[EAS] concerning the request for new weather Event Codes

[Mike McCarthy]

SPS's serve the purpose of general event advisement and update which does
not meet the thresholds of a warning....be it winter or summer.  It's a
generic coverall product which I think fits the bill just where it's at.

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On Fri, July 8, 2016 2:56 pm, Lowell Kiesow wrote:
> I like where this discussion is going.  Maybe NWS should consider using
> the SPS event code (Special Weather Statement) for short-fused weather
> warnings that are appropriate wider area dissemination via broadcast by
> radio, TV, and cable.  SPS is a code that doesn't seem to have any real
> use otherwise.  That would allow broadcasters to filter other weather
> codes that have a tendency to be too geographically narrow.