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Tropical Storm Imelda Forms; Another Round of Heavy Rain and Potential Flooding in the Southwest

Tropical Storm Imelda has formed near the Bahamas Sunday afternoon, and continues to bring heavy rainfall. The risk of significant wind impacts from Imelda along the Southeast coast are decreasing. Another round of showers and storms with a heavy rain and flash flood threat will continue in the Southwest through Monday morning. Read More >

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NWWS User Options for Alerts and Warnings

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Various Alert Receivers

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

Used to
receive the local  EAS

RCA AlertGuard TV

 

 

NWR built-in

 

 

Auto-tune to Channel Broadcast

Yes;
English
and
Spanish
text and voice;
tone alert, and
channel switch
to selected
weather
channel for more information.

NOAA Weather Radio  (NWR) Receivers  (162.400 MHz – 162.550 MHz)

 

 

7-frequencies; Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) within 40 miles of NWR tower

 

 

 

Yes; can activate
flashers and
bed shakers
for critical
alerts and warnings .

NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) over computer

XMPP Software and filter

Novra DVB-S2 Satellite Receiver system;

C-band  1.8m dish or larger

 

Some software has the capability to send e-mail notifications upon receipt of particular message type or outage.

Some software has the capability to call a number when a particular product is received.

 

Yes;
some
software has
the capability  for a tone
alert for
product receipt or system outages.

Commercial Telephone Applications

Depends on software

There may be a service fee or cost

Depends on software

Depends on software

Depends on software

 

Yes

Commercial Software Applications

There may be a service fee or cost

There may be a service fee or cost

Depends on software

 

 

 

 

Yes

iPhone/Android

There may be a service fee or cost

There may be a service fee or cost

Depends on software

Depends on software

Depends on software

 

Yes

Blackberry

There may be a service fee or cost

There may be a service fee or cost

Depends on software

 

Depends on software

Depends on software

 

Yes

Personal Computers

(other software/ applications)

NWWS-OI, NWS FTP Anonymous, other applications

NWWS-PID201, EMWIN; other satellite applications for GOES products.  May require a satellite dish.

Depends on software

Depends on software

Depends on software

 

 

Yes

 

See DISSEMINATION for other available options

 

 

 

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