[EAS] Announcements

[Ed Czarnecki]

Which is why the NWS petitioned for the Extreme Wind Warning and Storm Surge
warning codes to be added.  Short fuse events, related to the longer fuse
hurricane situation.  One could expect EWW, SSW to be generated from a major
hurricane, along with a large number of Flash Flood Warnings.  TOR warnings
as well, as they occur.

If the EWW and SSW warnings start to be issued with a longer fuse, or a
significant number of them in succession, then they'll likely end up not
being auto-forwarded like so many other weather event codes.  Storm surge
watches are currently issued for the North Carolina coast due to the
oncoming Hurricane.  These will likely turn to SSWs in advance of the storm.

EAS and WEA are still very useful tools for short fuse warnings.  Or were
supposed to be.  

Of personal experience, I am still mindful of the derecho storm several
years ago, that knocked my entire neighborhood out of power for over 12
days.  In the middle of that 12 day period, cell phone towers ceased working
(out of backup power), but came back up a few days later.  Basically were
living off of FM/AM radio, and a barbeque grill in the backyard, for almost
2 weeks.  No WEA, no mobile apps, no web apps, no video services.  Just the
radio.

 

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

Well...the Extreme Wind message would fit into that short fuse category. 
Though I would agree that message is also generally issued in advance of
the event. Unlike tornado, flash flood, and other "as it is happening"
events.

We used to forward the Blizzard warnings until the NWS started issuing