Category: emergency alert system
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Today’s Severe Weather Awareness Week topic covers a couple of ways of receiving warning information – NOAA Weather Radio and mobile alert apps. We have always advocated for having multiple ways to receive warnings, as no one solution is fool-proof or immune from dissemination issues. Weather radio is the voice of the National Weather Service.…
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Midland WR-120 Weather Radio Weather radio is the voice of the National Weather Service. It provides continuous weather information 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The nationwide network of weather radio stations provides the public with the fastest most reliable source of up-to-date weather information directly from the National Weather Service. You…
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…NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM… SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES. TODAY WE WILL FOCUS ON WEATHER RADIO… AND THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. WEATHER RADIO IS THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IT PROVIDES CONTINUOUS WEATHER INFORMATION 24 HOURS A DAY… EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THE NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF WEATHER RADIO STATIONS PROVIDES THE PUBLIC…
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On Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 PM CST, a first-of-its-kind nationwide test will be conducted in order to fully test the Emergency Alert System. The following statement comes from FEMA: As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our country and communities safe during emergencies, we’re working in partnership with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…
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