GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — It's Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin—a good time to prepare for weather-related threats like tornadoes, thunderstorms and flooding. There will be statewide drills to help neighbors prepare with sirens sounding at 1:45 PM and then again at 6:45 PM.

Wisconsin residents may hear tornado sirens twice Thursday afternoon and evening, as part of the annual statewide tornado drill. The National Weather Service said in a statement the drill will go on despite cloudy skies and the chance for rain, noting the chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening is "little to none."

Tornado sirens sounded in Minnesota and Wisconsin at 1:45 p.m. CDT on Thursday and will sound again at 6:45 p.m. CDT.