twarner
EF0
Mike Smith up a point about NWR that I wanted to expand on but didn't want to hijack another thread.
I believe that the NWS "Stormed Based" warning system is actually a step back as far as weather radios. I'm sure many can remember the weather radio before they had SAME codes. Continuious alerts all night for storms moving through counties in and around you all through the night. You were either be sleep deprived or you turned it off.
The NWS basically has taken a step back to these old days with the "Storm Based" alert system. There were times when there were multiple warnings out for the county (but wouldn't be relevant for your area). Then you would be subjected to a reissue of these warnings when they move into another portion of the county (that were not relevant).
I had a relative that I gave one of my old weather radios (w/SAME) who finally turned it off due to the excessive mounts of non-relevant warnings. One night I even turned it off because I believe the risk was low and got tire of it going off for marginal svr storms that were not going to affect me.
I suppose the "Storm Based" alert system overall is a good step forward for Emergency Managers and for certain segments of the population. But it would seem that there needs to be an advancement in the weather radio that knows your location and whether you are in the warning box.(either you pre-program you Lat/Lon) or has some type of internal GPS.
2nd I think the local NWS service needs to rethink how it issue their warnings. At times it seemed like they would be issuing 3 successive warnings for 1 storm as it moved through the county. I think that it would be better to issue 1 warning for those portion of the county that are being affected and for those they believe will be affected by this storm - especially when they know that a majority of people are likely asleep.
The problem with the $20 NWR is that it quickly ends up in the trash due to all of the overnight warnings that don't pertain to or of no interest to the user.
I believe that the NWS "Stormed Based" warning system is actually a step back as far as weather radios. I'm sure many can remember the weather radio before they had SAME codes. Continuious alerts all night for storms moving through counties in and around you all through the night. You were either be sleep deprived or you turned it off.
The NWS basically has taken a step back to these old days with the "Storm Based" alert system. There were times when there were multiple warnings out for the county (but wouldn't be relevant for your area). Then you would be subjected to a reissue of these warnings when they move into another portion of the county (that were not relevant).
I had a relative that I gave one of my old weather radios (w/SAME) who finally turned it off due to the excessive mounts of non-relevant warnings. One night I even turned it off because I believe the risk was low and got tire of it going off for marginal svr storms that were not going to affect me.
I suppose the "Storm Based" alert system overall is a good step forward for Emergency Managers and for certain segments of the population. But it would seem that there needs to be an advancement in the weather radio that knows your location and whether you are in the warning box.(either you pre-program you Lat/Lon) or has some type of internal GPS.
2nd I think the local NWS service needs to rethink how it issue their warnings. At times it seemed like they would be issuing 3 successive warnings for 1 storm as it moved through the county. I think that it would be better to issue 1 warning for those portion of the county that are being affected and for those they believe will be affected by this storm - especially when they know that a majority of people are likely asleep.