Gwinnett Daily Post

SUGAR HILL -- Sugar Hill residents can now sign up to receive weather alerts via text and email.

The city recently announced the service, which will relay local alerts from the National Weather Service to registered users. In order to receive the texts, emails or both, interested residents must read a disclaimer posted on Sugar Hill's website -- www.cityofsugarhill.com -- and complete a form before turning it in at Sugar Hill City Hall.

The form must be signed and returned in person to be processed. Registrants should allow up to 30 days for the information to be processed.

The offering comes on the heels of Sugar Hill activating a series of severe weather sirens throughout the city. When residents hear those sirens, they are urged to seek shelter and listen to the radio or TV for updates on the active severe weather action.

Those sirens are also connected to the National Weather Service.