to be sent to your cellphone. I know mine does. I can get emergency warnings sent as text messages to my cellphone if I wanted to do that so you may want to sign up for that service. Its free.
You could at least get the emergency warnings of where the tornados or hurricanes are down in the area.
A good weather radio or crank radio/tv is a good idea too. I think I saw one at Pennys not too long ago.
