Storm Warnings By Radio 

Release Date: June 10, 2002
Release Number: 1410-61

» More Information on West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

Beckley, WV --Seconds save lives! Public safety experts recommend that every home have a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio receiver. These receivers are equipped with a special alarm tone feature that can sound an alert and give you immediate information about a life-threatening situation. Enough bells and whistles to get your attention when most needed.

During an emergency, National Weather Service forecasters will interrupt routine weather radio programming and send out the special tone that activates weather radios in the listening area. Officials of NOAA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and West Virginia Office of Emergency Services agree - the receivers should be standard equipment in every home. NOAA Weather Radio now broadcasts warning and post-event information for all types of hazards. Weather radios are especially valuable in flood-prone West Virginia.

Through the NOAA Weather Radio, you'll receive emergency information, around-the-clock weather reports and information to help you prepare for the day ahead. The hearing-and-visually impaired also can get these warnings by connecting weather radios with alarm tones to other kinds of attention-getting devices such as strobe lights, pagers, bed-shakers, personal computers and text printers. NOAA Weather Radio will advise you of emergency conditions whether at home, at work, traveling, on vacation or at play.

The cost of a NOAA Weather Radio is less than that of a new pair of shoes. You can own a special weather radio that provides instant access to the same weather reports and emergency information meteorologists and emergency personnel use - information that can save your life.

To purchase a NOAA Weather Radio, check with stores that sell electronics or call the National Weather Service office closest to you. More information is available through the Weather Service's NOAA Weather Radio Web Site: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr.

Last Modified: Tuesday, 26-Aug-2003 16:58:19