Being here in Oklahoma for the last few years has allowed me to brush up on my meteorology a bit. I have found two websites provide really current weather: intellicast.com and wunderground.com (Weather Underground). Also, spend considerable time watching "Old People's MTV", the Weather Channel. You can learn a ton about them. I like tracking the storms on the Internet sites I mentioned. I agree with Blast about getting a weather radio. You may not be able to understand the voices sometimes but at least the fact that it went off should be a clue that something is up.

Just my thoughts