[LeArc] Why send WQAD thing when it's same as weather bureau warning from ESDA?

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:41:22 -0600

Which weather messages are sent can be controlled by changing some settings
on the ESDA computer.  But, the system cannot separate the messages by
severity, only by headers.  So the message that today forecasts clear and
sunny has the same header as the one that warns of possible severe weather
tomorrow.  Better to get some extra messages saying the weather is nice than
to miss one saying the opposite.

As far as getting eight messages with old information.  The computer in the
radar room crashed sometime last week.  When I called the ESDA office and
asked for it to be rebooted, there apparently were some old messages backed
up on the system.  It appears they all ended up going out when the system
restarted.  Things like this should not happen often.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nissen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [LeArc] Why send WQAD thing when it's same as weather bureau
warning from ESDA?

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> Good point Don.
>
> Perhaps I am different than anyone else, but I usually only get to check
my
> e-mail in the mornings and sometimes in the evenings. Today I had to wade
> through about 8 messages with the weather as the subject matter that were
> older than dirt for terms of weather.
>
> I find it interesting that none of the messages were earth shattering and
> nothing severe was forecasted, that is of course unless I missed
something.
>
> Would it be possible to filter the thing somehow? I mean after all it is
> winter in Illinois and it gets cold and snows.. I fail to see the need for
> something to read to tell me this.. Now high winds, heavy lighting, and
> possible tornados are another matter.
>
> 73
> Dave de W9COP
> No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message.
> However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Johnson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:23 PM
> Subject: [LeArc] Why send WQAD thing when it's same as weather bureau
> warning from ESDA?
>
>
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Tony Coniglio
> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:05 PM
> > To: LEARC Reflector
> > Subject: [LeArc] WQAD E-WARN : WSWMLI
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > > >From WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000 Weather Center
> > >
> > > WWUS43 KDVN 272247
> > > WSWMLI
> > >
> > > URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
> > > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> > > 418 PM CST MON JAN 27 2003
> > >
> > > ...WINTERY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO IMPACT THE AREA ON
> > > TUESDAY...
> > > .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH
> > > PRECIPITATION FORMING OUT AHEAD OF IT. A SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM 3 TO
> > > 5 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE...WILL ALSO OCCUR AHEAD OF THE
> > > FRONT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THIS WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE
> > > PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN AND SLEET...BUT TEMPERATURES AT THE
> > > SURFACE TUESDAY MORNING WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALSO...THE
> > > GROUND IS FROZEN FROM THE RECENT ARCTIC OUTBREAKS. THUS...THERE IS A
> > > RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. COLDER AIR
> > > WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
> > > ALLOWING THE RAIN TO SWITCH OVER TO A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW AND
> > > SLEET...EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE RISING TO...OR JUST
> > > ABOVE FREEZING. THE FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON
> > > TOP OF LIGHTLY GLAZED SURFACES...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
> > > CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. THUS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
> > > ISSUED.
> > >
> > > A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
> > > CONDITIONS INCLUDING LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN
> > > AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. THE WEATHER WILL BE A NUISANCE, BUT TRAVEL
> > > STILL POSSIBLE, IF YOU ARE CAREFUL.
> > >
> > >
> > > IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
> > > 281000-
> > > BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-
> > > DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-
> > > JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL- MUSCATINE
> > > IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL- WASHINGTON
> > > IA-WHITESIDE IL- SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...STERLING...ROCK
> > > ISLAND...PRINCETON... MOUNT
> > > CARROLL...MOLINE...KEWANEE...GALENA...FREEPORT...ALEDO...
> > > WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...VINTON...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...MUSCATINE...
> > > MARENGO...MAQUOKETA...MANCHESTER...IOWA CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
> > > DUBUQUE...DAVENPORT...CLINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...BETTENDORF...
> > > ANAMOSA...MONMOUTH AND WASHINGTON MILLS
> > >
> > > ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY...
> > > FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING TUESDAY MORNING
> > > THROUGH MIDDAY. THEN THE RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AND SOME
> > > SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
> > > 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING.
> > > SOME LOCATIONS FROM CLINTON...TO MOUNT CARROLL...TO NORTH OF
> > > PRINCETON ILLINOIS MAY EXPERIENCE 2 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
> > > BY MID TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE THE SNOW EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
> > > OTHER AREAS FROM IOWA CITY...TO WEST OF DUBUQUE...MAY RECEIVE ONLY
> > > AN INCH OR LESS.
> > >
> > > $$
> > >
> > > 12
> > >
> > >
> > > WWWW
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> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
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