[EAS] concerning the request for new weather Event Codes

[Mike McCarthy]

Tim,

I very much appreciate you posting this here. Appreciate if I could
suggest a couple things ex-parte.

On the Extreme Wind Warning, I see this alert as being highly applicable
to mountain valleys and peaks where similarly high winds also often occur
during winter weather events. Sometimes with great short fuse ferocity.

I could also see this as an applicable event code to inland designated
maritime areas, particularly on the Great Lakes. While winds on the Great
Lakes rarely exceed 90 Knots, the current crop of marine codes lacks a
similar extreme wind event code for those areas which would be above the
Special Marine (short fuse 50 Knots), Gale, and top end Storm Warnings.

With that in mind, limiting the alert to coastal land areas would be an
incomplete use of the event code.  Particularly for public safety people
with responsibilities in those areas.

Just something to consider.

Cheers...

Mike McCarthy
Chicago

On Tue, June 21, 2016 11:19 am, Tim Schott - NWS Federal wrote:
> Here is some additional information on the NWS request for three new EAS
> Event Codes.
>
> 1) Concerning the Extreme Wind Warning.  It is issued in association with
> major hurricanes, generally a few hours prior to the onset of extreme
> (111 mph or greater) sustained wind speeds.  While rarely issued, it
> alerts the public to take last and final protective actions just prior to
> the onset of the strongest, most damaging core of extreme winds.
>
> 2) Concerning the future Storm Surge Watch and Warning.  The Watch
> (generally with 36 hours) and the Warning (generally within 24 hours) is
> issued for the danger of life-threatening inundation from rising water
> moving inland (in association with a tropical, subtropical, or
> post-tropical cyclone.)   The majority of the deaths attributed to the
> deadliest tropical cyclone events in U.S. history were from storm surge.
> The most recent example is Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy in 2012, with
> extreme inundation along the New Jersey and New York coastlines.
>
> Tim Schott
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