[EAS] Good News from NWS!

[Mike McCarthy]

In the case here with message flooding, it's usually quilts of warning 
polygon's ultimately encompassing multiple warnings for the same 
county(ies) during the same progressing event(s). If the NWS knows an 
event is going to maintain strength as it progresses across a whole 
county, then issue one warning for that(those) county(ies) end to end.

NWS needs to recognize that multiple SVR's, FFW's and TOR's covering the 
same county (subdivisions not withstanding) for the same event will 
drive the cry wolf syndrome that much faster.  Especially at night when 
radios go off incessantly as progressively linear events cross the area 
and the NWS issues 5 warnings each covering partial counties.

I wish our WCM would understand that. And since few radio stations carry 
NWS messages here, that's not going to change unless the TV's and EMA's 
step up and make the same argument.

MM

On 11/10/2012 12:11 AM, Richard Rudman wrote:
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> The Broadcast Warning Working Group received word today that NWS after responding to us regarding our Open Letter*, they sent a copy to all of their Warning Coordination Meteorologists (WCM's).
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> We are looking forward to getting feedback from NWS on reactions to the Open Letter from NWS in Silver Spring, MD and from local WCM's.
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> Please stay tuned.
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> Richard Rudman
> Core BWWG Member
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> * [http://eas.radiolists.net/the-bwwgs-open-letter-to-the-national-weather-service/ ]
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