New tool in Virginia Beach will track all kinds of severe weather [Video]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The next time event or festival-goers are out and about enjoying the sights, sounds, the Broadwalk or Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach, they might see a new piece of technology around the city known as the Perry Weather Monitoring Station.

According to the City of Virginia Beach website, it is the first city in Hampton Roads to invest in several of these stations to track real-time weather conditions and alert emergency management officials when severe weather threatens the area.

Last year, while concert-goers were lining up for the Something in the Water Festival, the Oceanfront was placed under a tornado warning, with a tornado striking just miles away. This prompted the city to look for additional ways to get weather information.

Andy Booden, the Disaster Response and Recover Project Manager for Virginia Beach, said …