[EAS] NWS starts sending WEA for destructive thunderstorms next week

[Dave Kline]

This is why I shut off SVRs for my station. Too many alerts originated for the same storm as it moved across county lines and no specific information about the the actual threat, if any.
Thunderstorms, in and of themselves, are not the concern. Rather it is the other weather events that may (or may not) be triggered. And pretty much all of these events have their own specific warning. And if they don't, why not?
Thunderstorms should be dropped from the warning system as they do not specify the nature of the threat. If a thunderstorm spins up a tornado, or causes flash flooding, use those alerts when appropriate.
SVR?? Do I go to the basement or seek higher ground? The granularity of a tornado or flash flood warning offers suggestions for the correct protective measures one should take.
SVRs alone do nothing in the way of telling us what is going on. They only add to the increased potential that people will opt out of as many alerts as possible.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 6:28 AM <tpt at sevenrangesradio.com> wrote:
>Not unusual to have a chain of EAS alerts this time of year when fronts pass. Usually individual storms will pop up out of the front, then rain out in a couple of miles.

>We'll see if this get to the point of turning off the phone every time a system comes through.

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