[EAS] 9-1-1 Outages From Derecho/Windstorm

[Adrienne Abbott]

We get these in the High Deserts of Nevada and the eastern Sierra. Even so,
the problem is that so few people know what a Derecho is and how it
threatens them that there's little value in developing a new "Derecho" code.
You are better off sticking with "SVR" and terms like "straight-line winds"
rather than trying to educate people about Derechos in a warning message. 

Adrienne Abbott
Nevada EAS Chair
Nevada Broadcasters Association

Derechos at their beginning are very difficult to forecast and warn. There
is no warning messages beyond a SVR for a non-tornadic event. But the damage
sustained extreme cases can approximate that of a series of broad long track
EF1 or even EF2 tornados depending on conditions present at any given
location.

MM