Weather Alert Radio - Do You Understand the Alert Terminology?
You've purchased a Weather Alert Radio but do you know and understand the Alert terminology broadcast by the National Weather service (Nws)? It is foremost to understand the terminology used for severe weather alerts broadcast by the Nws. This record will briefly relate the broadly used terms of Outlook, Watch, Advisory, Warning, and special Weather Statement.
Lions, And Tigers, And Bears. Oh My!
Dorothy had only a few items to worry about on her trip through Oz. Unfortunately, we have a few more; thunderstorms, wild fires, hurricanes, freeze warnings, snow storms, white outs, fog, rip tides, rain storms, Uv Alerts, small craft advisory, lake wind advisory, and flooding to name a few. As an urgency service The National Weather service broadcasts special Weather Alerts from their network of radio stations throughout the Us and Canada. Since you purchased a Weather Band Radio, you realize common Am Fm radios will not receive these broadcasts and we must use radios which receive the weather bands.
Outlook
The hazardous weather outlook is issued twice daily at 7 Am and Noon. These broadcasts wise up us on the potential for severe weather, hydrological situation or other event driven situations during the upcoming seven days.
Watch
The Watch is Broadcast in strengthen to warn the listener of the potential for hazardous weather, hydrological situation, or other event driven problems. The event location or timing will be uncertain but provides us with sufficient timing to make plans, or put urgency plans in motion. In other words, Watch means the hazard is possible, but not imminent, and you are strongly urged to keep listening.
Advisory
The Advisory alerts the listening public to conditions which will cause needful inconvenience is imminent or likely to occur. We are advised to be cautious to avoid injury, death or loss of property. The Advisory is less serious than a Warning.
Warning
A Warning alerts us to hazardous conditions that are "imminent" or highly likely. The Nws is Warning us of area definite conditions that pose a threat to life and property and we must take immediate action. The duration of these alerts are regularly short termed, one or two hours.
Special Weather Statement
The special Weather Statements are broadcast when rare or unusual events as they are occurring. This regularly happens for a sudden convert in conditions within a definite area and you may be at risk or in danger.
Summary
When traveling or staying at home you need to have a weather alert radio to keep abreast of changing conditions. Your Am Fm radio does Not have entrance to the seven weather bands used by the Nws to alert the public. The two most foremost terms you should remember when listening to a broadcast is Watch and Warning. A Watch is advising you to be alerted to conditions for the possibility of severe weather, flash flooding, or other emergency. A Warning is issued by the Nws when the hazardous event has been observed by trained individuals or public officials or detected by radar. You are warned to take operation immediately to protect life and property.
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