[EAS] NWS event criteria change?

[Tim Stoffel]

Government thinking at its very best.
This truly qualifies as idotic, given the nature of all other NWS events.
What do we do to stop this from becoming policy?

Tim Stoffel

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The following is a an except from this morning's local WFO AFD.

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....This event absolutely does
not fit the conceptual model of a warning worthy snowfall event locally, so given the expected very long duration of the event and primarily light to moderate snowfall accumulation rates, we`re opting to upgrade the winter storm watch to a winter weather advisory.

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