[EAS] Making a better alerting system

[Mike McCarthy]

Subdividing counties around here would result in never ending SVR
warnings.  The local WFO issues warnings for portions of up to 6 counties
regularly.  And often, they only extend the polygon to a projected time of
arrival during the warning period. Which means some counties only see a
portion covered and will see two or three successive warnings covering any
number of what would be 3, 5, or 9 subdivisions. Which is just ridiculous.

Subdividing counties below a certain size is asking for a mutiny of the
local AHJ's, media and the public at large as they attempt to sort out
those (screwball) subdivisions.

Any county less than 4000 sq. miles (or 63 miles on a side) should not be
fully subdivided unless there is a mountain range or other significant
geographic/geologic feature which makes such a natural demarcation or
other extenuating circumstance dictating such division plausible and not
confusing to the public.

MM

On Thu, July 27, 2017 3:38 pm, Dave Kline wrote:
> I'm sure management would just love to have multi[le alerts in the same
> county for the same storm.
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> Dave Kline
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