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[Kevin P. Inscoe (KE3VIN)]

>From today's comp.risks:

Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:18:42 -0400
From: Robert Crump <rwcrump@comcast.net>
Subject: Warning system failed during fatal tornado

Subtitle: Glitch kept radio station from relaying storm alert
Associated Press, in the *Baltimore Sun*, 23 Jul 2002

According to the National Weather Service, an Emergency Alert System
designed to enable WTOP in Washington DC to forward warnings of
dangerous
weather conditions to small radio stations in up to 28 counties failed
on 28
Apr 2002, just before a deadly tornado struck Southern Maryland.  The
warning was intended for 31 DC-area counties, more than the system was
programmed to accommodate.  The storm system spawned a strong tornado
that
cut through Southern Maryland, causing five deaths, an estimated $120
million in damage and destroying much of downtown La Plata.  [PGN-ed]

~ke3vin
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