EAS Event Codes in Use by the National Weather Service Quad Cities

Effective 2/1/07
   EAS /
NWR-SAME Code		  In Use by
NWS Quad Cities
Weather Related Events  
Blizzard Warning BZW Yes
Coastal Flood Watch CFA n/a
Coastal Flood Warning CFW n/a
Dust Storm Warning DSW Yes
Flash Flood Watch FFA Yes
Flash Flood Warning FFW Yes
Flash Flood Statement FFS Yes
Flood Watch FLA No
Flood Warning FLW Yes
Flood Statement FLS No
High Wind Watch HWA Yes
High Wind Warning HWW Yes
Hurricane Watch HUA n/a
Hurricane Warning HUW n/a
Hurricane Statement HLS n/a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch SVA Yes
Severe Thunderstorm Warning SVR Yes
Severe Weather Statement SVS Yes
Special Marine Warning SMW n/a
Special Weather Statement SPS No
Tornado Watch TOA Yes
Tornado Warning TOR Yes
Tropical Storm Watch TRA n/a
Tropical Storm Warning TRW n/a
Tsunami Watch TSA n/a
Tsunami Warning TSW n/a
Winter Storm Watch WSA No
Winter Storm Warning WSW Yes
Non-Weather Related Events
Emergency Action Notification EAN Yes
Avalanche Watch AVA n/a
Avalanche Warning AVW n/a
Child Abduction Emergency CAE Yes
Civil Danger Warning CDW Yes (IA,IL,WI only)
Civil Emergency Message CEM Yes
Earthquake Warning EQW Yes (IL,WI only)
Evacuation Immediate EVI Yes (IL,WI only)
Fire Warning FRW Yes (IL,WI only)
Hazardous Materials Warning HMW Yes (IL,WI only)
Law Enforcement Warning LEW Yes (IL,WI only)
Local Area Emergency LAE Yes (IL,WI only)
911 Telephone Outage Emergency TOE Yes (IA,IL,WI only)
Nuclear Power Plant Warning NUW Yes (IA,IL,WI only)
Radiological Hazard Warning RHW Yes (IL,WI only)
Shelter in Place Warning SPW Yes (IL,WI only)
Volcano Warning VOW n/a
Administrative Events
Administrative Message ADR Yes
Practice/Demo Warning DMO No
Required Monthly Test RMT No
Required Weekly Test RWT Yes
 

 

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