[EAS] NWS Impact Based Warnings

[suzanne at mab.org]

Remember that, aside from EAN, all alert codes are voluntary. We dumped SVRs in Maine last July. It was a blissfully quiet summer, first time in more than 15 years. And the relatively few TOR warnings we receive didn't get lost amid the 25, 30 or more SVRs issued on a given afternoon. The fact that NOAA did not include SVR in its list of CMAS/WEA-actionable events was telling. Work with your state SECC on a rewrite of your state EAS plan. 

-Suzanne Goucher

On Feb 5, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "Mike McCarthy" <towers at mre.com> wrote:

> In severe weather alley (south of the 45th parallel, west of I-75 to the
> mountains and Gulf Coast), it's not uncommon to have cascading severe
> weather events. Especially in the mid to late summer where you can have
> multiple events in a single day.
> 
> When you have SVR WX event after SVR WX event, it gets really old fast. 
> Last year, we had a stretch where my Sage log spanned 4 pages of received
> alerts. I expect the same thing to occur this year.
> 
> MM
> 
>> SBE Chapter One tends to visit the National Weather Service Binghamton
>> (BGM) office each year for a SkyWarn session and the presenter went over
>> some of this with us.  If I recall correctly, they started in a small
>> region last year and are slowly expanding it to make sure it works and
>> scales.
>> 
>> As for message flooding, our local forecast warning office is very
> 
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