[EAS] Partial County Alerts

[timothy.schott at noaa.gov]

Please see the "Partial County boundaries for NWR and EAS" for the four WFOs (Duluth, Glasgow, Rapid City, Tucson) which implemented Partial County Alerting some time ago. This web page includes current, operational shape files used by the NWS.

https://www.weather.gov/gis/NWRPartialCounties

A decision to implement this change for Clark County will occur only after the Public Comment Period is closed and decisions are made by key stakeholders in Clark County and Nevada, to include the State Emergency Communications Committee. If the decision is made to move this into NWS operations, the shape files associated with the finalized, agreed-upon boundaries will then be posted to the web page.

A description of the proposed initiative for Clark County is provided at:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/pns20-55vef_pca.pdf

-- Dan Berc
   Warning Coordination Meteorologist, WFO Las Vegas

-- Tim Schott
   Meteorologist, NWS Headquarters
   NWS national lead on Partial County Alerting for NWR and EAS
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