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Weather
Radio 2000
...the voice of the National
Weather Service |
| "NOAA Weather
Radio 2000" is a term referring to the
latest round of changes and advances in the National
Weather Service's weather radio program associated with the NWS'
Modernization efforts. Some of the changes taking place that
will mean better service to the public are: |
The
El Paso Area NWS
NOAA Weather Radio Program |
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The El Paso National Weather
Service office operates two transmitter sites in Far West Texas
and Southern New Mexico. The NWS NOAA Weather Radio broadcast
is the FASTEST most DIRECT
source of official weather forecast and warning information for
these areas. Click here to find information on local listening
and warning areas, SAME codes, and programming content. |
| The National Weather
Service's NOAA Weather Radio Program |
Fast Facts: about NWR
- NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is provided as a public
service by the Department of Commerce's (DoC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches,
forecasts and other hazard information 24
hours a day.
- Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone feature can
turn themselves on and and sound an
alert, giving immediate information about life
threatening situations.
- There are more than 450 NOAA Weather
Radio stations in the 50 states and near adjacent
coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S.
Pacific Territories.
- Broadcast rance from a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter is
approximately 40 miles.
- NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts watches
when conditions are favorable for severe weather, and warnings
when the occurence of severe weather is imminent.
- Did you know...that the audio you hear on the local cable
channel is typically a rebroadcast
of NOAA Weather Radio?
- Weather radios come in many sizes and with a variety of
functions and costs; from simple battery-operated portables, to
CB radios, scanners, and short wave sets.
- NOAA Weather Radios are available at electronics
stores across the county.
- SAME (Specific Area
Message Encoding) technology, a new feature in the NWR system,
will let listeners pre-select the NWS alerts they want to
receive, based on the county where they live.
- NOAA Weather Radio is beginning a program that will turn
written words into quality synthesized-voice broadcasts,
significantly reducing the time it takes to get watch and
warning information to the public.
- The goal of the National Weather Service and other emergency
preparedness agencies is to expand the reach of weather radio
broadcasts to 95 percent
of the U.S. population.
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Meet Mark Trail...legendary
comic strip character. He is the official spokesperson for NOAA
Weather Radio. Mark has taught generations of
Americans about life in the outdoors. The strip,
syndicated by King Features in 175 newspapers nationwide, is written
and drawn by Jack Elrod. |
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