...TORNADO AND SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IS APRIL 18-22...
...TODAY/S TOPIC...PART 1...NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...
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NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS NOT ONLY PROVIDES YOU WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST
AND WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR YOUR AREA...IT CAN ALSO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
THE WEATHER RADIO IS THE SMOKE DETECTOR OF THE WEATHER WORLD. EVERY
YEAR PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE SAVED BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED A
TIMELY WARNING FROM A NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

IN ADDITION...A NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY CAN POTENTIALLY BE TONE-ALERTED
ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS NETWORK. THIS IS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE 
ALL-HAZARDS CONCEPT THAT THE WEATHER RADIO HAS EVOLVED INTO.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS BROADCASTS WEATHER AND HAZARD INFORMATION FOR
EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES 24 HOURS A DAY. CURRENTLY OVER 900
WEATHER RADIOS ARE IN OPERATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BROADCASTS ARE
MADE OVER SEVEN CHANNELS...EACH COVERING A THREE TO SEVEN COUNTY
AREA. THE FREQUENCY RANGE FOR THE SEVEN CHANNELS IS CENTERED AROUND
162.450 MHZ. WISCONSIN HAS EXCELLENT WEATHER RADIO COVERAGE...THANKS
TO 33 TRANSMITTERS IN OR NEAR THE STATE THAT PROVIDE AT LEAST PARTIAL
COVERAGE.

WITH SUMMER QUICKLY APPROACHING THE BADGER STATE YOU NEED TO BE
AWARE OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER SITUATIONS QUICKLY.  THE BEST
WAY TO KEEP ABREAST OF RAPIDLY CHANGING SUMMER WEATHER CONDITIONS IS
TO PURCHASE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS.

A NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS CAN BE PURCHASED AT MOST MAJOR ELECTRONICS
STORES.

     ...THE AVERAGE PRICE CAN RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO 70
        DOLLARS DEPENDING ON THE FEATURES INCLUDED ON THE RADIO...
        OR IF THERE IS A SPECIAL SALE TAKING PLACE.

     ...ANY OF THE RADIOS REGARDLESS OF THE PRICE WILL PROVIDE YOU
        WITH UP-TO-THE-MINUTE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS.

     ...HOWEVER...IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO PURCHASE A RADIO WITH
        SOME TYPE OF AUTOMATIC ALERT SYSTEM AND A BATTERY BACKUP.

SOME OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE RADIOS WILL INCLUDE THE NEW SAME /SPECIFIC
AREA MESSAGE ENCODING/ TECHNOLOGY. WITH SAME TECHNOLOGY IT IS EVEN
EASIER TO GET SPECIFIC COUNTY SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. YOU CAN
PROGRAM YOUR WEATHER RADIO TO PROVIDE A TONE ALERT ONLY WHEN WEATHER
AFFECTS YOUR COUNTY. YOU CAN PROGRAM THE RADIO TO ALERT YOU TO
MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND SPECIFY ONLY SPECIFIC TYPES OF WARNINGS OR
ADVISORIES. PROGRAMMING MULTIPLE COUNTIES IS ESPECIALLY HANDY IF YOU
LIVE AND WORK IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

THE HEARING AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN ALSO BE ALERTED TO SEVERE
WEATHER BY CONNECTING NOAA WEATHER RADIOS WITH ALARM TONES TO OTHER
KINDS OF ATTENTION-GETTING DEVICES SUCH AS STROBE LIGHTS...PAGERS...
BED SHAKERS...PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND TEXT PRINTERS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT ALL HOMES...
SCHOOLS...BUSINESSES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE GROUPS OF PEOPLE GATHER
SHOULD HAVE A TONE-ALERT WEATHER RADIO. EVERY YEAR ADVANCE NOTICE OF
SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS THUNDERSTORMS...FLASH FLOODS AND TORNADOES HAS
PROVEN TO BE A LIFE SAVER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS PLEASE CHECK OUT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AT...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NWR/INDEX.HTML            /ALL LOWER CASE/

FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION AND UP TO DATE FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MKX/                      /ALL LOWER CASE/

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