[EAS] Watches set to siren

[JACOB WIESE]

Well this incident was a number of years ago haven't had many real
activation's since that i can recall to compare against but the ones i
can were quickly activated the warning text always said "radar confirmed".
(which i think means the computer made and auto disseminated the warning. right?)

During the event i was in contact with friends in other portions of the cnty
and they said "no sirens here".

As far as the spotters go, i have never had a conversation with them but they are
real unkempt with their on-air procedures. (much bad opinion their that i can go into
but i will not rant.) but their report must have been deemed credible by nws because
the warning i recall stated that the source was spotter confirmed and was issued
about five mins after hearing the spotter on the repeater.

>"round these parts, the weather spotters report in to someone at NWS.
>A bit of filtering then happens.
>It takes two independent spotter reports from known reliable spotters to confirm
> and sound sirens.
>(Not everyone that spots is reliable.)
>
>But yeah. That seems extreme.
>Was it just the siren in your area?
>Could you hear other distant sirens, if there are any.
>
>I used to be involved in the annual siren testing.
>Out of 60+ sirens, four or five might not fire off on the first try.
>One or two then didn't go on try # 2 either.
>
>Kind of like EAS. That's why we test.
>
>Dave
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>Dave Kline   UNO-TV/Mav Radio/KVNO
>University of Nebraska at Omaha
>6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE  68182  CPACS 200

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