[Skywarn] I am new to skywarn [DKIM verified]

Tue Nov 17 16:16:21 EST 2015

Bradley is correct, but be cautious with these.  Most of them alert you
based upon the tower you are pinging off of, and not your exact Lat/Lon.  I
live on the border of North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.  My Verizon
Mobile Android device routinely gives me warnings, watches, and AMBER alerts
from Georgia because I am pinging off a tower in Mineral Bluff, GA, about 5
miles from my home as the crow flies.

Kevin Heyboer KD4UYR

AEC Cherokee County NCARES

Southwest Carolina SKYWARN Net Manager

http://www.cherokee-ares.net

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From: Bradly McGarr - Mobile [mailto:brad at mcgarr.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:18 AM
To: Kevin Heyboer; 'Jackie Olson'; skywarn at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Skywarn] I am new to skywarn [DKIM verified]

There are also smart phone apps to help you keep on top of alerts. I have
only an Android phone but I know there are similar ones for iOS. AlertsPro
is but one, and Google Now has this built in. I like having the weather
radio but I always have my phone with me.

Brad McGarr, KE0BWU
Director of Communications and Safety,
Rocky Mountain Medical Reserve Corps of Colorado
NWS Boulder Skywarn Spotter

On November 17, 2015 8:05:23 AM MST, Kevin Heyboer <k.heyboer at verizon.net>
wrote:

First and foremost, you need to purchase a NOAA All-Hazards SAME encoded

weather radio.  They only cost between 25 and 35 dollars.  Make sure you get

one with Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME).  You can program them to

only alert you for selected watches and warnings in your county, and or

adjacent counties.  They sound an audible alarm, visible text alert, and

verbal statement of the warning in its entirety.  You can buy these from

Wal-Mart and most electronics stores.  I have a Midland model 102EZ, which

is very easy to program and has a backup battery in case the electric power

fails.  You can find the proper channel (1-7) for your area by going to your

local Weather Service Forecast Office web page and following the links to

Weather Radio.

The NWS will send an alert tone for Tornado Watches and Warnings, Severe

Thunderstorm Watches and Warnings, Flash Flood Warnings, Civil Emergency

Messages, Child Abduction Emergencies, Blizzard and Ice Storm Warnings, and

any other message with the header BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED.  The

alarm is quite loud and will awaken you even in the deep of sleep.

I am not sure where you are located JLO, but I live in the Great Smoky

Mountains.  I received television via satellite, so my so-called "local" TV

stations are in Chattanooga, TN, some 65 miles away and in another state.

There is no provision for DirecTV to provide EAS alerts or have an auto turn

on feature for your TV like some cable systems provide.  Without my weather

radio, I would likely not receive any alerts in a timely manner.  Our county

is over 900 square miles, and there is one tornado siren located in the

county seat of Murphy, 12.5 miles from where I live.

Kevin Heyboer KD4UYR

AEC Cherokee County NCARES

Southwest Carolina SKYWARN Net Manager

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Olson

Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 9:38 PM

To: skywarn at mailman.qth.net

Subject: [Skywarn] I am new to skywarn

Hello, 

I am new to Skywarn. I  I set up a weather station a few years ago after

attending a FEMA/NOAA
training session several years ago at the Armory near

Paine Field.  I was on NOAA weather watch, but haven't received any warnings

during the wind storms and flooding of last week.  It was very helpful as I

plan an after school care program where I teach; and, like most people in

the northwest I commute across several major rivers.

 I am wondering if anyone can tell me how to get back on the NOAA weather

watch. I thought Skywarn was part of the NOAA program, but maybe it isn't? 

Thank you, 

JLO

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