[EAS] Event Codes SVS and DSW

[Ed Czarnecki]

A statement is not intended to be a warning, and vice versa.   In the list
of EAS event codes, I noted that SVE appears twice in the list (and I'm not
sure this is a recent change):

Severe Weather Statement - SVS - Operational
Snow Squall Warning - SVS - Operational

This is problematic, because Part 11 (at 11.31(e) ) specifies that SVS is a
"Severe Weather Statement."  So NWS needs to go to FCC to petition a change
in event code, or petition for a new event code.

Stations generally are not going to air "statements" even if they were
disposed to airing a snow squall warning.

Can anyone from NWS monitoring the list clarify?

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Tim Stoffel

I think DSW is a current code. I have seen it used here in Nevada.

SVS?

Where do we draw the line at how many things have to be warned against? (And
yes, I lived in snow squall country for nearly 13 years. It's a normal,